Philippine

Energy Laws

(Oil and Power)

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

---Ramon B. Magsaysay

President, Republic of the Philippines (1954-1957)

• Act No. 667 (Method of Applying for Franchises)

• Act No. 1022 (Amending Act No. 667)

• 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)

• Proclamation No. 71, Series of 1927 (Withdrawing from sale or settlement the following-described parcel of the public domain situated in the municipalities of Montalban, San Jose del Monte, Norzagaray, Angat, San Rafael, San Miguel, Peñaranda, and Infanta, Provinces of Rizal, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, and Tayabas)

• Proclamation No. 505, Series of 1965 (Amending Proclamation No. 71)

• Act No. 3636 (Model Electric Light and Power Franchise Act)

• Commonwealth Act No. 132 (Amending Act No. 3636)

• 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)

   

  • Republic Act No. 3043 (Amending Commonwealth Act No. 120)

   

  • Republic Act No. 4897  (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. 295 (Amending Section 12 of Commonwealth Act No. 137)

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

• Presidential Decree No. 1385 (Amending Presidential Decree No. 463)

• Presidential Decree No. 1677 (Amending Presidential Decree No. 463), As Amended

• Commonwealth Act No. 141 (Public Land Act)

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

   

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

   

  • Commonwealth Act No. 454 (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. 2031 (Amending Commonwealth Act No. 146)

   

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

   

  • Republic Act No. 3792 (Amending Commonwealth Act No. 146)

   

• Commonwealth Act No. 733 (An Act to Accept the Executive Agreement to be Entered Into Between the President of the Philippines and the President of the United States)

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

   

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

  • Republic Act No. 4442 (Amending Republic Act No. 3098)

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

   

  • Caltex (Philippines), Inc. vs. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

   

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

   

  • 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)

   

  • Commissioner of Customs vs. Esso

     

• Republic Act No. 1815 (Philippine Nuclear Energy Act of 1957)

• Republic Act No. 2067 (Science Act of 1958)

   

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

   

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

   

  • Executive Order No. 613, Series of 1980 (Transferring the Philippine Atomic Energy Commission to the Office of the President)

  • Executive Order No. 640, Series of 1981 (Amending Executive Order No. 613)

• Republic Act No. 2717 (Electrification Administration Act)

   

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

   

• Republic Act No. 3083 (Regulating the Filing, Processing and Settlement of Damage Claims Resulting From Nuclear Incidents)

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

   

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

   

  • Letter of Instructions No. 588 (Designation of a Pollution Control Officer by all entities discharging or emitting pollutants)

  • DENR Department Administrative Order No. 1992-26 (Appointment/Designation of Pollution Control Officers)

  • DENR Department Administrative Order No. 1990-35 (Revised Effluent Regulations of 1990)

   

  • DENR Department Administrative Order No. 2002-16 (DENR-EMB National Environmental User’s Fee of 2002)

  • DENR Department Administrative Order No. 2003-39 (Implementing Rules and Regulations of DENR-EMB National Environmental User’s Fee of 2002)

• 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, Series of 1970 (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, Series of 1975 (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)

• Department Circular No. 2000-02-001 (Revised Geothermal Safety and Health Rules and Regulations of 1999)

• 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. 5499 (Authorizing the Construction of the Upper Pampanga River Project)

• Presidential Decree No. 35 (Amending Republic Act No. 5499)

• Proclamation No. 548, Series of 1969 (Reserving for Watershed and Hydroelectric Purposes of the National Power Corporation A Certain Parcel of Land of the Public Domain Situated in the Municipalities of Atok, Bukod, Buguias, Itogon, Kabayan, Kibungan, La Trinidad and Tublay, Province of Benguet, Municipalities of Hunduan and Kiangan, Province of Ifugao; and Municipality of Kayapa, Nueva Vizcaya)

• Proclamation No. 573, Series of 1969 (Reserving As Permanent Forests Certain Parcels of the Public Domain Situated in Nueva Ecija, Nueva Vizcaya, Bontoc, Cagayan, Bulacan, Pangasinan, Quezon, Laguna, Camarines Sur and Iloilo)

• 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. 6124 (Providing for the Fixing of the Maximum Selling Price of Essential Articles or Commodities, Creating the Price Control Council)

• Proclamation No. 739, Series of 1970 (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)

• 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)

   

  • Presidential Decree No. 1633 (Amending Republic Act No. 6173)

