Adopting The Policy On Ensuring Sustainable Renewable Energy Resource Management And Mandating The Department Of Energy (Doe) To Lead In Its Implementation

Executive Orders

Executive Order No. 206

MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 206

ADOPTING THE POLICY ON ENSURING SUSTAINABLE RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND MANDATING THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) TO LEAD IN ITS IMPLEMENTATION

WHEREAS, Presidential Decree (PD) No. 1515 (s. 1978), as amended by PD No. 1749 (s. 1980), provides that when the public interest so requires, the President may transfer to the appropriate agency of the government the jurisdiction over certain watersheds and reservations which may in the future support water-based energy projects;

WHEREAS, by virtue of Ministry of Energy (MOE) Order No. 83-06-15, the Office of Energy Affairs (now DOE) deputized the Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) to undertake the management, protection, development and rehabilitation of the watershed areas surrounding geothermal reservations namely: Tongonan Geothermal Reservation, Palinpinon Geothermal Reservation, and Bacon-Manito Geothermal Reservation;

WHEREAS, Executive Order (EO) No. 223 (s. 1987) vested in the PNOC the jurisdiction, control, management, protection, development and rehabilitation of the watershed areas surrounding geothermal reservations namely: Tongonan Geothermal Reservation, Palinpinon Geothermal Reservation, Bacon-Manito Geothermal Reservation,...