Philippine

Energy Laws

Those who have less in life should have more in law.

---Ramon B. Magsaysay

President, Republic of the Philippines (1954-1957)

• Act No. 2719 (Coal Land Act)

• Act No. 3516 (Amending Act No. 2719)

• Republic Act No. 740 (Amending Act No. 2719)

• Act No. 2932 (Providing for the Exploration, Location & Lease of Lands Containing Petroleum and Other Mineral Oils & Gas)

• Act No. 4062 (Reserving to the Legislature the Disposition of Waters of Public Domain for the Utilization and Development of Hydraulic Power)

   

• Commonwealth Act No. 120 (Creating the National Power Corporation)

   

  • Republic Act No. 2641 (Amending Commonwealth Act No. 120)

   

• Commonwealth Act No. 137 (The Mining Act)

• Republic Act No. 225 (Amending Commonwealth Act No. 137)

• Republic Act No. 746 (Amending Commonwealth Act No. 137)

• Republic Act No. 4388 (Amending Commonwealth Act No. 137)

• Presidential Decree No. 99-A (Amending Commonwealth Act No. 137)

• Presidential Decree No. 463 (Revising Commonwealth Act No. 137)

• Commonwealth Act No. 146, as amended (Public Service Law)

   

  • Commonwealth Act No. 349 (Amending Commonwealth Act No. 146)

   

  • Republic Act No. 178 (Amending Commonwealth Act No. 146)

   

  • Republic Act No. 723 (Amending Commonwealth Act No. 146)

   

  • Republic Act No. 1270 (Amending Commonwealth Act No. 146)

   

  • Republic Act No. 2677 (Amending Commonwealth Act No. 146)

   

• Republic Act No. 387 (Petroleum Act of 1949)

   

  • Republic Act No. 3098 (Amending Republic Act No. 387)

   

  • Republic Act No. 4304 (Amending Republic Act No. 387)

   

  • Republic Act No. 4889 (Amending Republic Act No. 387)

   

• Republic Act No. 2067 (Charter of the Philippine Atomic Energy Commission)

   

  • Republic Act No. 3589 (Amending Republic Act No. 2067)

   

  • Presidential Decree No. 606 (Amending Republic Act No. 2067)

   

• Republic Act No. 2717 (Electrification Administration Act)

   

  • Republic Act No. 6038 (National Electrification Administration Act)

   

• Republic Act No. 3931 (Creating the National Water and Air Pollution Control Commission)

   

  • Presidential Decree No. 984 (National Pollution Control Decree of 1976)

   

• Republic Act No. 4109 (Converting the Division of Standards Into the Bureau of Standards)

• Republic Act No. 5086 (An Act to Encourage Further Petroleum Exploration Activities by Extending the Term of an Exploration Concession)

   

• Republic Act No. 5092 (Geothermal Energy, Natural Gas and Methane Gas Law)

• Proclamation No. 739 (Establishing A Reservation for the Purpose of the Exploration, Development, Exploitation and Utilization of Geothermal Energy, Natural Gas and Methane Gas, A Parcel of Land in the Province of Albay, Island of Luzon, Philippines)

• Proclamation No. 1413 (Establishing As Reservation for the Purpose of the Exploration, Development, Exploitation and Utilization of Geothermal Energy, Natural Gas and Methane Gas, A Parcel of Land in the Province of Negros)

• Presidential Decree No. 1442 (Geothermal Resources Decree)

• Implementing Rules and Regulations

• Department Circular No. 2005-04-004 (Investment Promotion & Contracting Rounds for Geothermal & Coal Prospective Areas)

• Republic Act No. 5207, as amended (Atomic Energy Regulatory and Liability Act of 1968)

   

  • Presidential Decree No. 1484 (Amending Republic Act No. 5207)

   

• Republic Act No. 6124 (Price Control Law)

   

  • Republic Act No. 6361

  • Presidential Decree No. 234 (Amending Republic Act No. 6361)

  • Presidential Decree No. 737 (Amending Republic Act No. 6361)

  • Presidential Decree No. 1164 (Amending Republic Act No. 6361)

• Republic Act No. 6173 (Charter of the Oil Industry Commission)

   

  • Presidential Decree No. 56 (Amending Republic Act No. 6173)

   

  • Presidential Decree No. 102 (Amending Republic Act No. 6173)

   

  • Presidential Decree No. 389-A (Amending Republic Act No. 6173)

   

  • Presidential Decree No. 429-A (Amending Republic Act No. 6173)

   

  • Presidential Decree No. 456 (Amending Republic Act No. 6173)

   

  • Presidential Decree No. 1128 (Amending Republic Act No. 6173)

   

• Republic Act No. 6395 (Charter of the National Power Corporation)

   

  • Presidential Decree No. 380 (Amending Republic Act No. 6395)

   

  • Presidential Decree No. 395 (Amending Republic Act No. 6395)

   

  • Presidential Decree No. 758 (Amending Republic Act No. 6395)

   

  • Presidential Decree No. 938 (Amending Republic Act No. 6395)

   

  • Presidential Decree No. 1360 (Amending Republic Act No. 6395)

   

  • Presidential Decree No. 1443 (Amending Republic Act No. 6395)

   

• Presidential Decree No. 8 (Oil Exploration & Development Decree)

