(NAR) VOL. 7 NO. 3 / JULY-SEPTEMBER 1996
"Section 7.d Oil/Petroleum/Natural Gas.2. Amendment to Section 8.a of E.R. 1-94 by deleting subsection (5) to exclude natural gas from the exemptions, to read as follows:
(1) Indigenous Petroleumxxx
(3) Natural Gas - and LNG-fired Power Plants
a. Electrification benefits under Section
b. Reduction in the cost of electricity under Section 6 (a) (3);
c. Skills development under Section 6 (b);
d. Preference in employment under Section 6 (c);
e. Procurement of local supplies and services under Section 6 (d); and
f. Development and livelihood fund equivalent to one-half of one-centavo (PO.005) per kilowatt-hour, which amount shall be applied in an equitable preferential manner in accordance with the proportion prescribed under Section 6 (e) (2)."
"Section 8. Exemptions.This Amendment shall take effect upon the lapse of fifteen (15) days from complete publication in one (1) newspaper of general circulation in the Philippines.
a. Each of the following shall be exempted from providing the benefits required under these rules and regulations:
1. a small-scale coal mining (SSCM) permittee;
2. an energy-generating facility with an aggregate installed or operating generation capacity that is less than ten (10) megawatts (MW);
3. an energy-generating facility located in a special economic zone which sells or exports less than ten (10) megawatts (MW) of its surplus power output outside of the special economic zones where it is located;
4. an energy-generating facility for the exclusive internal use of the owner (e.g., integrated to the industrial plant); and
5. an on-going energy-generating project with a negotiated benefits package which is better than or at least substantially equal to the benefits provided hereunder, as determined and certified by the DOE."