Malacañang issued an executive order for the establishment of an energy virtual one-stop shop task group.
Under Executive Order 143, it is said to be for the implementation of Republic Act No. 11234 or the “Energy Virtual One-Stop Shop Act,” which seeks to establish an online platform spearheaded by the Department of Energy.
The one-stop shop is for more streamlined submission and processing of data and information for applications of various energy projects.
This task group will be led by the Office of the President as chairperson, while the vice-chairperson is the secretary of the Department of Energy.
The members will be the leaders of the Department of Agriculture, Department of Agrarian Reform, Department of Energy and Natural Resources, Department of Interior and Local Government, Department of Information and Communications Technology, National Commission on Indigenous Peoples, National Water Resources, Market Operator System, and Transmission Network Provider.
The task group also includes representatives of the power generation, transmission, and distribution sectors selected by the DOE Secretary.
Malacañang orders creation of Energy Virtual One-Stop Shop Task Group
The EO was also told that the task group would work with the Anti-Red Tape Authority and submit an annual report to the President’s Office.
In July 2020, President Rodrigo Duterte also formed a committee that would study the possibility of operating nuclear power plants as an additional energy source for the country’s growing population and economy.
Duterte signed Executive Order No. 116 Wednesday, which created the Nuclear Energy Program Interagency Committee. Department of Energy will lead the committee, with the Department of Science and Technology, as vice-chairperson.
Its 11 members include the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Department of the Interior and Local Government, National Economic and Development Authority, Department of Finance, National Power Corporation, Philippine Nuclear Research Institute and the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, National Transmission Corporation, and Department of Foreign Affairs.
“There is an imperative study need to revisit the country’s policy on nuclear energy and to determine its feasibility as a long-term option for power generation,” the order read.
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