   

  • Presidential Decree No. 87 (Amending Presidential Decree No. 8)

     

    • Presidential Decree No. 469 (Amending Presidential Decree No. 87)

     

    • Presidential Decree No. 781 (Amending Presidential Decree No. 87)

     

    • Presidential Decree No. 1354 (Amending Presidential Decree No. 87)

     

    • Presidential Decree No. 1857 (Amending Presidential Decree No. 87)

       

      • Department Circular No. 2000-05-009 (Corridor of Focus/Window of Opportunity in Petroleum Exploration)

       

      • Department Circular No. 2003-05-006 (Guidelines on Financial/Technical Capabilities of Exploration Companies)

       

      • Department Circular No. 2007-04-0003 (Guidelines/Procedures on the Transfer of Rights & Obligations in Petroleum Service Contracts Under Presidential Decree No. 87, As Amended)

       

• Presidential Decree No. 40 (Basic Policies for the Electric Power Industry)

   

  • Executive Order No. 215, Series of 1987 (Amending Presidential Decree No. 40)

     

    • Energy Regulations No. 1-95 (Implementing Rules & Regulations)

       

      • Department Circular No. 2000-03-004 (Amending Energy Regulations No. 1-95)

       

• Presidential Decree No. 269 (National Electrification Decree)

   

  • Presidential Decree No. 1645 (Amending Presidential Decree No. 269)

   

• Presidential Decree No. 314 (Increasing the Specific Tax on Gasoline, Lubricating Oil and Automotive Diesel Oil)

• Presidential Decree No. 318 (Limiting the Power of Cities to Increase Tax on Petroleum Products)

• Presidential Decree No. 333 (Authorizing As An Emergency Measure the Importation, Free of Duties, of Certain Finished Petroleum Products)

   

  • Presidential Decree No. 343 (Amending Presidential Decree No. 333)

     

    • Presidential Decree No. 368 (Amending Presidential Decree No. 343)

     

    • Presidential Decree No. 438 (Amending Presidential Decree No. 343)

     

    • Presidential Decree No. 510 (Amending Presidential Decree No. 343)

     

• Presidential Decree No. 334 (Charter of the Philippine National Oil Company)

   

  • Presidential Decree No. 405 (Amending Presidential Decree No. 334)

   

  • Presidential Decree No. 572 (Amending Presidential Decree No. 334)

   

  • Presidential Decree No. 927 (Amending Presidential Decree No. 334)

   

  • Presidential Decree No. 1516 (Amending Presidential Decree No. 334)

   

  • Memorandum Order No. 18, Series of 1986 (Amending Presidential Decree No. 334)

   

  • Executive Order No. 171, Series of 1987 (Amending Presidential Decree No. 334)

   

• Presidential Decree No. 401 (Penalizing the Unauthorized Installation of Water, Electrical or Telephone Connections)

   

  • Presidential Decree No. 401-A (Amending Presidential Decree No. 401)

   

  • Batas Pambansa Blg. 876 (Amending Presidential Decree No. 401)

  • Executive Order No. 57, Series of 1993 (Authorizing Owners And/Or Users or Unregistered or Unauthorized Water/Sewer Connections, Devices or Instruments to Comply Without Penalty, Under the “Mwss Operation Linis” Program)

• Letter of Instructions No. 187

   

  • Letter of Instructions No. 187-A (Release of P 132 Million to the Philippine National Oil Company for Its Kuwait Crude Oil Importations)

• Presidential Decree No. 508 (Guidelines for the Development & Utilization of Small or Sub-Commercial Deposits of Natural Marsh Gas or Methane Gas in the Philippines)

• Presidential Decree No. 529 (Granting Petroleum Exploration Concessionaires Under the Petroleum Act of 1949 Exemption From Customs Duty and Compensating Tax on Importations of Machinery & Equipment Spare Parts and Materials Required for Their Petroleum Operations)

• Letter of Instructions No. 215

• Letter of Instructions No. 216

• Letter of Instructions No. 241 (Release of P 30 Million to the Philippine National Oil Company for its 1975 Exploration Program)

• Presidential Decree No. 575 (Creating & Establishing the National Petroleum Center)

• Presidential Decree No. 1573 (Amending Presidential Decree No. 575)

• Presidential Decree No. 600 (Marine Pollution Decree of 1974)

• Presidential Decree No. 979 (Marine Pollution Decree of 1976)

• Presidential Decree No. 602 (Establishing Oil Pollution Operations Center in the Philippine Coast Guard Headquarters)

• Presidential Decree No. 605 (Banning the Issuance by Courts of Preliminary Injunctions in Cases Involving Concessions, Licenses, and Other Permits Issued by Public Administrative Officials or Bodies for the Exploitation of Natural Resources)

• Presidential Decree No. 1818 (Amending Presidential Decree No. 605)

• Letter of Instruction No. 277

• Letter of Instruction No. 280

• Presidential Decree No. 782 (Placing Under A Single Governmental Authority All Activities Relating to the Discovery, Development and Production of Indigenous Petroleum Resources)

• Presidential Decree No. 910 (Charter of the Energy Development Board)

• Presidential Decree No. 972 (Coal Development Act)

• Implementing Rules and Regulations

• Presidential Decree No. 1174 (Amending Presidential Decree No. 972)

