Practice question
A passive owner leases equipment to a utility but is stipulated not to operate, manage or control a public service for public use. Does ownership of the equipment alone necessarily satisfy the amended public-utility definition?
- Yes; every equipment lessor automatically becomes the utility.
- Yes; the definition requires no public-service activity.
- No; because only government agencies can be utilities.
- Yes; one electricity bill makes every customer a utility.
- No; the statutory operation, management or control and public-service elements must be established.
Legal references
- RA 11659, amending CA146, public-utility definition and national-security safeguards: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/94539
- Signed March 20, 2023 implementing rules of RA11659, Sections 5-7 and 32-45: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/97017
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