By: Ronnel W.
Domingo /
04:00 AM April 08, 2020
To help local governments
respond to COVID-19, the Department of Energy (DOE) has issued rules on the
“targeted use” of communities’ share in electricity sales for hosting power
projects. According to the DOE, the department circular signed on April 6 was
intended for the effective administration, management, as well as the immediate
use and implementation of the so-called Energy Regulations 1-94 (ER 1-94)
Program funds.
By law, communities that host
power generation projects are entitled to a share of one centavo per
kilowatt-hour of electricity sold and produced from such facilities. Also, the
funds are meant to finance electrification, livelihood and development projects
in those communities.“For our country to effectively and efficiently ‘flatten
the curve,’ we must ensure that all our local government units (LGUs) have the
resources that would aid in containing, mitigating and eventually eliminating
the spread of COVID-19 in their respective jurisdictions,” Energy Secretary
Alfonso Cusi said in a statement.
He said the new circular
covered ER 1-94 funds, which could be used by the host LGUs to manage the
effects of the new virus, in accordance with the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act.
This includes the facilitation
of mass testing by providing and constructing facilities and/or acquiring
proper medical testing kits to detect the coronavirus. INQ
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