• BEU Circular No. 82-12-12

• OEA Circular No. 89-08-09

• Department Circular No. 2005-04-004 (Investment Promotion & Contracting Rounds for Geothermal & Coal Prospective Areas)

• Letter of Instructions No. 339

• Letter of Instructions No. 360

• Letter of Instructions No. 392

• Letter of Instructions No. 400

• Letter of Instructions No. 416

• Letter of Instructions No. 485

• Presidential Decree No. 1068 (Non-Conventional Resources Decree)

• Presidential Decree No. 1089 (Prescribing the Specific Tax on Distilled Spirits or Alcohol to be Used for Blending With Gasoline or Other Motor Fuels for Motive Power)

   

  • Letter of Instructions No. 1051 (Deferring Implementation of Presidential Decree No. 1089)

   

• Letter of Instructions No. 531

• Presidential Decree No. 1121 (Creating the National Environmental Protection Council)

• Presidential Decree No. 1122 (Increasing the Specific Tax on Gasoline, Aviation Turbo Jet Fuel, Diesel Fuel Oil, Solvents and Thinners by Further Amending Sections 142 And 145 of the National Internal Revenue Code, As Amended)

• Presidential Decree No. 1151 (Philippine Environmental Policy)

• Presidential Decree No. 1152 (Philippine Environment Code)

• Letter of Instructions No. 563

• Letter of Instructions No. 564

• Letter of Instructions No. 580

• Presidential Decree No. 1181 (Prevention, Control and Abatement of Pollution From Motor Vehicles)

• Presidential Decree No. 1185 (Fire Code of the Philippines)

• Letter of Instruction No. 591

• Presidential Decree No. 1206 (Charter of the Department of Energy)

• Presidential Decree No. 1573 (Amending Presidential Decree No. 1206)

• Presidential Decree No. 1700 (Amending Presidential Decree No. 1206)

• Presidential Decree No. 1833 (Amending Presidential Decree No. 1206)

• Presidential Decree No. 1459 (Authorizing the Secretary of Energy to Enter Into and Conclude Service Contracts, or Re-Negotiate and Modifying Existing Contracts)

• Presidential Decree No. 1515 (Vesting the Jurisdiction and Control Over Watershed Reservations to the Ministry of Energy)

   

  • Presidential Decree No. 1749 (Amending Presidential Decree No. 1515)

   

• Presidential Decree No. 1585 (Standard Conditions for Government Contracts, Concessions, Licenses, Permits, Leases or Similar Privileges Involving the Exploration, Development Exploitation or Utilization of Natural Resources)

• Presidential Decree No. 1586 (Environmental Impact System)

• DENR-DOE Memorandum of Agreement on Streamlining of EIS Process for Energy Projects

• Letter of Instructions No. 781

• Letter of Instructions No. 793

• Presidential Decree No. 1609 (Authorizing as an Emergency Measure the Importation, Free of Duties, of Liquefied Petroleum Gas)

• Presidential Decree No. 1610 (Amending Presidential Decree No. 1609)

• Letter of Instructions No. 837

• Letter of Instructions No. 839

• Letter of Instructions No. 1135

• Letter of Instructions No. 835

• Letter of Instructions No. 980

• Letter of Instructions No. 1058 (Amending Letter of Instructions No. 980)

• Presidential Decree No. 1615 (Amending Section 199 of the National Internal Revenue Code by Imposing a Percentage Tax on Locally Produced Crude Oil)

• Letter of Instructions No. 869

• Executive Order No. 547, Series of 1979 (Administrative Machinery for the Effective and Equitable Allocation & Distribution of Petroleum Products)

• Letter of Instructions No. 888 (Inter-Agency Committee to Accelerate Alcogas Program)

• Letter of Instructions No. 892

• Presidential Decree No. 1722 (Charter of the National Coal Authority)

• Presidential Decree No. 1889 (Levying a Surtax on Extraordinary Gains Realized by Oil Companies from Petroleum Products)

• Presidential Decree No. 1956 (Establishing the Oil Price Stabilization Fund [OPSF])

• Letter of Instructions No. 1431

• Executive Order No. 1024 (Reclassifying the OPSF From A Special Account to A Trust Account)

• Executive Order No. 137, Series of 1987 (Expanding Sources of the OPSF)

• Presidential Decree No. 2001 (Establishing A Program to Gradually Withdraw the Use of Tetraethyl Lead in Gasoline, and As A Substitute, to Use Ethanol)

• Batas Pambansa Blg. 33 (Penalizing Certain Acts Involving Certain Petroleum Products)

• Presidential Decree No. 1865 (Amending Batas Pambansa Blg. 33)

• Implementing Rules & Regulations

• BEU Memorandum Circular No. 85-03-348 (Amending the Implementing Rules & Regulations)

• Letter of Instructions No. 1003

• Batas Pambansa Blg. 73 (An Act to Further Promote Energy Conservation and For Other Purposes)

• Executive Order No. 253, Series of 1987 (Amending Batas Pambansa Blg. 73)

• Executive Order No. 580, Series of 1980 (Creating An Alcohol Commission)

