Philippine Supreme Court Upholds NEA Reform Law, Rejecting Electric Cooperatives' Constitutional Challenge

The ruling clarifies that energy cooperatives operate under state authority, not as independent entities, establishing regulatory authority over a sector that serves millions of Filipinos and affects power reliability and rates.
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