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Department of Energy (Philippines)

Executive department of the Philippine government

Summary

Executive department of the Philippine government

Field	Value
agency_name	Department of Energy
type	Department
nativename	Kagawaran ng Enerhiya
logo_caption	Flag of the department
seal	Seal of the Department of Energy (Philippines).svg
seal_caption	Seal of the department
formed
headquarters	Energy Center, Rizal Drive, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig
employees	1200
budget	billion (2024)
chief1_name	Sharon Garin
website

The Department of Energy (DOE; ) is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for preparing, integrating, manipulating, organizing, coordinating, supervising, and controlling all plans, programs, projects and activities of the Government relative to energy exploration, development, utilization, distribution and conservation.

History

The Department of Energy was created by then-president Ferdinand Marcos as he issued Presidential Decree No. 1206 which created the Ministry of Energy and attached the National Power Corporation and the Philippine National Oil Company to this new agency. The ministry and its two bureaus (Bureau of Energy Development and Bureau of Energy Utilization) remained intact but was downgraded into a mere Office of Energy Affairs—headed by Wenceslao de la Paz and reporting to then Deputy Executive Secretary for Energy Catalino Macaraig, Jr. based in Malacañang—during the administration of President Corazon Aquino. During the presidency of Fidel V. Ramos, the department was created due to Republic Act No. 7638 otherwise known as the Department of Energy Act of 1992.

The department was vested additional powers and functions under Republic Act No. (RA) 8479 or the "Downstream Oil Deregulation Act of 1997", RA 9136 or the "Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001", RA 9367 or "Biofuels Act of 2006", RA 9513 or "Renewable Energy Act of 2008, RA 11234 or "Energy Virtual One Stop Shop Act", RA 11285 or "Energy Efficiency and Conservation Act", RA 11592 or "LPG Industry Regulation Act", RA 11646 or "Microgrid Systems Act", RA 11697 or "Electric Vehicle Industry Development Act”, and RA 12120 or “ Philippine Natural Gas Industry Development Act.”

Organization

The department is headed by the Secretary of Energy who is assisted by six Undersecretaries and three Assistant Secretaries. Under the department are the Administrative Service, Financial Service, Information Technology and Management Service, Legal Service and Energy Research Testing and Laboratory Service. In place of regional offices, the department has field offices for Luzon in Rosales, Pangasinan, Visayas in Cebu City, and Mindanao in Davao City.

List of secretaries of energy

Main article: Secretary of Energy (Philippines)

Bureau	Acronym	Incumbent
Electric Power Industry Management Bureau	EPIMB	Luningning G. Balatazar
Energy Policy and Planning Bureau	EPPB	Michael O. Sinocruz
Energy Resources Development Bureau	ERDB	Nenito C. Jariel Jr.
Energy Utilization Management Bureau	EUMB	Patrick T. Aquino, CESO III
Oil Industry Management Bureau	OIMB	Rino E. Abad
Renewable Energy Management Bureau	REMB	Marissa P. Cerezo

On June 1, 2024, the DOE created the Nuclear Energy Division under its Director Patrick T. Aquino, CESO III. The new division is attached under the Energy Utilization Management Bureau and will report to Energy Undersecretary Sharon Garin. It will coordinate with the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute. It originated from Executive Orders No. 116, EO No. 164 (2022) and House Resolution No. 134 (2023).

Attached agencies

Agency	Acronym	Incumbent
National Biofuels Board	NBB	Vacant
National Power Corporation	NAPOCOR/NPC	Fernando Martin Y. Roxas
National Transmission Corporation	TransCo	Fortunato C. Leynes
National Electrification Administration	NEA	Antonio Mariano C. Almeda
Philippine National Oil Company	PNOC	Oliver B. Butalid
PNOC Exploration Corporation	PNOC EC	Adrian Ferdinand S. Sugay
PNOC Renewables Corporation	PNOC RC	Iris Anne R. Baldonado
Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation	PSALM	Dennis Edward A. Dela Serna

References

{{cite web |access-date=April 10, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060221020200/http://www.doe.gov.ph/about_us/secretaries/default.htm |archive-date=February 21, 2006 |url-status=dead

References

"Department of Energy Official Gazette".
(July 10, 2025). "Marcos taps OIC Sharon Garin as energy chief". Rappler.
(June 1, 2024). "DOE creates new division for nuclear energy". [[Philippine Daily Inquirer]].

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