• Letter of Instructions No. 1086

• Letter of Instructions No. 1078

• Letter of Instructions No. 1153

• Letter of Instructions No. 1154

• Letter of Instructions No. 1173

• Executive Order No. 827, Series of 1982 (Exempting Coconut Oil From the Coconut Levy and Specific Tax As Well As From the Special Fund Impost to Diesel)

• Letter of Instructions No. 1272

• Letter of Instructions No. 1329

• Letter of Instructions No. 1332

• Letter of Instructions No. 1334

• Letter of Instructions No. 1361

• Letter of Instructions No. 1441

• Letter of Instructions No. 1442

• Letter of Instructions No. 1460

• Executive Order No. 20, Series of 1986 (Reorganizing the Ministry of Energy)

   

  • Executive Order No. 193, Series of 1987 (Reorganizing the Office of Energy Affairs)

   

• Executive Order No. 131, Series of 1987 (Reorganizing the Ministry of Natural Resources and Renaming It As the Department of Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Abolishing the Ministry of Energy Integrating All Offices and Agencies Whose Functions Relate to Energy and Natural Resources Into the Ministry Defining Its Powers and Functions and For Other Purposes)

• Executive Order No. 131-A, Series of 1987 (Suspending the Implementation of Executive Order No. 131)

• Executive Order No. 192, Series of 1987 (Providing for the Reorganization of the Department of Environment, Energy and Natural Resources, Renaming It As the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, and For Other Purposes)

• Executive Order No. 133, Series of 1987 (Reorganizing the Department of Trade and Industry)

• Executive Order No. 172, Series of 1987 (Charter of the Energy Regulatory Board)

• Executive Order No. 412, Series of 1990 (Institutionalizing the Energy Conservation Inter-Agency Committee)

• Executive Order No. 414, Series of 1990 (Directing Emergency Measures to Prevent Excessive Increases in Prices of Prime and Essential Commodities)

• Executive Order No. 418, Series of 1990 (Directing the Immediate Implementation of An Energy Conservation Program)

• Executive Order No. 433 (Directing the Immediate Implementation of Additional Energy Conservation Measures)

• Executive Order No. 422, Series of 1990 (Activating and Reorganizing the Energy Operations Board as the Administrative Machinery for the Efficient and Equitable Allocation and Distribution of Energy Under Certain Conditions)

• Executive Order No. 440, Series of 1990 (Directing Measures to Prevent Excessive Increases in the Prices of Certain Prime Commodities in the National Capital Region)

• Republic Act No. 6952 (Petroleum Price Standby Fund)

• Republic Act No. 6957 (Build-Operate-Transfer Law)

• Republic Act No. 7718 (Amending Republic Act No. 6957)

• Republic Act No. 6969 (Toxic Substances & Hazardous Waste and Nuclear Waste Control Act of 1990)

• Administrative Order No. 220, Series of 1991 (Inter-Agency Committee on Climate Change)

• Executive Order No. 478, Series of 1991 (Imposing Special Duties on Crude Oil & Oil Products)

• Executive Order No. 115, Series of 1993 (Increasing the Special Duties of Crude Oil and Oil Products)

• Executive Order No. 160, Series of 1994 (Amending Executive Order No. 115)

• Republic Act No. 7156 (Mini-Hydro Law)

   

  • Implementing Rules & Regulations

   

• Republic Act No. 7586 (National Integrated Protected Areas System Act of 1992)

• Implementing Rules & Regulations

• Republic Act No. 7638 (Charter of the Department of Energy)

• Energy Regulations No. 1-94, As Amended (Implementing Section 5 (i) of Republic Act No. 7638)

• Department Circular No. 95-11-009 (Guidelines/Procedures for the Grant of Financial Benefits Under Energy Regulations No. 1-94)

• Department Circular No. 98-11-010 (Amending Department Circular No. 95-11-009)

• Department Circular No. 96-08-009 (Additional Guidelines on Financial Benefits Under Energy Regulations No. 1-94)

• Department Circular No. 2000-10-011 (Revised Rules & Procedures to Implement the Electrification Program Under Energy Regulations No. 1-94)

• DOE Administrative Order No. 95-001 (Relaxing Certain Non-Pricing Regulations Governing the Downstream Oil Industry)

• Department Circular No. 95-06-006 (Policy Guidelines on the Overall Development and Utilization of Natural Gas in the Philippines)

• Department Circular No. 95-10-008 (Directing All Operators of Oil Rigs or Platforms, Power Plants, Oil Tankers & Barges Carrying Products and/or Utilizing Oil-Based Products to Report All Oil Spills or Environmental Incidents to the Department of Energy)

• Department Circular No. 98-02-003 (Amending Department Circular No. 95-10-008)

• Executive Order No. 462, Series of 1987 (Private Sector Participation in the Exploration, Development, Utilization and Commercialization of Ocean, Solar and Wind Energy Resources for Power Generation and Other Energy Uses)

• Executive Order No. 232, Series of 2000 (Amending Executive Order No. 462)

• Executive Order No. 473, Series of 1998 (Unbundling NAPOCOR Tariffs)

• Executive Order No. 66, Series of 2000 (DOE as the Lead Agency in the Natural Gas Program)

• Department Circular No. 2002-08-005 (Interim Rules & Regulations Governing the Transmission, Distribution & Supply of Natural Gas)

