83 OG No. 30, 3422-B (July 27, 1987)
(a) | Formulate policies, consistent with Section 3 and pertinent national guidelines, and coordinate all activities which the government may need to undertake relative to the exploration, development, marketing, distribution, storage, and efficient utilization of energy resources from fossil fuels such as petroleum, coal natural gas and gas liquids, nuclear-fuel resources, geothermal resources, hydroelectric resources, and existing and potential forms of non-conventional energy resources; |
(b) | Establish and administer a comprehensive and integrated program for the exploration, exploitation, development, extraction, importation, exportation, transport, marketing, distribution, storage, and efficient utilization of fossil, nuclear, geothermal, hydroelectric and non-conventional forms of energy resources; |
(c) | Encourage and guide business activities relative to the exploration, exploitation, development, extraction, importation, exportation, transport, marketing, distribution and storage of fossil, nuclear, geothermal, hydroelectric, and non-conventional forms of energy resources; |
(d) | Assess, review and provide direction to, in coordination with concerned government agencies, energy research and development programs, including identification of sources of energy and determination of their commercial feasibility for development; |
(e) | Formulate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to implement the objectives and provisions of this Executive Order; |
(f) | Perform other functions as established by law or as ordered by higher authority; and |
(g) | Exercise all powers necessary or incidental to attain the objectives of this Executive Order. |
(a) | Office of the Executive Director; |
(b) | Office of the Deputy Executive Director for Energy Operations; |
(c) | Office of the Deputy Executive Director for Energy Staff Services; |
(d) | Special Concerns Services; and |
(e) | Regional Field Offices. |
(a) | Establish policies for the effective, efficient and economical operations of the Energy Office in accordance with the programs of government; |
(b) | Promulgate rules and regulations necessary to carry out Energy Office objectives, policies, plans, programs and projects; |
(c) | Exercise supervision and control over all functions and activities of the Energy Office; |
(d) | Delegate authority for the performance of any administrative or substantive function to the Deputy Executive Director or other officials of rank at the Energy Office and |
(e) | Perform such other functions as may be provided by law or assigned by the President. |
(a) | Advise the Executive Director on matters relative to the promulgation of administrative orders and other issuances of the Energy Office; |
(b) | Recommend the promulgation of rules and regulations, consistent with the policies of the Energy Office; |
(c) | Coordinate the functions and activities of the units under his authority; |
(d) | Exercise delegated authority on substantive and administrative matters to the extent granted by the Executive Director through administrative issuances; and |
(e) | Perform such other functions as may be provided by law or assigned by the Executive Director. |
(a) | Energy Development Services. – The Energy Development Services shall be responsible for program and project planning relative to the exploration, exploitation, development and extraction of energy resources. Energy resources shall mean any substance by itself or in combination with others, or after processing or refining or the application to of technology, emanates, generates, or causes the emanation or generation of energy, such as but not limited to petroleum or petroleum products, coal, marsh gas, marsh gas, methane gas, geothermal and hydroelectric sources of energy, uranium, and other similar and radioactive minerals, solar energy, tidal power, as well as non-conventional existing and potential sources. It shall conduct energy research and studies and perform consultative training and advisory services to the practitioners and institutions in the areas of regulated activity. It shall perform such other functions as may be provided by law or directed by the President. |
(b) | Energy Utilization and Promotion Services. – The Energy Utilization and Promotion Services shall be responsible for program and project planning for the encouragement and guidance of business activities relative to importation, exportation, storage, shipping, transportation, storage, shipping, transporting, refinement, processing, marketing, and distribution of energy resources. It shall also exercise such powers and functions, as appropriate, of the abolished Oil Industry Commission under Republic Act No. 6173, as amended, which were transferred to the Ministry of Energy under Section 12 of P.D. No. 1206, as amended. It shall also be responsible for the promotion and utilization of non-conventional energy technologies and resources. It shall perform such other functions as may be provided by law or as directed by the President. |
(a) | Financial and Management Services. – The Financial and Management Services shall be responsible for providing the Energy Office with services relative to budgetary, financial and management improvement matters, assuring the integrity of financial operations and compliance with the requirements of the Commission on Audit and optimizing internal operating efficiency. It shall also be responsible for providing the Energy Office with services relating to personnel, information, records, supplies, collection and disbursements, security, custodial work and all other administrative matters. |
(b) | Planning Services. – The Planning Services shall be responsible for the providing the Energy Office with services relating to planning, programming, and project development, including power development, policies and programs and their priorities as may be warranted by domestic or international developments. It shall also review and evaluate energy development programs, including those which concern the development and utilization of non-conventional forms of energy resources. |
