Dennis Edward A. Dela Serna

In implementing the restructuring of the power sector, the EPIRA created the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management (PSALM) Corporation, a wholly-owned and -controlled government entity, to take over the ownership of all existing generation assets of the National Power Corporation (NPC), independent power producer (IPP) contracts, real estate, and all other disposable assets including the transmission business of the National Transmission Corporation. By the same token, PSALM assumed all outstanding obligations of NPC arising from loans, issuances of bonds, securities, and other instruments of indebtedness. The principal purpose of PSALM, as mandated by the EPIRA, is to manage the orderly sale and privatization of these assets with the objective of liquidating all of NPC's financial obligations in an optimal manner.