The energy-efficiency industry is calling for incentives being considered by the Board of Investments (BoI) to be incorporated into the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the energy efficiency and conservation law.

Ponder upon this—if the Philippines found a climate-friendly way of generating and distributing 45,900 megawatts at a cost lower than those of renewables, coal-fired plants or natural gas-fed plants, shouldn’t the country grab this opportunity?

Or, this—if the country found another “Malampaya-like” field with no less than 182 million tons of oil equivalent of indigenously sourced energy through 2040, shouldn’t the country mine this and use it to avoid imported oil, coal and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions?

PASAY CITY and QUEZON CITY, 1 August 2019 – The two energy committee chairmen from both chambers of the 17th Congress, who jointly sponsored the Energy Efficiency and Conservation (EE&C) Act then, were re-appointed to lead the Committee on Energy as the 18th Congress opens its First Regular Session. Senator Sherwin T. Gatchalian was appointed Chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy, while Representative Lord Allan Jay Q.