   

• Republic Act No. 6361 (Price Control Law)

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

• 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)

   

  • Administrative Order No. 381, Series of 1998 (Providing for the Fulfillment by the National Power Corporation of Its Obligations Under the Agreement for the Sale and Purchase of Natural Gas)

   

• 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)

       

      • Bureau of Local Government Finance Opinion No. 2001-0803 (Confirmation whether SPEX and co-ventures in SC 38 are exempt from local business tax, real property tax, and other local taxes imposed under R.A. 7160)

       

      • Department Circular No. 2003-05-005 (Procedures for Contract Area Definition and Public Contracting Rounds in Petroleum Prospective Areas) (PDF File)

       

      • 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. 56 (Attaching the Oil Industry Commission to the National Economic Development Authority)

• Proclamation No. 1111, Series of 1973 (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 Provinces of Laguna, Quezon, Batangas)

• 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. 513 (Providing for the Proper Recording and Keeping of Mining Instruments and Documents)

• Letter of Instructions No. 215

• Letter of Instructions No. 216 (Special Price Support in Industrial Fuel Oil to Strategic Industries)

• 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)

• Letter of Instructions No. 239

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

• Letter of Instructions No. 258-A

• Letter of Instructions No. 268

• Presidential Decree No. 680 (Reclassifying Portions of the Foreshore Land in (1) Lo-Oc, Lapu-Lapu City Island of Mactan, (2) Barrio Sasa, City of Davao, Province of Davao, (3) Barrio Punta, Municipality of Appari, Province of Cagayan (4) Barrio Banago, Bacolod City, Province of Negros Occidental And (5) Sitio of Miputak Poblacion, City of Dipolog, Zamboanga Del Norte, As Land for Commercial or Industrial Purposes and Conveying the Same and the Improvements Thereon to National Development Company and For Other Purposes)

• Proclamation No. 1413, Series of 1975 (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. 693 (Authorizing the Construction of the Magat River Multi-Purpose Project in Isabela)

• Letter of Instructions No. 277 (Disposition of private lands owned by Caltex (Philippines), Inc.)

• Letter of Instructions No. 280 (Program of Special Assistance to Bus & Jeepney Operators)

• Letter of Instructions No. 329 (Comprehensive Nationwide Information and Education Campaign of Energy Conservation)

• 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. 987 (Amending Presidential Decree No. 782)

• Presidential Decree No. 800 (Providing That the Special Fund Created Under Section 7 (j) of Republic Act No. 6173, As Amended, Shall Not Revert to the General Fund Except Upon Specific Direction of the President)

• Letter of Instructions No. 329

• Letter of Instructions No. 339

• Presidential Decree No. 844 (Imposing An Energy Tax on Aircraft Not Operated for Hire to the General Public)

• Presidential Decree No. 845 (Imposing An Energy Tax on Motorized Watercraft Used for Pleasure and Recreation)

• Presidential Decree No. 846 (Requiring All Sectors of Mass Media Including Billboard Operators to Allocate Spot Time and/or Space For Informational and Educational Campaigns and Programs on Energy Conservation of the Government)

• Letter of Instructions No. 360

• Presidential Decree No. 882 (Regulating the Tax-Free Importation of Government Agencies Including Government-Owned or -Controlled Corporations)

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

• Letter of Instructions No. 392

• Letter of Instructions No. 400

• Letter of Instructions No. 416

• Presidential Decree No. 948 (Strengthening and Reconstituting the Power Development Council)

• 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. 444 (Promulgating Guidelines on Trade With Socialist and Other Centrally-Planned Economy Countries)

• Letter of Instructions No. 485 (Exempting the Importation of Crude Oil by the Philippine National Oil Company from the Operation of Letter of Instructions No. 444)

• 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. 1119 (Amending Section 124 of the National Internal Revenue Code, As Amended)

• 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)

• Presidential Decree No. 1160 (Vesting Authority in Barangay Captains to Enforce Pollution and Environmental Control Laws)

• Letter of Instructions No. 563 (Establishment and Operation of Bonded Warehouse(s) to be used and converted into an international acceptable exploration supply base(s) to service petroleum and other energy-related operations in the Philippines)

• Letter of Instructions No. 564 (Directing the Philippine National Oil Company to sell tires and batteries, whether imported or procured locally, at break-even cost on 180 days credit terms to bona fide and duly registered land/transportation companies)

