September 1, 2017
It has given the
industry until Monday, Sept. 4, to submit its comments and recommendations, otherwise
concurrence with the draft rules is assumed.
The renewable energy
options listed by the DoE are biomass, solar, wind, geothermal, ocean energy
and hydropower that conform with the internationally accepted norms and
standards on dams, and “other emerging renewable energy technologies.”
The purpose of the
program is to empower electricity users to choose renewable energy in meeting
their requirements.
Aside
from enumerating the energy resources, the program will also identify
generating facilities using the renewable energy technologies that consumers,
distribution utilities and electric cooperatives, and electricity suppliers can
source their requirements.
It will also cover the
registration by the distribution utility and electric cooperative customers of
their option to source power from and the billing for monthly energy
consumption and generation charge attributable to the renewable energy
resources.
The scope includes the
technical feasibility and stability of the transmission and distribution grid
systems, and other rules “necessary, incidental or convenient to achieve the
objective” of the program.
The draft rules also
enumerated the prohibited acts, administrative and penal sanctions against
mandated electric power industry participants that have violated provisions of
the green energy option program.
The DoE said it may
impose a penalty ranging from reprimand to revocation of license with
corresponding fine ranging from a minimum of P100,000 to P500,000, depending on
the gravity of the offense.
It also said “any
person who willfully aids or abets the commission of a crime prohibited herein
or who causes the commission of any such act by another shall be liable in the
same manner as the principal.” — Victor V. Saulon
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