Power:
- Improved
electricity highway:
- Completion
of the Leyte-Bohol
Interconnection Project and
the Uprating of the Biñan-
Dasmariñas Line
- Groundbreaking
of the Cebu-Mactan
Interconnection project
- Attained
92.7% barangay electrification
level as of November 2004
Jumpstarted the privatization of
6 generating plants of the
National Power Corporation
- 3.5
MW Talomo HEP ($1.37 Mn)
- 1.6
MW Agusan HEP ($1.528 Mn)
- 1.8
MW Barit HEP ($0.48 Mn)
- 0.4
MW Cawayan HEP ($0.41 Mn)
- 1.2
MW Loboc HEP ($1.42 Mn)
- 600
MW Masinloc CFPP ($561 Mn)
- Advocated
the promulgation /
implementation of the following
Guidelines:
- Inter-class
Cross-Subsidy Removal
- Open
Access Transmission Service
Rules
- WESM
Price Determination
Methodology
- Distribution
Wheeling Rate Guidelines
- System
Loss Guidelines
- DUs
Recovery of Generation Cost
- Business
Separation Guidelines
- PEZA-ERC
Memorandum of Agreement
- Improved
the financial condition of the
National Power Corporation
through
- P0.98/kWh
rate adjustment which improved
revenue by P8 Bn in 2004
- Implementation
of cost-cutting and austerity
measures
- Operational
efficiency improvements and
prioritization of expenses
- Helped
ensure the successful conduct of
the national and local elections
in May 2004
- Fast-tracked
rehabilitation of typhoon
affected areas in Luzon and
provided relief to typhoon
victims
- Ensured
black-out free, Luzon Grid
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Renewable
Energy Development:
- Inaugurated
the Sunpower Solar Wafer
manufacturing facility and the
950 – kW Centralized Solar PV
Plant of CEPALCO
- Groundbreaking
of the Northwind Power Project
- Developed
and promoted alternative fuels
- Signing
of purchase contract for CNG
buses during Her Excellency’s
visit to China
- Implementation
of Memorandum Circular 55
mandating the use of 1% coco-biodiesel
blend for government vehicles
- Developed
the implementation plan for
the fuel ethanol program
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Oil:
- Mitigated
fare hikes in April and in the
4th quarter by facilitating the
grant of discounts by oil
companies to PUVs and helped
defer the “transport holiday”
three times and limited its
final implementation in November
to just 6 hours
- Conducted
frequent and strict monitoring
of gasoline stations and LPG
facilities resulting to the
padlocking of pumps of off-spec
products in 3 gasoline stations
as well as the imposition of
fines to 861 gasoline stations
and 485 LPG facilities that were
found to have violations.
- Approval
of 4 applications for loans
under the Gasoline Station
Lending and Financial Assistance
Program amounting to P8,513,160
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Energy
Resource Exploration:
- Awarded
4 new Petroleum Service
Contracts with projected
investments ranging between $27
– 45 Mn
- Premier
Oil (UK) over Ragay Gulf,
- Gas
to Grid (Singapore) over
Central Cebu
- South
Sea Petroleum Holdings (Hong
Kong) over the Agusan –
Davao Basin
- JAPEX
(Japan) over the Tañon Strait
- Initiated
the conduct of the first
Geothermal Contracting Round in
the world
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Efficiency and Conservation:
- Launched
and implemented the EC Way of
Life Campaign;
- Promoted
energy efficient lighting
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Economic
Diplomacy:
- Strengthened
strategic alliances with other
countries:
- Chairmanship
of the 22nd ASEAN Ministers on
Energy Meeting – Senior
Officials’ Meeting on
Energy, 1st ASEAN + 3 Energy
Ministerial Meeting and the
6th APEC Energy Ministers
Meeting
- 1st
US-RP Energy Ministers’
Bilateral Meeting and signing
of MOU Promoting Sustainable
Energy Development
- Signing
of Joint Marine Seismic
Undertaking between PNOC and
China National Offshore Oil
Company (CNOOC) for certain
areas in the South China Sea
- Signing
of Bilateral Cooperation with
Thailand on Energy Cooperation
and Fuel Ethanol Development
- Launching
of the Center of Excellence
for Sustainable Energy with
HRH Duke of York
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Energy
Family as a Center of Excellence:
- Institutional
Strengthening and Corporate
Efficiency
- Completion
of the DOE Institutional
Strengthening
- NEA
Restructuring / Centralized
Operations
- ISO
9001:2000 Certification for
TransCo System Operations
- Personnel
Development and Welfare
- Initiation
and Implementation of the
first customized Master in
Public Management Program
- Completion
of the 40-hour training agenda
for DOE employees
- Crafting
and cascading of the DOE Core
Values i.e., Commitment to
Service, Respect for People,
Integrity and Professionalism,
Teamwork, as a result of the
conduct of the Values
Internalization and
Professional Effectiveness (VIPE)
program
- Institutionalization
of Personnel Development
Incentives for DOE Employees
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