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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 66 -
DESIGNATING THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AS THE LEAD AGENCY IN DEVELOPING
THE PHILIPPINE NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY
WHEREAS,
the Malampaya Gas-to-Power Project, the largest and most important
investment of its kind in Philippine history, represents the beginning
of the Natural Gas Industry in the Philippines;
WHEREAS, the development of the Natural Gas Industry shall provide a
much awaited boost to the economy by opening up vast opportunities both
for the government and the private sector;
WHEREAS, Sec. 2 of R.A. 7638 otherwise known as the “Department of
Energy Act of 1992,” declares, among others, that it is the policy of
the State to ensure a continuous, adequate and economic supply of
energy with the end in view of ultimately achieving self reliance in
the country’s energy requirements through the integrated and intensive
exploration, production, management and development of the country’s
indigenous energy resources, without sacrificing ecological concerns;
WHEREAS, Sec. 4, r(a) and 5(b) of R.A. 7638 provide that the
Department of Energy (DOE) is mandated to formulate policies for the
planning and implementation of a comprehensive program for the
efficient supply and economical use of energy consistent with the
approved national economic plan, and to provide a mechanism for the
integration, rationalization and coordination of the various energy
programs of the Government with a preferential bias for
environment-friendly, indigenous and low-cost sources of energy;
WHEREAS, Sec. 5(c) of R.A. 7638 mandates the DOE to establish and
administer programs for the exploration, transportation, marketing,
distribution, utilization, conservation, stockpiling and storage of
energy resources of all forms, whether conventional or non-conventional;
WHEREAS, Sec. 5(e) of R.A. 7638 authorizes the DOE to regulate
private sector activities relative to energy projects provided it shall
provide for an environment conducive to free and active private sector
participation and investment in all energy activities;
WHEREAS, natural gas has been recognized as an environment-friendly,
indigenous and low-cost source of energy among the indigenous energy
resources;
WHEREAS, the critical nature of developing the Natural Gas Industry
necessitates the involvement and support of various government agencies
to ensure a unified and coordinated effort towards establishing a
successful and robust Natural Gas Industry.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby
order:
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of
the Republic of the Philippines, to be affixed.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 18th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Two.
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