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Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda is gnashing his teeth over the Department of Energy’s (DOE) apparent inability to respond to the country’s power situation, which he thinks could lead to rotating blowouts very soon.

Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos has underscored anew the Philippines’ potential to become a major player in the wind power sector.

Echoing the call of numerous concerned parties, Quezon City 5th district Rep. Alfred Vargas has prodded the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and the Department of Energy (DOE) to prevent the possibility of power outages on May 9, the day of the 2022 national elections.

Senatorial aspirant Jose Manuel ‘Chel’ Diokno on Monday, March 21, raised concerns over the possibility that the government is entering into any midnight nuclear power agreement, particularly with Russia, before President Duterte steps down from office.

Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte remains hopeful that the government’s planned strategic petroleum reserve (SPR) would get off the ground before President Duterte ends his term on June 30, 2022.

Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno is proposing an excise tax freeze on petroleum products in view of the soaring fuel prices that resulted from the Russia-Ukraine crisis.

Senatorial candidate Herbert “Bistek” Bautista on Thursday reiterated his push for the government to buy back oil firm Petron, saying this would serve as a means to lower oil prices down when these tend to go out of control due to some factors.

Senatorial candidate Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro is the latest personality to call for the “unbundling” of domestic fuel prices, which for the entire year have been on an upward trajectory.

The looming fuel crisis could have been averted if the Department of Energy (DOE) had the foresight to stabilize oil prices by creating buffer stocks on gasoline and diesel at the onset, presidential aspirant Senator Manny Pacquiao said on Monday.

A House leader couldn’t help but notice the Department of Energy’s (DOE) “new stance” on the 1998 Oil Deregulation Act, which it called the “root” of the problem of soaring fuel prices during the Fuel Crisis Ad Hoc Committee meeting Monday, March 7.

The Department of Energy (DOE) asked for something unconstitutional during Monday’s Fuel Crisis Ad Hoc Committee meeting–the “delegated authority” to suspend excise tax on fuel–and got chewed up by House members as a result.

House Deputy Speaker and 1-Pacman Party-list Rep. Mikee Romero is reiterating his call for his colleagues to do away with excise taxes on fuel products even as a House ad hoc panel discusses possible relief mechanisms for consumers amid soaring crude prices.

Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo appealed anew for the government to suspend excise taxes on fuel products to address ballooning oil prices amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte is putting more pressure on the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish the long-sought strategic petroleum reserve (SPR).

Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate energy committee, on Saturday, March 5 called on the Department of Energy (DOE) and power utilities to draw up contingency measures to address the imminent power interruptions, especially during the election period, because of thinning power supply.

Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Friday called on the Department of Energy (DOE) to disclose the results of the Philipine nuclear program study first before adopting any nuclear energy program for the country.

Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay said he is “disgusted” by the Department of Energy (DOE) officials’ lack of urgency with their proposed strategic petroleum reserve (SPR), which could have eased Filipinos’ worries over the raging Russia-Ukraine conflict.

So what has the Department of Energy (DOE) been doing amid the successive and hefty price hikes on fuel?