• Letter of Instructions No. 580 (Program of Special Fuel Assistance to Rice and Corn Millers, Drier Operators and Haulers)

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

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

• Letter of Instructions No. 591

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

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

• Presidential Decree No. 1601 (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. 1234 (Instituting A Procedure for the Management of Special and Fiduciary Funds Earmarked or Administered by Departments, Bureaus, Offices and Agencies of the National Government, Including Government-Owned or -Controlled Corporations)

• Letter of Instructions No. 663

• Presidential Decree No. 1352 (Imposing A Five Percent Customs Duty and Five Percent Internal Revenue Tax in Lieu of the Duty and/or Tax-Free Importation Privilege)

• Presidential Decree No. 1395 (Amending Presidential Decree No. 1352)

• Presidential Decree No. 1442 (Geothermal Resources Decree)

• 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. 1839 (Amending Presidential Decree No. 1749)

• Presidential Decree No. 1585 (Prescribing Certain 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)

• Proclamation No. 2146, Series of 1981 (Proclaiming Certain Areas and Types of Projects As Environmentally Critical and Within the Scope of the Environmental Impact Statement System Established Under Presidential Decree No. 1586)

• Executive Order No. 291, Series of 1996 (Improving the Environmental Impact Statement System)

• Administrative Order No. 300, Series of 1996 (Further Strengthening the Philippine Environmental Impact Statement System and Clarifying the Authority to Grant or Deny the Issuance of Environmental Compliance Certificates)

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

• Administrative Order No. 42, Series of 2002 (Rationalizing the Implementation of the Philippine Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) System and Giving Authority, in Addition to the Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, to the Director and Regional Directors of the Environmental Management Bureau to Grant or Deny the Issuance of Environmental Compliance Certificates)

• DENR Department Administrative Order No. 2003-14 (Creating the Philippine Environment Partnership Program to Support Industry Self-Regulation Towards Improved Environmental Performance)

• DENR Department Administrative Order No. 2003-30 (Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) for the Philippine Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) System)

• Presidential Decree No. 1594 (Prescribing Policies, Guidelines, Rules and Regulations for Government Infrastructure Contracts)

• Presidential Decree No. 1599 (Establishing an Exclusive Economic Zone and For Other Purposes)

• Letter of Instructions No. 715

• Letter of Instructions No. 718 (Concrete National Plan Regarding the Development and Production of Coal)

• Letter of Instructions No. 781 (Fund Requirements for the Newly-Created Energy Supply Base to Service Petroleum and Other Energy-Related Operations in the Philippines)

• Letter of Instructions No. 793 (Release of P 20 Million to the Philippine National Oil Company for the Acquisition of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Tanker)

• 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 (Directing PNOC to import fuel oil free from customs duties and all other importation taxes and charges)

• Letter of Instructions No. 839

• Letter of Instructions No. 1135

• Letter of Instructions No. 835 (Directing the Establishment of A Gasoline Service Station Within the Premises of the Batasang Pambansa)

• Letter of Instructions No. 980 (Amending Letter of Instructions No. 835)

• 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. 842

• Letter of Instructions No. 847 (Limiting the Purchase of Tax-Free Petroleum Products by the Armed Forces of the Philippines Commissary and Exchange Service)

• Letter of Instructions No. 848

• Letter of Instructions No. 863 (Directing the Review of CY 1979 Budgetary Program and Establishing General Priorities in the Preparation of the CY 1980 Appropriations Bill)

• Letter of Instructions No. 869

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

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

   

  • Presidential Decree No. 1688-A (Amending Batas Pambansa Blg. 33)

   

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

   

  • Implementing Rules & Regulations

   

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

   

• Executive Order No. 539, Series of 1979 (Creating A Commission to Conduct An Inquiry on the Safety to the Public of All Nuclear Plants in the Country)

• Letter of Instructions No. 880 (Regarding the Funding of Government Activities from Foreign or Domestic Borrowing Sources)

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

• Letter of Instructions No. 892 (Effecting the Widespread Application of Proven Viable Technologies Pertaining to Non-Conventional Energy Sources)

• Executive Order No. 551, Series of 1979 (Directing That the Powers of Administrative Supervision and Control of the Office of the President Over the Board of Energy Shall Be Exercised Through the Ministry of Energy)

• Letter of Instructions No. 906

• Letter of Instructions No. 907

• Letter of Instructions No. 924

• Batas Pambansa Blg. 36 (Imposing An Energy Tax on Electric Power Consumption)

