Philippine Energy Policy Wiki

Topic: Institutions and Governance

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Map of Content for the institutional layer: which body holds which mandate, how the mandates divide between policy, regulation, and competition enforcement, and the procedures by which a decision is taken and challenged. This page links out to existing concepts/, entities/, and programs/ pages — it moves nothing and duplicates nothing.

Belongs here: a page about a government body’s mandate, the division of authority between bodies, or the procedure governing a proceeding. Market bodies defined by their trading function belong in Topic: Power Market , and the System Operator’s technical obligations in Topic: Grid and Transmission ; a permitting body’s project-level workflow is cross-listed with Topic: Project Development and Permitting .

Pages

  • Department of Energy (DOE) — the department created by RA 7638 that formulates energy policy, publishes the Philippine Energy Plan, supervises permitting, and oversees the attached agencies NEA, NPC, TransCo, PSALM, and PNOC; the page to read on the policy-and-planning mandate as distinct from ERC’s regulatory one.
  • Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) — the independent quasi-judicial regulator created by EPIRA Section 38, attached to the Office of the President, holding original and exclusive jurisdiction over rates, fees, and penalties and enforcing the Section 45 cross-ownership caps; the page to read on who sets a tariff and who hears a rate dispute.
  • Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) — the GOCC created by EPIRA Section 49 to privatize NPC generation and TransCo transmission assets, liquidate NPC’s assumed obligations, and administer Universal Charge collection, with a corporate life expiring 26 June 2026; the page to read on privatization progress and on what happens to the residual liabilities.
  • Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) — the sole competition authority under RA 10667, holding original and primary jurisdiction over energy-sector competition above ERC on pure competition matters, with merger notification thresholds and per se prohibitions on bid manipulation in auctions and selection processes; the page to read on cartel, dominance, and merger exposure in the sector.
  • Philippine Energy Research and Policy Institute (PERPI) — the statutory research institute created by RA 11572 and attached to the University of the Philippines rather than DOE, with divestment rules and a research agenda deliberately independent of the Philippine Energy Plan; the page to read on where independent energy policy research sits institutionally and why it was placed outside the department.
  • Energy Investment Coordinating Council (EICC) — the inter-agency body under EO 30 that harmonizes approvals for Energy Projects of National Significance and issues the CEPNS certificate, whose 30-day deemed-approval baseline preceded the statutory EVOSS timelines by two years. Cross-listed on Topic: Project Development and Permitting as a step in a project’s path; here it is the policy precursor to EVOSS, and the page to read on how large-project permitting was first harmonized.
  • Energy Virtual One-Stop Shop (EVOSS) — the RA 11234 digital platform consolidating energy permitting across agencies, with binding per-agency timelines and deemed approval on a missed deadline, now the exclusive channel for offshore wind permits. Cross-listed on Topic: Project Development and Permitting as the permitting workflow itself; here it is the statutory reform and its governance, and the page to read on the deemed-approval rule and its carve-outs.
  • DOE Rules of Practice and Procedure — the DOE’s general adjudicative code adopted by DC2002-07-004, defining party roles, the application, complaint, and motu proprio tracks, mandatory summary proceedings for petroleum permits, and the reconsideration-then-appeal path to the Office of the President; the page to read on how a proceeding before the DOE actually runs and on the deadlines that bind it.
  • BARMM Energy Policy — the energy governance structure for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region under RA 11054, with the Intergovernmental Energy Board co-chaired by DOE and MENRE, a 50/50 fossil-fuel and uranium revenue split, and Bangsamoro authority to build generation and distribution utilities. Cross-listed on Topic: Electrification and Consumer Support for the region’s electrification gap; here it is the autonomy arrangement, and the page to read on how national and regional energy powers are divided.
  • IPP BOT Real Property Tax Condonation — the recurring presidential condonation of real property tax on BOT generation facilities under Local Government Code Section 277, resolving by executive issuance a persisting ambiguity over whether the 10% GOCC preferential assessment applies; the page to read on the LGU-versus-national-government tax conflict and why twelve EOs have substituted for a legislative fix.
  • ASEAN Energy Cooperation — Philippines Engagement — Philippine participation in the ASEAN Plan of Action for Energy Cooperation across the ASEAN Power Grid, Trans-ASEAN Gas Pipeline, and nuclear sub-sector network, including the regional 2025 targets against which national performance is measured; the page to read on the Philippines’ regional energy commitments ahead of its 2026 ASEAN chairmanship.

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