The DOE and the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) are against repealing the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (Epira) of 2001. Instead, they called for improvements in the implementation of energy deregulation.  DOE Secretary Zenaida Monsada said Monday on the sidelines of a forum on better efficiency in government services that the Epira was working through improved investments in power generation and relatively stable power prices.  Read more here.