Department of Energy(DOE)

December 10, 2021 Dear Claudine C, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Dec 06, 2021 07:43:04 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for Projects granted certificates of energy projects of national significance (CEPNS). Response to Request Your FOI request is approved. Dear Ms. Claudine, In reference to your request last 6 December 2021, we are providing you the following: 1.) Status of EPNS applications as of December 2021 (Attachment 1) 2.) List of Energy Projects granted with CEPNS as of December 2021 (Attachment 2) For additional reference, you may access the EICC quick link on the DOE website through (https://www.doe.gov.ph/eicc). Please be advised that the DOE issued an advisory last 10 December 2020 suspending the processing and the issuance of CEPNS to give way to a thorough evaluation of its effectiveness in terms of securing permits, licenses. etc. (Attachment 3). In addition, all pending applications were automatically migrated to the Energy Virtual One-Stop Shop (EVOSS) System. A separate advisory will be issued by the DOE once the said suspension is lifted. We hope you find everything in order. Thank you and stay safe. 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 Alfonso G. Cusi 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, Energy Policy and Planning Bureau FOI Receiving Officer