Imee asks DOE for proposals to help sectors badly hit by increasing fuel prices

Senator Imee Marcos on Tuesday, June 21, asked the Department of Energy (DOE) for its proposal to help sectors badly affected by the increasing fuel prices.

Marcos, chairwoman of the Senate economic affairs committee, said the proposal for nuclear energy is “seductive” but would take a long time.

The lady lawmaker made the call in today’s consultative meeting of the Senate energy committee.

“Maybe we are looking for quick wins in the next few months because we will be faced with this problem and the sectors that will be impacted are so large--transport and agriculture, and neither of which will benefit from the nuclear proposal just yet,” Marcos said.

Department of Energy (DOE) Undersecretary Gerardo Erguiza Jr. admitted that it is a challenge to respond accordingly but they are looking at the subsidies system.

Erguiza also appealed for conservation programs among Filipinos in order to lower demand and consumption of petroleum products.