Department of Energy(DOE)

August 23, 2022 Dear Alberto Espiritu, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Aug 09, 2022 02:18:57 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for Application for assignment of Clark SPP’s SESC No. 2014-07-086 by EPRRI to CREC; & DOE’s approval. Response to Request As much as the DOE would like to provide the above-mentioned request, the DOE regrets to inform you that the copies of the requested documents cannot be granted pursuant to the following provisions of the SESC: 1. Section 11.1, “All documents, information, data and reports produced or generated during the Solar Energy Operations under this RE Contract shall be kept strictly confidential over the term of this RE Contract x x x.” 2. Section 11.6, “The information shall be revealed to those persons allowed under this RE Contract only if and to the extent necessary and desirable for the purpose intended. Each party shall ensure that such person to whom information is disclosed is informed of the confidential nature of the information and the purpose for which it may be used and that each such person is bound by this Section.” 3. Section 11.7, “The RE DEVELOPER and its Affiliates or the DEPARTMENT, its officers, employees, consultants and other duly authorized representatives shall not make any public statement or announcement of any information produced, generated or acquired in the course of the Solar Energy Operations, without prior written consent to the other Party.” In view of the above, the DOE recommends that Mr. Espiritu submits authorization letters from Enfinity Philippines Renewable Resources, Inc. and Citicore Renewable Energy Corporation for items 1 and 2, respectively. Your right to request a review If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to Secretary Raphael Perpetuo Lotilla at [email protected]. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request. If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011). Thank you. Respectfully, Renewable Energy Management Bureau FOI Receiving Officer ____________________________________________ We would love to hear your feedback so we can improve our services. Kindly fill out the DOE FOI Feedback Form from this link: https://forms.gle/U8UzxTF6GHvuPkFQ7