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Over 2,000 delegates from the private sector, consumer groups, electric cooperatives, local government units, National Government agencies and the academe have participated in a series of public consultations conducted by the Department of Energy (DOE) on the IRR for the EIRA law.


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The Department of Finance (DOF) is the Philippine government agency designated as executive entity for the program loan.


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"We now stand perilously at the brink of a fiscal quicksand as debt service as a percentage of the budget has ballooned to 27 percent from the more sustainable 17 percent in 1997," said Rep. Joey Salceda (Lakas, Albay).


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"We (Department of Energy) together with the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA), Department of Finance will consolidate our proposals into a position paper. We will pass it for approval to President Arroyo soon," Camacho said.


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Consumer groups hail Power Act IRR

February 28, 2002 - 12:00am

The issuance of the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) on the Electricity Industry Reform Act (EIRA) or RA 9136 is being hailed by the industry and consumer groups as a major step towards the actual trickle...

Business

ADB releases $100M for power sector

By Ted P. Torres | December 19, 2001 - 12:00am

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) finally released yesterday $100 million for the power sector under a $300-million loan for the country’s power sector. The entire package is $600-million, with a counterpart...

Business

DOE urged to bundle assets with long-term contract

September 2, 2001 - 12:00am

The government can improve the market value of power generating plants of the National Power Corp. (Napocor) from 30 to 40 percent more than their assessed value by simpling bundle these state-owned assets with long-term...

Headlines

‘A third of P781-B budget to go to debt payments’

August 11, 2001 - 12:00am

Some P210 billion or nearly a third of the proposed P781-billion 2002 national budget will be allocated for loan payments, an economist-turned-congressman said yesterday. "We now stand perilously at the brink...

Headlines

‘A third of P781-B budget to go to debt payments’

August 11, 2001 - 12:00am

Some P210 billion or nearly a third of the proposed P781-billion 2002 national budget will be allocated for loan payments, an economist-turned-congressman said yesterday. "We now stand perilously at the brink...

Headlines

Executive branch to come up with proposals to power bill

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | March 17, 2001 - 12:00am

The Executive branch of the government is expected to come up soon with its own recommendations on the proposed Electricity Industry Reform Act of 2001, newly appointed Energy Secretary Jose Isidro Camacho said the...

Business