RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE FREQUENT BROWNOUTS IN THE PROVINCE OF PALAWAN SINCE JANUARY 2017 TO THE DETRIMENT OF ITS ECONOMY, RESIDENTS, VISITORS, AND IN RELATION THERETO, THE COMPLIANCE OF PALECO WITH ITS DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9136 AND ITS RELATED RULES AND REGULATIONS, AND THE PERFORMANCE OF NEA AS THE REGULATOR OF ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10531

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE COMMISSION ON AUDIT DISCOVERY OF A 25 BILLION PESO DISCREPANCY ON THE RECORDING OF THE REMITTANCES AND RELEASES FROM THE MALAMPAYA NATURAL GAS PROJECT, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF RECONCILING ALL BOOKS OF ACCOUNTS PERTAINING TO THE MALAMPAYA FUND AND TO DETERMINE THE ACTUAL BALANCE OF THE SAID FUND

A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE RELEASE OF THE MALAMPAYA FUNDS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT WITHOUT COMPLETE DOCUMENTARY REQUIREMENTS IN VIOLATION OF EXISTING LAWS AND RULES AND REGULATIONS AS SPECIFIED IN THE COMMISSION ON AUDIT’S SPECIAL REPORT NO. 2017-04

AN ACT CREATING THE PHILIPPINE STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE EXISTING INVENTORIES OF COAL AND OIL, AND TO MONITOR AND EVALUATE ELECTRICITY AND FUEL PRICES TO ENSURE NO PREMATURE PRICE INCREASES ARE BEING PAID BY CONSUMERS AS A RESULT OF THE NEW EXCISE TAX RATES UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10963 OR THE TAX REFORM FOR ACCELERATION AND INCLUSION ACT

AN ACT TO SUPPORT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF NEW INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES AND TECHNOLOGIES THAT OPTIMIZE ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE, UTILIZE DIVERSE SOURCES OF ENERGY, AND INCREASE ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS

A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE STATE OF MARITIME RESEARCH BY FILIPINO SCIENTISTS AND THE PROGRAM OF THE GOVERNMENT TO PURSUE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION IN THE PHILIPPINE RISE

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR RESEACH, DEVELOPMENT, DEMONSTRATION, AND COMMERCIAL APPLICATION ACTIVITIES TO ENABLE THE DEVELOPMENT OF FARMS THAT ARE NET PRODUCERS OF BOTH FOOD AND ENERGY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION URGING THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MARINE SCIENCE INSTITUTE (UP-MSI), THE DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY’S PHILIPPINE COUNCIL FOR AGRICULTURE, AQUATIC AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (DOSTPCAARRD) AND THE PHILIPPINE COUNCIL ON INDUSTRY, ENERGY AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (DOST-PCIEERD) TO CONDUCT EXPLORATION STUDIES ON THE BENHAM RISE AND THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA OVER WHICH THE PHILIPPINES HAS SOVEREIGNTY AND JURISDICTION, WITH THE OBJECTIVES OF ACCOUNTING, IN FULL, THE EXTENT OF AQUATIC, MINERAL, OIL AND GAS DEPOSITS IN THE TERRITORIES AND STRENGTHENING THE CLAIM OF THE PHILIPPINES IN THE AREAS

AN ACT MANDATING THE IMMEDIATE RE-COMMISSIONING AND COMMERCIAL OPERATION OF THE BATAAN NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC INFORMATION AND MASS MEDIA AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE NECESSITY OF REQUIRING THE MANDATORY DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION RELATING TO THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF COMPANIES ENGAGED IN THE BUSINESS OF EXPLORATION, DEVELOPMENT AND/OR EXTRACTION OF RESOURCES

AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8679, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "DOWNSTREAM OIL INDUSTRY DEREGULATION ACT OF 1998"

A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE STATUS OF ELECTRIFICATION IN THE COUNTRY TO ASSESS AND POSSIBLY REVISE THE NATIONAL ELECTRIFICATION STRATEGY, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ACHIEVING TOTAL ELECTRIFICATION FOR THE WELFARE OF THE FILIPINO PEOPLE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATION

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A GREEN ENERGY FOR HOMES AND BUILDINGS PROGRAM IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO PROMOTE RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, AND INDUSTRIAL SCALE ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND ON-SITE RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES

A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE POLICY OF COMPETITIVE SELECTION PROCESS IN THE PROCUREMENT BY DISTRIBUTION UTILITIES OF POWER SUPPLY AND ITS EFFECTIVITY IN LOWERING THE GENERATION COST CHARGED TO CONSUMERS