• Department Circular No. 2004-04-004 (Guidelines on the Issuance of Certificate of Authority to Import Under the Natural Gas Vehicle Program)

• Department Circular No. 2005-03-002 (Rules & Regulations in the Establishment & Implementation of the Alternative Fuels Fund)

• Department Order No. 2001-04-001 (Mandating the National Power Corporation and All Franchised Electric Distribution Utilities to Draw Up Contingency Plans for the May 14, 2001 National and Local Elections)

• Proclamation No. 72, Series of 2001 (Safety & Exclusion Zones for Malampaya Deep Water Gas-to-Power Project)

• Joint DOE-DND Department Order No. 2002-05-001 (Guidelines on the Use of Environmental Watercraft)

• Department Order No. 2002-02-001 (Constituting the DOE New & Renewable Energy Contract Negotiating Panel)

• Department Order No. 2003-05-005 (Reconstituting the DOE Contracts Negotiating Panel)

• Administrative Order No. 38, Series of 2002 (Providing for the Institutional Strengthening of the Department of Energy by Redefining the Functions & Services of its Bureaus, Service Units & Offices)

   

  • Administrative Order No. 38-A, Series of 2003 (Amending Administrative Order No. 38)

   

• Executive Order No. 290, Series of 2004 (Natural Gas Program)

• Administrative Order No. 103, Series of 2004 (Directing the Continued Adoption of Austerity Measures in the Government)

• Executive Order No. 396, Series of 2004 (Reducing Rates of Import Duties on CNG Vehicles)

• Executive Order No. 397, Series of 2004 (Reducing Rates of Import Duties on Low-Displacement/Hybrid Vehicles)

• Administrative Order No. 110, Series of 2004 (Institutionalization of A Government Energy Management Program)

• Administrative Order No. 110-A, Series of 2006 (Amending Administrative Order No. 110)

• Implementing Rules and Regulations

• Annex “B1”

• Annex “B2”

• Administrative Order No. 126, Series of 2005 (Strengthening Measures to Address the Extraordinary Increase in World Oil Prices, Directing the Enhanced Implementation of the Government’s Energy Conservation Program)

• Executive Order No. 473, Series of 2005 (DOE to Pursue Exploration, Development, & Production of Crude Oil From Malampaya)

• Executive Order No. 556, Series of 2006 (Amending Executive Order No. 473)

• Department Circular No. 2006-08-0011 (Interim Guidelines for the Accreditation of Oil Industry Participants in the Fuel Bioethanol Program)

• Department Circular No. 2006-11-0012 (Implementing the Philippine National Standard Specification for Anhydrous Bioethanol Fuel (PNS/DOE QS 007:2005))

• Republic Act No. 7639 (Payment of the Subscription of the National Government to the Capital Stock of the National Power Corporation Out of the OSPF)

• Republic Act No. 7648 (Electric Power Crisis Act)

   

• Executive Order No. 86, Series of 1993 (Fixing the Rate Base of NAPOCOR)

• Republic Act No. 7832 (Anti-Electric Pilferage Law)

• Implementing Rules & Regulations

• Republic Act No. 8180 (Downstream Oil Deregulation Act of 1996)

• Sponsorship Speeches – House of Representatives

• Hon. Dante O. Tiñga

• Hon. Margarito B. Teves

• Hon. Felicito C. Payumo

• Hon. Herminio S. Aquino

• Hon. Marcial C. Punzalan, Jr.

• Legislative History

• Implementing Rules & Regulations

• Executive Order No. 365, Series of 1996 (Import Duties of Certain Imported Articles Under Republic Act Nos. 8180 and 8184)

• Executive Order No. 377, Series of 1996 (Providing the Institutional Framework for the Administration of the Deregulated Downstream Oil Industry)

• EIAB Memorandum Circular No. 97-01-003 (Installation of Price Display Boards)

• Executive Order No. 392, Series of 1996 (Declaring Full Deregulation of the Downstream Oil Industry)

• Supreme Court Decision – Tatad vs. Secretary of Energy, et. al.

• Majority Opinion (by Justice Puno)

• Concurring Opinion (by Justice Panganiban)

• Separate Opinion (by Justice Kapunan)

• Dissenting Opinion (by Justice Francisco)

• Dissenting Opinion (by Justice Melo)

• Supreme Court Resolution on Motion for Reconsideration  – Tatad vs. Secretary of Energy, et. al.

• Majority Opinion (by Justice Puno)

• Concurring & Dissenting Opinion (by Justice Kapunan)

• Executive Order No. 461, Series of 1997 (Providing for the Tariff Nomenclature and Implementing the Rates of Import Duties on Certain Imported Articles Under Section 401 of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978)

• Republic Act No. 8184 (Restructuring the Excise Tax on Petroleum Products)

• Executive Order No. 365, Series of 1986 (Import Duties of Certain Imported Articles Under Republic Act Nos. 8180 and 8184)

• Republic Act No. 8479 (Downstream Oil Deregulation Act of 1998)

• Executive Order No. 471, Series of 1998 (Deregulation of the Downstream Oil Industry)

• Sponsorship Speech  – House of Representatives

• Legislative History of the Law

• Department of Justice Opinion No. 59, Series of 1998

• Memorandum of Economic and Financial Policies of the Philippine Government (1998)

