Joint House committees submit HB 8629 on EE&C to Speaker Arroyo
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, QUEZON CITY – 21 November 2018. The Committees on Energy, Appropriations and Ways and Means submitted earlier today Committee Report no. 939, which submits House Bill no. 8629, An Act Institutionalizing an Energy Efficiency and Conservation Program, to House Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. The committee report was signed by Reps. Maria Carmen S. Zamora, Lord Allan Jay Q. Velasco and Estrellita B. Suansing, on behalf of the Committees on Appropriations, Energy and Ways & Means, respectively, and co-sponsored by Rep. Carlos Roman L. Uybarreta.
Consolidating and substituting EE&C-related House Bill nos. 182, 812, 970, 1220, 1527, 2388, 2540, 3040, 5406 and 6642, the newly numbered HB 8629 is now co-authored by Reps. Olivarez, Eric L., Umali, Reynaldo V., Batocabe, Rodel M., Garbin, Alfredo Jr. A., Abad, Henedina R., Macapagal-Arroyo, Gloria, Romualdez, Yedda Marie K., Tambunting, Gus S., Roque, Harry L., Villafuerte, Luis Raymund Jr. F., Co, Christopher S., Aglipay-Villar, Emmeline, Sarmiento, Edgar Mary S., Montoro, Teodoro "Ted" G., Lazatin, Carmelo "Jon" B. Ii, Velarde, Mariano Michael Jr. M., Belmonte, Ricardo "RJ" Jr. T., Nieto, John Marvin "Yul Servo" C., Savellano, Deogracias Victor B., Chipeco, Joaquin Jr. M., Bravo, Maria Vida Espinosa, Bag-Ao, Kaka J., Baguilat, Teddy Jr. Brawner, Violago, Micaela S., Catamco, Nancy A., Sy-Alvarado, Jose Antonio "Kuya Jonathan" R., Belaro, Salvador Jr. B., Velasco, Lord Allan Jay Q., Andaya, Rolando Jr. G., Zamora, Maria Carmen S., Suansing, Estrellita B., Benitez, Alfredo "Albee" B., Roque, Rogelio Neil P., Garcia, Jose Enrique Iii S., Uybarreta, Carlos Roman, Acosta, Gil P., Salimbangon, Benhur L., Lobregat, Celso L., Ong, Henry C., Sambar, Mark Aeron H., Arenas, Rose Marie "Baby" J., Collantes, Maria Theresa V., Salon, Orestes T., Garin, Sharon S., Veloso, Vicente "Ching" S.E., Velasco-Catera, Tricia Nicole Q., Gonzales, Aurelio "Dong" Jr. D., Cuaresma, Luisa Lloren, Caminero, Wilfredo S., Mangaoang, Allen Jesse C., Escudero, Evelina G., Dimaporo, Abdullah D., Ungab, Alberto Tom, Limkaichong, Jocelyn Sy, Chavez, Cecilia Leonila V., Mariño, Mario Vittorio "Marvey" A., Tinio, Antonio L., Villarin, Tom S., Vargas, Alfred D., Bolilia, Lianda B., Aquino-Magsaysay, Milagros.
The bill inherits the approved version approved by the Committee on Ways & Means on 12 November 2018, as transmitted by the Committee on Energy on 28 August 2018. This version therefore flows the exact fiscal incentives language approved by the Energy committee when it convened for this bill on 13 August 2018.
Philippine Energy Efficiency Alliance (PE2) president Alexander Ablaza hopes the House Rules Committee could tackle this bill early next week, so that the House plenary could eventually approve the measure on 2nd and 3rd reading without delay.
