Department of Energy (Philippines)

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Department of Energy
Kagawaran ng Enerhiya
Established December 9, 1992
Secretary Angelo Reyes
Budget P350.4 million (2007)
Website http://www.doe.gov.ph

The Philippines' Department of Energy (Filipino: Kagawaran ng Enerhiya), abbreviated as DOE is the executive department of the Philippine Government responsible for preparing, integrating, coordinating, supervising and controlling all plans, programs, projects and activities of the Government relative to energy exploration, development, utilization, distribution and conservation.

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[edit] History

The Department of Energy was Created by then President Marcos as he Issued Presidential Decree No. 1206 which created the Ministry of Energy and attached the National Power Corporation and Philippine National Oil Company to this new agency. The Ministry was abolished during the Regime of Corazon Aquino. During the Regime of President Fidel V. Ramos, that Department was created by virtue of Republic Act No. 7638 otherwise known as the Department of Energy Act of 1992.

[edit] List of Secretaries/Ministers/Executive Directors of Energy

Name Term of Office President(s) Served Under
Geronimo Z. Velasco 1978 – 1986 Ferdinand Marcos
Wenceslao R. De La Paz 1987 – 1992 Corazon Aquino
Delfin L. Lazaro 1992 – 1994 Fidel V. Ramos
Francisco L. Viray 1994 – 1998
Mario V. Tiaoqui 1998 – 2001 Joseph Ejercito Estrada
Jose Isidro N. Camacho* 2001 Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Vincent S. Pérez, Jr. 2001 – 2005
Raphael P. M. Lotilla 2005 – 2007
Angelo Reyes 2007 – present

(*) Acting Capacity

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