STRENGTHEN AND ENHANCE ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION PROGRAM

The government's continuous implementation of its energy efficiency and conservation program will generate average annual energy savings of 17.7 MMBFOE (2.9 MTOE) across the planning period.

Seen as an essential strategy in rationalizing the country's demand for petroleum products and eventually lessening the impact of escalating prices to the economy, the NEECP shall continue to provide the framework in the government's efforts to promote efficient and judicious utilization of energy. The program which is being popularized through a campaign dubbed as "EC Way of Life" was officially launched by the President on August 28, 2004.

PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT

Seminars and workshops promoting fuel and power conservation and the Voluntary Agreements Program were held for transport operators and drivers, commercial establishments, elementary and high school students and teachers, barangay officials and the general public. Tri-media campaigns were likewise strengthened with the increase in television, radio and print ads in 2004 that reached wider consumer base in the residential sector.

The coverage of the energy labeling and efficiency standards program was extended to luminaire installations, linear fluorescent lamps, household electric fans and televisions.

Compliance with the following executive issuances to government offices were monitored:

• Administrative Order (A.O.) 126 "Strengthening Measures to Address the Extraordinary Increase in World Oil Prices, Directing the Enhanced Implementation of the Government's Energy Conservation Program" dated August 13, 2005;
  
• A.O. 117 "Providing for Adjusted Official Hours in Departments, Bureaus, Offices and Other Agencies in the Executive Branch, including Government-Owned and Controlled Corporations, for the Months of April and May 2005" ;
  
• A.O. 110 "Directing the Institutionalization of a Government Energy Management Program (GEMP)" dated October 25, 2004; and,
  
• A.O. 103 "Directing the Continued Adoption of Austerity Measures in the Government" dated 31 August 2004.

In 2005, the DOE implemented the Philippine Efficient Lighting Market Transformation Project (PELMATP), a five-year project co-funded by the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) through the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). PELMATP aims to address the barriers to widespread utilization of energy efficient lighting systems in the Philippines. It will cover energy efficient versions of linear fluorescent lamps (standard versus the slim tubes), compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs), high intensity discharge (HID) lamps, ballasts (low loss electromagnetic and electronic), and luminaires.

• Increase support from the private sector to complement government resources in its IEC campaign in the different parts of the country
  
• Formulation of monitoring mechanisms to determine the actual savings from the energy efficiency and conservation programs
  
• Review of DOE policies on DSM

MEASURABLE SECTORAL TARGETS

The NEECP will yield an estimated aggregate energy savings of 178.0 MMBFOE (25.7 MTOE) within the planning period, which will come primarily from the intensified energy utilization management programs of the commercial and industrial sectors, power plants, distribution utilities, as well as the continuous use of alternative fuels and technology, among others.

ACTION PLAN

" Strengthen the implementation and monitoring of new and existing energy efficiency programs with government agencies taking the lead in energy efficiency and conservation
" Review and formulate policies and guidelines on energy-efficient lighting and lamp waste management in coordination with concerned agencies

" Propose executive issuances on: (1) Adoption and implementation of the "Guidelines for Energy-Conserving Design of Buildings and Utilities"; (2) Ban on the importation of inefficient second-hand vehicles; (3) Establishment of an energy efficiency and conservation testing center to include testing of vehicle engine performance, energy saving gadget, among others; (4) Energy efficiency fuel mileage labeling of all brand new vehicles; and, (5) Inclusion of energy efficiency projects costing at least PhP 50.0 million in the Omnibus Incentives Bill.