The Department of Energy (DOE) on Tuesday officially opened the Philippines’ first Energy Museum, with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. leading the inauguration of the facility as part of efforts to strengthen public understanding of the country’s energy sector.

The Department of Energy (DOE) has released the recalibration plan to resume the green energy auction (GEA) for offshore wind (OSW), targeting the official auction on December 1.

THE Department of Energy (DOE), Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC), and the National Electrification Administration (NEA) are meeting soon to align strategies on implementing the directive of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to scrap the system loss charge and its corresponding value added tax (VAT) as soon as possible.

The country’s fuel stock remains steady and is expected to last for nearly 45 days, the Department of Energy (DOE) said Tuesday.

The Philippine Rural Electric Cooperatives Association (PHILRECA) backed the proposed removal of value-added tax (VAT) on system loss charges but warned that the reform must not transfer unrecovered costs to electric cooperatives or other parts of the power sector.

The Department of Energy is considering embedded generation to meet the power requirements of the proposed Pax Silica hub in Tarlac province amid concerns that there is not enough available supply.

The Department of Energy (DOE) has set maximum fuel price increases of PHP 6.80 per liter for gasoline, PHP 7.32 per liter for diesel, and PHP 4.22 per liter for kerosene for the week of July 28 to August 3.

The Philippine Rural Electric Cooperatives Association (PHILRECA) has urged the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to speed up the approval of electric cooperative capital expenditure (CapEx) applications, saying prolonged regulatory reviews are delaying investments needed to modernize power distribution systems.

The European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP) has backed President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s energy agenda outlined in his fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA), saying the administration’s plans could improve the country’s energy security.

The Department of Energy on Monday expressed support for President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s call for the immediate amendment of the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) to remove systems loss charges from consumers’ bills.