THE DEPARTMENT of Energy (DoE) has issued revised guidelines for the processing of applications, amendments and termination of renewable energy service or operating contracts that set the number of days for its staff to act on an applicant’s proposed project. Department Order 2016-06-0010, signed by former DoE Secretary Zenaida Y. Monsada on June 24, 2016,…
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DOE sets new rules on gender balance, equality
The Department of Energy (DOE) has launched “Gender Toolkit for the Energy Sector,” a set of guidelines aimed to institutionalize gender balance and equality in the agency. “The DOE Gender Toolkit is a milestone for the sector and a glorification of my leadership in the agency being the first female Secretary,” former Energy Secretary Zenaida…
Monsada: Solar FIT and harmonizing energy sources a challenge to successor
ZENAIDA Y. MONSADA, who marks her last day as Energy secretary today, will be turning over to the incoming administration the decision whether to approve a new solar energy installation target and its corresponding feed-in-tariff (FiT) rate. She will also hand over to Alfonso G. Cusi, the new secretary, the task of harmonizing government policy between…
DOE: We have enough coal for 30 days
The Indonesian government’s decision to ban all ships from sailing to the Philippines is not a cause for alarm in the local power industry as operators of local coal plants still have around a month-long inventory and are currently looking for alternative sources of coal, the Department of Energy (DOE) said yesterday. In a briefing,…
Monsada: RCOA rules must be harmonised
The draft retail competition and open access (RCOA) rules can still be made clearer, while conflicting provisions in the separate issuances of the Department of Energy (DoE) and the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) need to be harmonised. This was the assessment of Energy Secretary Zenaida Y. Monsada, who said that officials of the DoE and the ERC…
PIDS, DOE: Don’t repeal EPIRA
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…
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