By
Lenie Lectura - June 25, 2017
This is after the
agency held the second of a series of public consultations that involved the
participation of the Department of Trade and Industry and private-sector
representatives in culling inputs from experts, resource persons and the
public.
The collective inputs
would be used to improve the proposed Particular Product Requirements (PPRs)
that would help consumers choose wisely in buying household items, such as air
conditioners, lighting products and refrigerators, that are energy efficient.
Once finalized, the
PPRs will form part of the Implementing Guidelines for the DOE’s Philippine
Energy Standards and Labeling Program (PESLP).
The PESLP will also
cover television sets, washing machines and even passenger and commercial
vehicles.
Through the product
standards, consumers will be better informed on the energy consumption and
efficiency levels of specified consumer goods.
DOE Energy Research and
Testing Laboratory Services director Amelia de Guzman underscored the
importance of involving consumers and civil society in the deliberations in
order to get the practical viewpoints of the end-users.
She said the PESLP not
only benefits consumers by reducing their energy bills but will also help in
significantly reducing carbon emissions that contribute to mitigating climate
change.
The DOE is also
collaborating with the European Union on this.
“The EU has been
supporting the Philippine government through the years in reaching its energy
efficiency and poverty-reduction targets,” Program Manager for Energy of the EU
Delegation in the Philippines Willy Hick said.
The EU has allocated
€60 million or P3.3 billion in support of the Philippine government’s 100-percent
rural-electrification target by 2022.
“European funding can
never work without a strong partner,” Hick added during the Philippines’s and
EU’s Access to Sustainable Energy Program (ASEP) Meet.
Aside from efficiency,
the ASEP also advocates clean energy by providing grants to boost rural-
household electrification using clean-energy sources.
The first public
consultation was held on May 24.
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