• Letter of Instructions No. 933 (Including Energy Priorities Program as Pioneer Preferred Areas of Investment)

• Letter of Instructions No. 951

• Letter of Instructions No. 969

• Letter of Instructions No. 975

• Letter of Instructions No. 975-A

• Letter of Instructions No. 983 (Acceleration of the Alcogas Program)

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

• Presidential Decree No. 1674 (Providing A Mechanism For Price Regulation, Creating A Price Stabilization Council)

• Presidential Decree No. 1681 (Amending Presidential Decree No. 1674)

• Letter of Instructions No. 994

• Presidential Decree No. 1686 (Imposing A Tax on Every Motor Vehicle Equipped With Air Conditioner)

• Letter of Instructions No. 1003

• Letter of Instructions No. 1005

• Letter of Instructions No. 1009

• Letter of Instructions No. 1036

• Presidential Decree No. 1709 (Levying A Surtax on Extraordinary Gains Realized by Oil Companies on Petroleum Products)

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

• Letter of Instructions No. 1068

• Letter of Instructions No. 1073

• Letter of Instructions No. 1078

• Letter of Instructions No. 1086

• Letter of Instructions No. 1091 (Authorizing the National Coal Authority to Use the Harbor Facilities of the National Irrigation Administration at Pier 3, South Harbor for Docking Coal Vessels)

• Presidential Decree No. 1767 (Empowering the President to Determine the Terms and Conditions of Power Contracts of the Government With Aluminum Smelter Projects)

• Presidential Decree No. 1818 (Prohibiting Courts From Issuing Restraining Orders or Preliminary Injunctions in Cases Involving Infrastructure and Natural Resource Development Projects of, and Public Utilities Operated by, the Government)

• Letter of Instructions No. 1103 (Release of P 50 Million for the National Coal Authority)

• Executive Order No. 655, Series of 1981 (Enjoining the Widespread Application of Gasifier Equipment for Irrigation and Other Farm-Related Purposes)

• Executive Order No. 662, Series of 1981 (Creating the National Dendro Development Corporation)

• Executive Order No. 671, Series of 1981 (Directing the Transfer to the National Development Corporation of All Accounts Payable to the Philippine National Oil Company)

• Executive Order No. 672, Series of 1981 (Revising the Rates of Specific Tax on Certain Petroleum Products)

• Executive Order No. 673, Series of 1981 (Enjoining the Widespread Application of Gasifier Equipment for Vehicles and Designating an Inter-Agency Committee to Oversee and Regulate Its Implementation)

• Letter of Instructions No. 1121 (Directing the Provisions of Low Cost Credit Facilities for Energy Projects)

• Executive Order No. 686, Series of 1981 (Releasing Appropriated Funds to the National Coal Authority)

• Letter of Instructions No. 1149

• Letter of Instructions No. 1201

• Letter of Instructions No. 1202

• Letter of Instructions No. 1203

• Executive Order No. 794, Series of 1982 (Authorizing the President of the Philippines the Importation of Fuel Oil (LOI No. 837), Diesel Fuel and Kerosene (LOI No. 839) Free From Customs Duties and Other Importation Taxes and Charges)

• Letter of Instructions No. 1224

• Letter of Instructions No. 1226

• Letter of Instructions No. 1227

• 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)

• Executive Order No. 846, Series of 1982 (Amending Executive Order No. 827)

• Executive Order No. 1075, Series of 1985 (Further Amending Executive Order No. 827)

• Executive Order No. 828, Series of 1982 (Temporarily Suspending the Exportation of Copra)

• Letter of Instructions No. 1271

• Executive Order No. 837, Series of 1982 (Vesting the Jurisdiction, Control and Regulation Over the Watershed Areas of the Manito, Albay and Bacon, Sorsogon Geothermal Reservation Established Under Proclamation No. 2036-A With the Ministry of Energy, Pursuant to the Provisions of Presidential Decree No. 1515, As Amended by Presidential Decree No. 1749)

• Letter of Instructions No. 1272

• Executive Order No. 860, Series of 1983 (Imposing An Additional Duty of Three Percent (3%) Ad Valorem on All Imports)

• Executive Order No. 894, Series of 1983 (Modifying Executive Order No. 860)