• Department Circular No. 98-03-004 (Implementing Rules and Regulations)

• Department Circular No. 98-06-009 (Amending the Implementing Rules and Regulations)

• Department Circular No. 2002-05-001 (Amending Section 14 of Department Circular No. 98-06-009

• Department Circular No. 2003-06-007 (Further Amending Section 14 of Department Circular No. 98-06-009)

• Department Order No. 2003-10-014 (Creating A DOE Gasoline Station Loan Review Committee and Defining the Functions Thereof

• DOE-DOJ Task Force Resolution No. 98-01

• Resolution No. 2008-01 (Amending Resolution No. 98-01)

• Guidelines on Board of Investments Incentives

• Department of Justice Opinion No. 19, Series of 2000

• Department of Justice Opinion No. 6, Series of 2001

• Executive Order No. 134, Series of 2003 (Requiring Oil Companies and Bulk Suppliers to Maintain a Sufficient Minimum Inventory of Petroleum)

• Department Circular No. 2003-01-001 (Guidelines Implementing Executive Order No. 134)

• Department Circular No. 2003-03-002 (Relaxing the Minimum Inventory Requirement)

• Executive Order No. 336, Series of 2004 (Modifying the Rates of Import Duty on Crude Oils and Refined Petroleum Products)

• Department Circular No. 2004-08-009 (Guidelines Implementing the Modification Of Import Duty Rates on Crude Oil and Refined Petroleum Products)

• Executive Order No. 440, Series of 2005 (Reduction of the Rates of Import Duty on Crude Oils and Refined Petroleum Products Under Executive Order No. 336, Series of 2004)

• Executive Order No. 527, Series of 2006 (Reduction of the Rates of Import Duty on Crude Petroleum Products Under Executive Order No. 336, Series of 2004)

• Department Circular No. 2006-05-0007 (Guidelines Implementing the Modification of Import Duty on Crude Petroleum Oils and Refined Petroleum Products)

• DOF Local Finance Circular No. 1-05

• Department Order No. 2005-02-001 (Creating An Independent Review Committee to Review the Downstream Oil Industry Deregulation Act of 1998)

• Department Order No. DO 2005-05-005 (Amending Section 1 of Department Order No. DO 2005-02-001 and Appointing Mr. Cedric Bagtas to the Independent Oil Deregulation Law Review Committee)

• Report of the Independent Review Committee (PDF) (Ppt) (Updated Slides [PDF])

• Executive Order No. 691, Series of 2008 (Temporarily Modifying the Rates of Import Duty on Crude Oils and Refined Petroleum Products)

   

• Department Circular No. DC 2008-01-0001 (Implementing Guidelines for the Modification of Import Duty Rates on Crude Oil and Refined Petroleum Products)

• Supplementary Rules and Regulations

• Department Circular No. 2000-05-007 (Embossed Identifying Mark on LPG Cylinders & Installation of Collars With Distinctive Design or Markings on Existing LPG Cylinders During Requalification)

• Department Circular No. 2000-05-008 (Revised Schedule of Penalties in the LPG Industry of 2000)

• Department Circular No. 2000-06-010 (Revised Schedule of Penalties in the LPG Industry of 2000)

• Perez vs. LPG Refillers Association of the Philippines

• Denial of Motion for Reconsideration – Perez vs. LPG Refillers Association of the Philippines

• Memorandum Circular No. 2001-02-001 (Proper Retention of Samples in Retail Outlets)

• Department Circular No. 2005-08-007 (Guidelines Implementing the Requirement of Prior Notice on Price Adjustments)

• Department Circular No. 2001-05-002 (Supplementary Implementing Rules & Regulations Implementing Section 22 of Republic Act No. 8479)

• Department Circular No. 2001-09-003 (Octane Posting at the Pump) (PDF)

• Department Circular No. 2001-11-004 (Prohibition on the Refilling of LPG Cylinders Covered by the Recall & Replacement Order of the Department of Trade & Industry – Bureau of Product Standards, and the Sale of Subject Cylinders, Whether Refilled or Not)

• Department Circular No. 2002-05-002 (Requiring Warning Signs Against the Use of Cell Phones While at Filling Stations)

• Department Circular No. 2002-07-004 (Rules of Practice & Procedure Before the Department of Energy)

• Department Circular No. 2003-11-010 (Rules & Regulations Governing the Business of Retailing Liquid Petroleum Products)

• Department Circular No. 2007-02-002 (Auto-LPG Rules)

• Department Circular No. 2007-05-0005 (Implementing the Philippine National Standard [PNS] for Bunker Fuel Oils)

• Department Circular No. 2007-10-0007 (LPG Cylinder Ownership and Obligations Related Thereto)

• Supreme Court Decision – Garcia vs. Corona, et. al.

• Decision (by Justice Ynares-Santiago)

• Separate Opinion (by Justice Panganiban)

• Concurring Opinion (by Justice Quisumbing)

• Resolution Denying Motion for Reconsideration

• Primer on Oil Deregulation

• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

• Philippine Downstream Oil Industry Guide

• Petron Corporation vs. Mayor Tobias M. Tiangco, et al.