AN ACT IMPOSING CIVIL PENALTIES ON UNREASONABLE PRICE INCREASES FOR CRUDE OIL, RESIDUAL FUEL OIL, OR REFINED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS

A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY ON THE PHILIPPINE DOWNSTREAM NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY POLICY WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ENACTING APPROPRIATE LEGISLATION FOR ITS DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION IN LIGHT OF THE MALAMPAYA FRANCHISE EXPIRATION IN 2024

AN ACT AUTHORIZING LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS TO APPLY THE SHARE OF THE PROCEEDS DERIVED FROM THE DEVELOPMENT AND UTILIZATION OF HYDROTHERMAL, GEOTHERMAL, AND OTHER SOURCES OF ENERGY FOR ELECTRIFICATION OF OTHER AREAS WITHIN THE PROVINCE WHERE THE SOURCE OF ENERGY IS LOCATED AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 294 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE UPDATE OF BILL DEPOSIT PROGRAM OF THE MANILA ELECTRIC COMPANY

AN ACT PROMOTING THE ENHANCEMENT OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENERGY EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGIES, STRENGTHENING ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS AND REINFORCEMENT OF RELATED LAWS AND OTHER STATUTORY PROVISIONS ON ENERGY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO GOVERNMENT’S EMERGING STRATEGY FOR RURAL ELECTRIFICATION, AND THE POLICIES AND PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES IN SERVICING FILIPINO COMMUNITIES AND ACHIEVING THE SECTOR’S MANDATE FOR TOTAL RURAL ELECTRIFICATION

AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9136, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS 'THE ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY REFORM ACT OF 2001', AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE JOINT CONGRESSIONAL POWER COMMISSION (JCPC) TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ASSET AND DEBT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES OF THE POWER SECTOR ASSET AND LIABILITIES MANAGEMENT CORP. (PSALM) IN DIRECT RELATION TO ITS PETITION FOR INCREASES IN CONSUMER ELECTRICITY RATES

AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE SOLAR ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

RESOLUTION URGING THE NATIONAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION AND ALL OTHER CONCERNED GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO PROVIDE A CONCRETE AND VIABLE ROADMAP FOR RURAL ELECTRIFICATION WITH THE END VIEW OF EXPANDING THE CAPACITIES, CAPABILITIES, AND OPPORTUNITIES OF RURAL COMMUNITIES TOWARDS SELF-DETERMINATION, SELF-RELIANCE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT, PROMOTING THE JUST AND EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES, AND UPHOLDING SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EQUALITY THROUGHOUT ALL OF PHILIPPINE SOCIETY

AN ACT CONDONING THE PENALTIES OF CAMARINES NORTE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. (CANORECO) ON OVERDUE ACCOUNTS CHARGED BY THE NATIONAL POWER CORPORATION IN THE AMOUNT OF SEVEN MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY FIVE PESOS AND SEVENTY NINE CENTAVOS (P7,739,845.79) COVERING THE PERIOD OCTOBER 1995 TO AUGUST 1997

A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE NATIONAL STRATEGY TO ENSURE ENERGY SECURITY AND ENERGY SELF-SUFFICIENCY IN VIEW OF THE CONTINUING INCREASES IN WORLD OIL PRICES

AN ACT EXEMPTING THE SALE OF ELECTRICITY TO RESIDENTIAL CONSUMERS WITH CONSUMPTION NOT EXCEEDING 250 KILOWATT HOUR FROM THE VALUE-ADDED TAX, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 109 (1) OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8424 OR THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1997, AS AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY’S NUCLEAR ENERGY PROGRAM IMPLEMENTING ORGANIZATION INCLUDING ITS RECOMMENDATION TO DECLARE A NUCLEAR POLICY FOR THE COUNTRY

AN ACT REQUIRING ALL INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERS, GENERATION COMPANIES OR ENERGY RESOURCE DEVELOPERS TO REMIT THE AMOUNT THEY ARE REQUIRED TO SET ASIDE AS FINANCIAL BENEFIT DIRECTLY TO THE HOST COMMUNITIES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY OF THE SENATE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE ALLEGED ANOMALOUS CONTRACTS AND/OR AGREEMENTS ENTERED INTO BY POWER ONE CORPORATION AND/OR ITS DESIGNATED PROJECT COMPANIES/AFFILIATES WHICH HAVE RESULTED TO THE CONTINUED UNSTABLE POWER SUPPLY SITUATION IN ITS AREAS OF OPERATION IN THE ISLAND PROVINCES OF CATANDUANES, MINDORO AND PALAWAN, AS WELL AS TO THE CHARGING OF BLOATED POWER RATES AND UNDUE PAYMENT OF ‘FOREGONE ENERGY’ AND/OR ‘STANDBY ENERGY’ CHARGES BY MEMBER-CONSUMERS OF ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES COVERING SAID PROVINCES PURPORTEDLY WITH THE CONNIVANCE OF OFFICIALS OF THE NATIONAL POWER CORPORATION, THE ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION AND/OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH THE TRUE AND REAL EXTENT OF SAID ANOMALY AND DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS A NEED FOR REMEDIAL LEGISLATION IN THIS REGARD