• Executive Order No. 899, Series of 1983 (Revoking Executive Order No. 894, Series of 1983, Which Set Aside for the Consumer Price Equalization Fund (CPEF) the Additional 3% Ad Valorem Duty Collected on Crude Oil and Finished Petroleum Product Imports)

• Executive Order No. 918 (Amending Executive Order No. 860, Series of 1982)

• Executive Order No. 881, Series of 1983 (Authorizing As An Emergency Measure, the Importation of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Free From Customs Duties and the Consumer Price Equalization Fund Payment)

• Letter of Instructions No. 1329 (Directing the Design and Implementation of Measures to See to A Comprehensive Government Effort to Attain Balance of Payments Targets)

• Letter of Instructions No. 1332

• Letter of Instructions No. 1333

• Letter of Instructions No. 1334 (Directing the Postponement of Some of the Major Industrial Projects and A Review of Other Government Projects)

• Letter of Instructions No. 1342 (Ordering Immediate Measures to Prevent Price Manipulation and to Protect Consumers)

• Letter of Instructions No. 1352 (Guidelines in the processing of additional as well as foreign owned crude oil)

• Executive Order No. 280, Series of 1987 (Expanding the Incentive Features of LOI No. 1352)

• Letter of Instructions No. 1359 (Directing Measures to Prevent Hoarding, Profiteering and Price Manipulation)

• Letter of Instructions No. 1361

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

• Presidential Decree No. 1899 (Establishing Small-Scale Mining As A New Dimension in Mineral Development)

• Presidential Decree No. 1917 (Amending Sections 153, 155 and 156 of Title IV (Specific Tax) of the National Internal Revenue Code)

• Presidential Decree No. 1955 (Withdrawing, Subject to Certain Conditions, the Duty and Tax Privileges Granted to Private Business Enterprises and/or Persons Engaged in Any Economic Activity)

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

• Letter of Instructions No. 1431

• Executive Order No. 1024, Series of 1985 (Reclassifying the OPSF From A Special Account to A Trust Account)

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

• Caltex Philippines, Inc. vs. The Honorable Commissioner on Audit, et al.

• Valmonte vs. Energy Regulatory Board, et. al.

• John H. Osmeña vs. Oscar Orbos, et. al.

• Letter of Instructions No. 1431

• Letter of Instructions No. 1441 (Allowing the Price Adjustment (increasing/decreasing) of domestic petroleum every two months effective the second Monday of January, 1985)

• Letter of Instructions No. 1442

• Letter of Instructions No. 1460

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

• Letter of Instructions No. 1003

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

• Batas Pambansa Blg. 872 (Amending Batas Pambansa Blg. 73)

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

• Executive Order No. 20, Series of 1986 (Placing the Offices, Agencies and Corporations Attached to the Ministry of Energy Under the Administrative Supervision of the Office of the President)

   

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

   

• Executive Order No. 55, Series of 1986 (Transferring to the National Government the Philippine Nuclear Power Plant I)

• Executive Order No. 98, Series of 1986 (Modifying Executive Order No. 55)

• Executive Order No. 315, Series of 1988 (Renaming the Cabinet Committee on the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant as “The Presidential Committee on the Philippine Nuclear Power Plant” and Defining Its Structure, Powers and Functions)

• Executive Order No. 358, Series of 1989 (Revoking the Designation of the Administrator of the Export Processing Zone Authority As A Member of the Presidential Committee on the Philippine Nuclear Power Plant)

• Executive Order No. 13, Series of 1992 (Amending Executive Order No. 315, Series of 1988)

• Executive Order No. 265, Series of 1995 (Amending Executive Order No. 315, Series of 1998)

• Proclamation No. 50, Series of 1986 (Proclaiming and Launching A Program for the Expeditious Disposition and Privatization of Certain Government Corporations and/or the Assets Thereof, and Creating the Committee on Privatization and the Asset Privatization Trust)

• Proclamation No. 50-A, Series of 1986 (Modifying Proclamation No. 50, Series of 1986)

• Executive Order No. 37, Series of 1992 (Restating the Privatization Policy of the Government)

• Amado S. Bagatsing vs. Committee on Privatization, et. al.