(c) | Legal Affairs and Counselling Services. – The Legal Affairs and Counselling Services shall be responsible for providing legal advice and services on all policy, program and operational matters of the Energy Office. It shall also provide legal counseling services in cases in which the Energy Office is a party. It shall also handle administrative cases against Energy Office personnel and submit recommendations pertaining to them. |
(a) | Implement laws, policies, programs, rules and regulations of the Energy Office; |
(b) | Coordinate with other offices and agencies in the region; |
(c) | Coordinate with local government units; and |
(d) | Perform other functions as may be provided by law or assigned to them by the Executive Director. |
(a) | The Bureau of Energy Development is hereby abolished and its pertinent functions together with applicable appropriations, records, equipment and such personnel as may be necessary shall be transferred to the Office of the Deputy Executive Director for Energy Operations. |
(b) | The non-regulatory powers and functions of the Bureau of Energy Utilization together with applicable appropriations, records, equipment and such personnel as may be necessary shall be transferred to the Office of the Deputy Executive Director for Energy Operations. |
(c) | The regulatory and adjudicatory powers and functions of the Bureau of Energy Utilization remain with the Energy Regulatory Board as mandated by Executive Order No. 172. |
(d) | The National Coal Authority, as created by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 1722, is hereby abolished. Its regulatory powers and functions together with applicable appropriations, records, equipment and such personnel as may be necessary shall be transferred to the Energy Regulatory Board. Its non-regulatory powers and functions together with applicable appropriations, records, equipment and such personnel as may be necessary shall be transferred to the appropriate units of the Energy Office. Its assets and liabilities shall be transferred to the national government, for disposal by the appropriate body. |
(e) | The Watershed Management Unit presently tasked with the implementation of Presidential Decree No. 1515, as amended, and the Environmental Unit are hereby abolished. Their powers and functions are transferred to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources consistent with Section 4 of Executive Order No. 192, Provided, That in the interest of promoting operating efficiency, the Department shall enter into agreement as appropriate with concerned government energy agencies which shall allow the latter to oversee the watershed and environment aspects in their respective areas of interest such as those where geothermal operations and water-based projects are conducted. |
(a) | The transfer of functions which results in the abolition of the government unit that has exercised them shall include the appropriations, funds, records, equipment, facilities, other assets and personnel as may be necessary to the proper discharge of the transferred functions. The abolished unit’s remaining appropriations and funds, if any, shall be allocated to such appropriate units as the Executive Director shall determine or shall otherwise be disposed of in accordance with the Auditing Code and other pertinent laws, rules and regulations. Its liabilities, if any, shall likewise be treated in accordance with the Auditing Code and other pertinent laws, rules and regulations. Its personnel shall, in hold-over capacity, continue to perform their duties and responsibilities and receive the corresponding salaries and benefits. Its personnel whose positions are not included in the Office’s new position structure and staffing pattern approved and prescribed by the Executive Director under Section 17 hereof or who are not reappointed, shall be entitled to the benefits provided for in Section 17 hereof. |
(b) | The transfer of functions which does not result in the abolition of the government unit that has exercised them shall include the appropriations, funds, records, equipment, facilities, other assets and personnel as may be necessary to the proper discharge of the transferred functions. The liabilities, if any, that may have been incurred in connection with the discharge of the transferred functions. The liabilities, if any, that may have been incurred in connection with the discharge of the transferred functions, shall be treated in accordance with the Auditing Code and other pertinent laws, rules and regulations. Such personnel shall, in a hold-over capacity, continue to perform their respective duties and responsibilities and receive the corresponding salaries and benefits. Any such personnel, whose position is not included in the new position structure and staffing pattern of the Energy Office approved and prescribed by the Executive Director under Section 17 hereof or who has not been reappointed, shall be entitled to the benefits provided for in the same Section 17. |
(c) | In case of merger or consolidation of government units, the new or surviving unit shall exercise the functions (subject to the reorganization herein prescribed and the laws, rules and regulations, pertinent to the exercise of such functions) and shall acquire the appropriations, funds, records, equipment, facilities, other assets, liabilities if any, and personnel of (1) the units that compose the merged unit or (2) the absorbed unit, as the case may be. Such personnel shall, in a hold-over capacity, continue to perform their respective duties and responsibilities and receive the corresponding salaries and benefits. Any such personnel, whose position is not included in the new position structure and staffing pattern of the Energy Office approved and prescribed by the Executive Director under Section 17 hereof or who is not reappointed, shall be entitled to the benefits provided in the same Section 17. |