• Enrique T. Garcia, Jr. vs. Executive Secretary, et. al

• Executive Order No. 472, Series of 1998 (Institutionalizing the Committee on Fuel Conservation and Efficiency in Road Transport)

• Republic Act No. 8749 (Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999)

• Executive Order No. 446, Series of 1997 (Phase Out of Leaded Gasoline)

• DENR Department Administrative Order No. 2000-81 (Implementing Rules & Regulations)

• Memorandum Circular No. 2002-12-001 (Implementing the Clean Air Act Gasoline Specification for 2003)

• Memorandum Circular No. 55, Series of 2004 (Directing All Departments, Bureaus, Offices and Instrumentalities of the Government, Including Government-Owned and -Controlled Corporations to Incorporate the Use of 1% by Volume Coconut Methyl Ester in Their Diesel Requirements)

• Department Circular No. 2004-04-003 (Rules and Regulations Implementing Memorandum Circular No. 55)

• Supreme Court Memorandum Circular No. 07-2004 (In Re:  Use of Coconut Methyl Ester (CME) in the Diesel Requirements of the Courts)

• Department Circular No. 2005-04-003 (Promoting the Use of Coco-Biodiesel As An Alternative to Clean Fuel)

• Republic Act No. 8974 (Facilitating the Acquisition of Right-of-Way, Site or Location for National Government Infrastructure Projects)

• Republic Act No. 9003 (Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000)

• Implementing Rules and Regulations

• Republic Act No. 9136 (Electric Power Industry Restructuring Act of 2001)

• Implementing Rules and Regulations (PDF)

• Amendments – August 2004

• Amendments – June 2007 (PDF)

• Distribution Code (PDF)

• Grid Code (PDF)

• WESM Rules (PDF)

• Department Circular No. 2004-07-008 (Amendments to WESM Rules)

• Executive Order No. 119, Series of 2000 (Restructuring Program for Electric Cooperatives)

• Executive Order No. 100, Series of 2002 (Royalties on Indigenous Energy Sources)

• Executive Order No. 169, Series of 2003 (PSALM As Attached Agency of the DOE)

• Department Circular No. 2003-03-003 (Transmission Development Plan)

• Department Circular No. 2003-04-004 (Creating An Expanded Rural Electrification (ER) Team to Manage the Implementation of the Rural & Missionary Electrification Program)

• Department Circular No. 2003-07-008 (Creation and Establishment of A Project Management Office to Manage the Implementation of the World Bank-Financed Rural Power Project)

• Department Circular No. 2003-12-002 (Requiring the National Power Corporation, the National Transmission Corporation and Distribution Utilities to Ensure Adequate and Reliable Electric Supply, and Promoting Energy Conservation During the Christmas Holidays)

• Executive Order No. 278, Series of 2004 (Prescribing Guidelines for Project Loan Negotiations and Packaging of Government Foreign-Assisted Infrastructure Projects)

   

• Department Circular No. 2004-02-002 (Enjoining All Distribution Utilities to Supply Adequate, Affordable, Quality and Reliable Electricity)

• Department Circular No. 2004-05-005 (Streamlining & Rationalizing the Grant of Subsidies in the Electrification of Missionary Areas Using Solar Photovoltaic Systems)

• Department Circular No. 2004-06-006 (Prescribing the Qualification Criteria for the Qualified Third Party Pursuant to Section 39 of the Electric Power Industry Restructuring Act of 2001, and Its Implementing Rules and Regulations)

• Department Order No. 2004-06-007 (DOE Implementation Steering Committee for WESM)

• Department Circular No. 2004-06-007 (Promoting Investment Management Contracts As One Measure in Effecting Greater Private Sector Participation in the Management & Operation of Rural Electric Cooperatives)

• Executive Order No. 370 (Authorizing and Approving the Direct Assumption by the National Government of a Portion of the Financial Obligations of the National Power Corporation in Accordance With Section 32 of Republic Act No. 9136)

• Department Circular No. 2004-12-001 (Requiring the National Power Corporation, the National Transmission Corporation and Distribution Utilities to Ensure Adequate and Reliable Power Supply, and Promoting Energy Conservation During the Christmas Holidays)

• Department Circular No. 2005-02-011 (Directing the National Power Corporation, National Transmission Corporation, Distribution Utilities and Independent Power Producers to Adopt Contingency Measures to Minimize the Impact of El Niño in the Mindanao Power System)

• Department Circular No. 2005-06-005 (Directing All Distribution Utilities to File Petition with the Energy Regulatory Commission for Approval of Revised Lifeline Rate Structure)

• Department Circular No. 2005-11-009 (Creation of A Task Force to Coordinate Efforts in Relation to the WESM’s Commercial Operation)

• Department Circular No. DC 2008-06-0003 (Creating A Technical Working Group to Take Action in Addressing the Current Power Issues in the Country)

• Republic Act No. 9147 (Wildlife Resources Conservation and Protection Act)

• Implementing Rules and Regulations

• Executive Order No. 254, Series of 2003 (Authorizing the Release of Funds From the Net Government Share from Service Contract No. 38 Over the Camago-Malampaya Natural Gas Reservoir As Assistance to the Province of Palawan)

• Executive Order No. 254-A, Series of 2004 (Amending Executive Order No. 254)

• Executive Order No. 405, Series of 2005 (Amending Executive Order No. 254-A)

• Republic Act No. 9275 (Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004)