• Executive Order No. 127, Series of 1987 (Reorganizing the Ministry of Finance)

• Executive Order No. 127-A, Series of 1987 (Amending Executive Order No. 127)

• 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. 242, Series of 1987 (Amending Executive Order No. 133, Series of 1987)

• Executive Order No. 242-A, Series of 1987 (Modifying Executive Order No. 242, Series of 1987)

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

• Executive Order No. 195, Series of 1987 (Amending Paragraph (b) of Section 128 of the National Internal Revenue Code, As Amended, by Revising the Excise Tax Rates of Certain Petroleum Products)

• Executive Order No. 223, Series of 1987 (Vesting on PNOC the Jurisdiction, Control, Management, Protection, Development and Rehabilitation Over the Watershed Areas of Geothermal Reservations Where PNOC Has Geothermal Projects, Plants, and Properties)

• Executive Order No. 224, Series of 1987 (Vesting on the National Power Corporation the Complete Jurisdiction, Control and Regulation Over Watershed Areas and Reservations Surrounding Its Power Generating Plants and Properties of Said Corporation)

• Executive Order No. 230, Series of 1987 (Reorganizing the National Economic and Development Authority)

• Executive Order No. 279, Series of 1987 (Authorizing the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources to Negotiate and Conclude Joint Venture, Co-Production, or Production-Sharing Agreements for the Exploration, Development and Utilization of Mineral Resources)

• Executive Order No. 338, Series of 1988 (Creating the Energy Coordinating Council)

• Executive Order No. 504, Series of 1992 (Amending Section 2 of Executive Order No. 338)

• Executive Order No. 23, Series of 1992 (Amending Section 2 of Executive Order No. 338)

• Republic Act No. 6767 (Amending Section 145, Paragraph (B), of the National Internal Revenue Code, As Amended)

• Executive Order No. 383, Series of 1989 (Directing Emergency Measures to Prevent Excessive Increases in Prices of Certain Prime Commodities in the National Capital Region )

• Proclamation No. 503, Series of 1989 (Declaring A State of National Emergency Throughout the Philippines)

• Executive Order No. 384, Series of 1989 (Guidelines in the Implementation of Proclamation No. 503, Series of 1989)

• Republic Act No. 6826 (Declaring the Existence of a National Emergency)

• DENR Department Administrative Order No. 1990-34 (Revised Water Usage and Classification/Water Quality Criteria)

• Republic Act No. 6952 (Petroleum Price Standby Fund to Support the OPSF)

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

   

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

   

• 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 and to Protect the People From Hoarding, Profiteering, Injurious Speculations, Manipulation of Prices, and Other Pernicious Practices in Areas Severely Stricken by the Recent Earthquake)

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

• Executive Order No. 433, Series of 1990 (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)

• Republic Act No. 6965 (Revising the Form of Taxation on Petroleum Products From Ad Valorem to Specific)

• 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. 6969 (Toxic Substances & Hazardous Waste and Nuclear Waste Control Act of 1990)

• DENR Department Administrative Order No. 1992-29 (Implementing Rules & Regulations)

• DENR Department Administrative Order No. 1994-28 (Interim Guidelines for the Importation of Recyclable Materials Containing Hazardous Substances

• DENR Department Administrative Order No. 1997-28 (Amending DAO 1994-28)

• 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)

   

  • Administrative Order No. 252, Series of 1991 (Creating the Task Force on Mini-Hydroelectric Power Development)

   

  • Implementing Rules & Regulations

   

• Administrative Order No. 271, Series of 1992 (Formation of A Multi-Sectoral Finesse National Committee)

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

• DENR Department Administrative Order No. 1992-25 (Implementing Rules & Regulations)

• DENR Department Administrative Order No. 2008-26 (Revised Implementing Rules & Regulations)

• Administrative Order No. 4, Series of 1992 (Designating A Negotiating Panel on the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, Authorizing it to Negotiate the Terms of Certain Agreements With Westinghouse Electric Corporation Under Direction and Supervision of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant)

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

• Administrative Order No. 32, Series of 1993 (Constituting the Council of Advisers on Energy Affairs)

• 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. 2000-03-003 (Further Amending Energy Regulations 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. 354, Series of 1996 (Authorizing the NPC to Enter Into Negotiated Contracts for Coal Supply Requirements of Its Power Stations and IPPs)

• 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)

• National Power Corp. vs. Court of Appeals and Cagayan Electric Power & Light Co.

• Energy Regulatory Board vs. Court of Appeals, et. al.

