DC2023-06-0019: Guidelines Governing the 4th Open and Competitive Selection Process (OCSP4)

Signed: 8 June 2023 | Effectivity: 15 days after publication | Implementing unit: REMB

PDAs (20 total)

Geothermal (3 PDAs, 160 MW):

Hydropower (14 PDAs, ~88 MW): Tinoc 4 (5 MW), Alilem (16.2 MW), Sibalom Upper (4.2 MW), Main Aklan (15 MW), Basak II (0.5 MW), Sawaga (4.5 MW), Davildavilan (1 MW), Carac-an (16.3 MW), Ruparan (4 MW), Canayan (5.65 MW), Three Rivers (7 MW), Catuiran Upper Cascade (3.3 MW), Langaran (3.6 MW), Baua (1.71 MW)

Wind/Onshore (3 PDAs, TBD): San Jose, Pantabangan, Bagac — First OCSP round to include wind resources

Key Procedural Rules

REC composition: REMB Supervising Asst. Secretary (Chair), REMB Director (Vice-Chair), 5 division chiefs (GEMD, HOEMD, SWEMD, RELSD, RERCD); Secretariat from GEMD/HOEMD/SWEMD staff.

Application window: 60 calendar days from first publication date.

Data access: EDCP processes data requests upon payment of application fee and submission of signed Data Use Agreement.

Evaluation criteria (§6.5): Legal — Pass/Fail; Work Program — 40%; Technical — 20%; Financial — 40%.

REC evaluation deadline: 10 working days from opening of applications (§6.6).

Failure trigger (§7): OCSP fails for a PDA if: no application received; no application passes legal requirements; OR sole/all applicants fail technical or financial evaluation (no automatic award for uncontested applicants that fail quality checks). Failed PDAs revert to Direct Application mode.

GSC/FTAA dual track (§1.1): Foreign-majority applicants for geothermal PDAs must proceed via FTAA signed by the President; applies to projects with initial investment ≥USD 50 million (pre-development through well drilling).

Pages Updated

• RE Contract Framework — added OCSP4 details: 20 PDAs (first round with wind), evaluation weights, failure trigger, GSC/FTAA dual track, EDCP data access role
• Renewable Energy Management Bureau (REMB) — added OCSP4 REC composition and functions section

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