The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples in the Cordillera Administrative Region (NCIP-CAR) issued a cease and desist order (CDO) to Hedcor's three run-of-river hydropower plants in Bakun, Benguet on June 22, 2021. The issuance of the CDO was due to alleged irregularities regarding the Free Prior Informed Consent-Memorandum of Agreement (FPIC-MOA) between Hedcor and the Bakun Indigenous Tribes Organization (BITO), signed on October 15, 2019. NCIP-CAR has ordered the company to cease operations of the Lower Labay Hydro, FLS Hydro, and Lon-oy Hydro five (5) days after receipt of the CDO. Hedcor is saddened by the NCIP-CAR's decision to shut down its Bakun operations despite all efforts to come to a dialogue with BITO and the NCIP. In spite of the issuance of the CDO, Hedcor will continue to actively reach out to the community for a dialogue or the customary "tongtongan" between the company and the Bakun IPs, with the guidance of NCIP. The company looks forward to continuing to provide the benefits that the Bakun community is currently receiving from the generation of the plants. Non-operation of the Bakun plants, however, means that the community shares and ER 1-94 funds will neither accrue nor accumulate.