• Implementing Rules and Regulations (PDF)

• Executive Order No. 320, Series of 2004 (Designating the Department of Environment and Natural Resources As the National Authority for Clean Development Mechanism)

• Republic Act No. 9337 (Expanded Value-Added Tax Law)

• Joint DOF-DOE Department Order No. 1-2005

• Republic Act No. 9361 (Amending Republic Act No. 9337)

• Republic Act No. 9367 (Biofuels Act of 2006)

• Executive Order No. 449 (Modifying the Rates of Import Duty on Bioethanol Fuel

• Department Circular No. 2007-05-0006 (Implementing Rules and Regulations)

• Department Order No. 2007-11-0015 (Creating An Office of the Philippine Biofuels Center)

• Department Order No. DC 2008-06-0002 (Implementing the Philippine National Standard Specification for Biodiesel and Biofuel Blends)

• Joint Administrative Order No. 2008-1, Series of 2008 (Guidelines Governing the Biofuel Feedstocks Production, and Biofuels and Biofuel Blends Production, Distribution and Sale Under Republic Act No. 9367)

• Annex “A”

• Annex “B”

• Annex “C”

• Annex “D”

• Annex “E”

• Annex “F”

• Annex “G”

• Department Order No. DC 2009-02-0002 Mandating A Minimum of 2% Blend of Biodiesel in All Diesel and 5% Bioethanol in Annual Total Volume of Gasoline

• Administrative Order No. 171, Series of 2007 (Presidential Task Force on Climate Change)

• Republic Act No. 9483 (Oil Pollution Compensation Act of 2007)

• International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage

• 1992 International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage

• Administrative Order No. 183, Series of 2007 (Directing the Use of Energy-Efficient Lighting/Lighting Systems (EELs) in Government Facilities (Palit-Ilaw Program)

• DOF Department Order No. 23-07 (Mandating the Marking of Imported Kerosene and Fuel Oils Which Are Entered Tax & Duty Free to Prevent the Unauthorized Diversion Thereof Into the Domestic Market)

• Executive Order No. 655, Series of 2007 (Creating the Presidential Task Force on the Security of Energy Facilities and Enforcement of Energy Laws and Standards)

• Executive Order No. 661, Series of 2007 (Directing the Local Government Units in Areas Near or Adjacent to Geothermal-Producing Sites in Albay, Laguna, Leyte, Negros Oriental, Sorsogon and Albay, North Cotabato, and Negros Occidental to Develop Economic Zones)

• Executive Order No. 661-A, Series of 2007 (Amending Section 1, Paragraph 7 of Executive Order No. 661 Dated September 10, 2007 by Including the City of Bago With Murcia in Negros Occidental as a Geothermal-Producing Site)

• Executive Order No. 666, Series of 2007 (Directing All Heads of Departments, Bureaus, Offices, Agencies and Instrumentalities of the Government to Support the Power Infrastructure Requirements of Clark Freeport Zone and Support the Investment of Texas Instruments in Clark Texas Instruments Special Economic Zone and Baguio City Economic Zone)

• Administrative Order No. 225, Series of 2008 (Harnessing Idle Resources to Uplift the Poor and Boost Rice Supply to Cushion the Country From Price Spikes)

• Administrative Order No. 225-A, Series of 2008 (Amending Administrative Order No. 225)

• Executive Order No. 683, Series of 2007 (Authorizing the Use of Fees, Revenues and Receipts From Service Contract No. 38 for the Implementation of Development Projects for the People of Palawan)

• Joint Circular No. 3 (Implementing Guidelines for the Release of Funds for the Implementation of Development Projects Chargeable Against the Gas-Malampaya Collection per SC 38 Pursuant to Executive Order No. 683)

• Executive Order No. 728, Series of 2008 (Ensuring Top-Level Attention and Priority Action on Food and Energy Needs of the Nation)

• Administrative Order No. 228, Series of 2008 (Addressing the Rising Cost of Energy)

• Executive Order No. 731, Series of 2008 (Activating and Reorganizing the Energy Operations Board Into the Energy Contingency Task Force Under the National Food and Energy Council)

• Executive Order No. 751 (Authorizing the Secretary of Energy to Negotiate & Conclude Joint Venture, Co-Production, or Production-Sharing Agreements for the Exploration, Development & Utilization of Mineral Resources)

• Republic Act No. 9511 (Granting the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines A Franchise to Convey or Transmit Electricity Through High-Voltage Back-bone System)

• Republic Act No. 9513 (Renewable Energy Act of 2008)

• Implementing Rules and Regulations

• Republic Act No. 9514 (Revised Fire Code of the Philippines of 2008)

• Executive Order No. 774, Series of 2008 (Reorganizing the Presidential Task Force on Climate Change)

• Administrative Order No. 254, Series of 2008 (Mandating the Department of Transportation and Communications to Lead in Formulating A National Environmentally Sustainable Transport (Est) for the Philippines)

• Executive Order No. 785, Series of 2009 (Mandating the Presidential Task Force on Climate Change to Develop the National Climate Change Framework, Directing the Task Group on Information to Develop and Coordinate a National Information, Education, and Communications Program, and Directing the Presidential Adviser on Climate Change to Review Government Climate Change Programs and Official Development Assistance Projects)

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