AN ACT ORDAINING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DOWNSTREAM NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY, CONSOLIDATING FOR THE PURPOSE ALL LAWS RELATING TO THE TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION AND SUPPLY OF NATURAL GAS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE OPERATIONS OF UNDERPERFORMING DISTRIBUTION UTILITIES AND THE REMEDIES TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE

AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS 4, 9, 20, 21, 23, 25, 26, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 38, 41, 43, 45, 48, 51, 70 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9136 ENTITLED AN ACT ORDAINING REFORMS IN THE ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9513, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE RENEWABLE ENERGY ACT OF 2008

AN ACT REMOVING THE ALLOWABLE SYSTEMS LOSS FROM PRIVATE UTILITY COMPANIES AND REDUCING THE CAP RECOVERABLE SYSTEM LOSSES OF RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES FROM FOURTEEN PERCENT (14%) TO FIVE PERCENT (5%) AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7832, AS AMENDED BY SECTION 43(F) OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9136, AND REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8424, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9337, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE SERIES OF INCREASES IN ELECTRICITY RATES REPORTEDLY DUE TO THE STRANDED DEBTS OF THE NATIONAL POWER CORPORATION (NPC) THAT ARE BEING PASSED ON TO POWER END-USERS, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ENSURING A RELIABLE AND SECURE SUPPLY OF ELECTRIC POWER AT REASONABLE AND AFFORDABLE RATES

AN ACT CREATING A HYDROGEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, TO LOOK INTO THE IMPACT OF THE SIGNIFICANT INCREASES OF OIL PRICES VIS-A-VIS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED 8479 WITH THE END IN VIEW OF REVIEWING THE SUFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVITY OF SAID LAW AND ENACTING LEGISLATIVE MEASURES, IF THERE BE A NEED, TO ADDRESS THE SAME

AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE OCEAN ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY IN AID OF LEGISLATION ON THE MINDANAO POWER SUPPLY SITUATION WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ENACTING LEGISLATIVE MEASURES TO ADDRESS THE SAME

AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE WIND ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY TO CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9136 OR THE ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY REFORM ACT OF 2001, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF AMENDING THE LAW IN ORDER TO MAKE IT MORE EFFECTIVE IN LOWERING THE ELECTRICITY RATES

AN ACT AMENDING THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1997 AS AMENDED

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE SERVICE CONTRACTS ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY TO THE ENERGY EXPLORATION COMPANIES, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ENSURING THAT SUCH CONTRACTS ARE NOT DISADVANTAGEOUS TO GOVERNMENT AND TO OUR INDIGENOUS ENERGY RESOURCES

AN ACT MANDATING AN IMMEDIATE VALIDATION PROCESS WHICH SATISFIES INTERNATIONALLY ACCEPTED NUCLEAR POWER INDUSTRY NORMS TO DETERMINE THE BATAAN NUCLEAR POWER PLANT'S OPERABILITY CULMINATING IN EITHER THE IMMEDIATE REHABILITATION, CERTIFICATION, AND COMMERCIAL OPERATION, OR THE IMMEDIATE PERMANENT CLOSURE AND SALVAGE VALUE RECOVERY OF THE BATAAN NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF HYDROGEN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES CONSISTENT WITH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY

AN ACT PROVIDING COMPETITIVE GRANTS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR REBATES, LOANS, AND OTHER INCENTIVES TO ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS OR ENTITIES FOR THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS FOR PROPERTIES LOCATED IN THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE/S TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ANENT THE REPORTED HUGE DISPARITIES IN THE PRICES OF GASOLINE AND OTHER PETROLEUM PRODUCTS IN NEGROS OCCIDENTAL AND OTHER AREAS IN THE COUNTRY WITH THEIR PRICE INDEX IN METRO MANILA, WITH THE INTENTION OF SUBMITTING CORRECTIVE MECHANISMS IN THE PRESENT DEREGULATION LAW

AN ACT REQUIRING ALL INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERS, GENERATION COMPANIES OR ENERGY RESOURCE DEVELOPERS TO REMIT THE AMOUNT THEY ARE REQUIRED TO SET ASIDE AS FINANCIAL BENEFIT DIRECTLY TO THE HOST COMMUNITY