• 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)

• Executive Order No. 115, Series of 1993 (Increasing the Special Duties on Crude Oil and Oil Products Under Section 104 of the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines, As Amended)

• Executive Order No. 160, Series of 1994 (Reducing the Special Duties of Crude Oil and Oil Products Prescribed in Executive Order No. 115, Series of 1993)

• Executive Order No. 123, Series of 1993 (Institutionalizing the Committee on Power Conservation and Demand Management)

• Executive Order No. 162, Series of 1994 (Restoring to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources And Jurisdiction, Control, Management, and Development of the Angat Watershed Reservation)

• 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

• Department of Justice Opinion No. 149, 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

• DOE-DOJ Task Force Resolution No. 2008-01 (Amending Resolution No. 98-01)

• Department of Justice Opinion No. 149, Series of 1998 (Effect of the full implementation of R.A. 8479 on the petroleum cases still pending before the ERB)

• Guidelines on Board of Investments Incentives

• Department of Justice Opinion No. 19, Series of 2000 (BOI Incentives of Participants in the Downstream Oil Industry)

• Department of Justice Opinion No. 87, Series of 2000 (Whether the term “Production equipment or machineries” covers machinery and equipment used in the storage and distribution of LPG in the light of R.A. 8479)

• Executive Order No. 314, Series of 2000 (Modifying the Rates of Imports Duties on Imported Crude Oil and Selected Refined Petroleum Products Under Section 104 of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978)

• Department of Justice Opinion No. 6, Series of 2001 (Supplementary Implementing Rules and Regulations of Republic Act No. 8479)

• 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)

• Department of Justice Opinion No. 73, Series of 2004 (Whether the President can increase tariffs on imported crude oil and petroleum products under Sec. 401 of the Tariff and Customs Code)

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

   

• Memorandum Circular No. 2001-05-002 (Prior Notice on Price Adjustments)

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

• 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.

• Garcia 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. 47, Series of 1998 (Implementing Rules & Regulations of Executive Order No. 446, Series of 1997)

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

• DENR Department Administrative Order No. 2002-17 (Defining the Organizational Structure and Major Responsibilities of the Environmental Management Bureau as a Line Bureau by Virtue of Section 34 of the Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999 (RA 8749))

• 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)

• Executive Order No. 312, Series of 2000 (Establishing the Sagip Niyugan Program)

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

• Republic Act No. 8975 (Ensuring the Expeditious Implementation and Completion of Government Infrastructure Projects)

• Republic Act No. 8997 (Granting First Gas Holdings Corporation A Franchise to Construct, Install, Own, Operate and Maintain A Natural Gas Pipeline for the Transportation and Distribution of Natural Gas to Different Areas in the Island of Luzon)

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

• DENR Department Administrative Order No. 2001-34 (Implementing Rules and Regulations)

• Republic Act No. 9209 (Granting the Manila Electric Company A Franchise to Construct, Operate and Maintain A Distribution System for the Conveyance of Electric Power)

• 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 (Achieving Parity Between Royalties on the Exploitation of Indigenous Energy Sources and Duties on Imported Energy Fuels)

• 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)

• Joint DENR-DA-PCSD Administrative Order No. 1 (Implementing Rules and Regulations)

• Bureau of Local Government Finance Opinion No. 2002-0802 (Whether sales of petroleum products are exempt from local taxation)

   

• Bureau of Local Government Finance Opinion No. 2003-0012 (Whether LPG is subject to local taxation)

   

• 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)

• Proclamation No. 596, Series of 2004 (Excluding From the Operation of Proclamation No. 573 Dated June 26, 1969, Which Established the Angat River-Bustos Dam Forest Reserve Situated in the Province of Bulacan, A Certain Portion of the Land Embraced Therein, Located in Barangays Bayabas and Cabayunan, Municipality of Doña Remedios Trinidad, Province of Bulacan, and Reserving the Same As the Site of the Bayabas Dam Project)

• 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)

• Basel Convention

• 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)

• DOF Department Order No. 6-08 (Amending DOF Department Order No. 23-07)

• Rules and Regulations Implementing DOF Department Order No. 23-07

• 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, Series of 2008 (Authorizing the Secretary of Energy to Negotiate & Conclude Joint Venture, Co-Production, or Production-Sharing Agreements for the Exploration, Development & Utilization of Mineral Resources)

• Administrative Order No. 244, Series of 2008 (Authorizing the Department of Agriculture the Use of P 4.0 Billion From Fees, Revenues, and Receipts from Service Contract 38 for the Rice Sufficiency Programs of the Government)

• 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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