The following categories of the participants are qualified to join the E-ODPS:

1. NPC directly connected bulk power customers, distribution utilities, and power consumer inside the distribution utility’s franchise area (sometimes called embedded customers) that are self-generating their power requirements whether partially or wholly;
2. Clustered power consumers or consumers grouped together in one location such as export processing zones, economic zones, industrial parks and estates, or embedded power consumers that are self-generating;
3. Independent Power Producers (IPPs) which have bilateral contract with NPC’s directly connected customers and distribution utilities, and have an ancillary service contract with NPC/Transco and;
4. Customers categorized in Item a & b above which have no self-generation or irregular historical records of their self-generation. Implementation for this type of customers shall be under Phase II of the project as further pre-qualified under Item 2(d) of this IRR.