{"id":113637,"date":"2017-08-23T21:35:52","date_gmt":"2017-08-24T01:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=113637"},"modified":"2017-08-23T21:37:55","modified_gmt":"2017-08-24T01:37:55","slug":"senate-okays-does-p2-659-b-budget-for-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/08\/23\/senate-okays-does-p2-659-b-budget-for-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate okays DOE\u2019s P2.659-B budget for 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_112747\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-112747\" style=\"width: 956px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/12509764_735751943193074_2467711730262521347_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-112747\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/12509764_735751943193074_2467711730262521347_n.jpg\" alt=\"FILE PHOTO\/ DOE (Photo: Department of Energy Philippines\/Facebook)\" width=\"956\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/12509764_735751943193074_2467711730262521347_n.jpg 956w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/12509764_735751943193074_2467711730262521347_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/12509764_735751943193074_2467711730262521347_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/12509764_735751943193074_2467711730262521347_n-768x771.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 956px) 100vw, 956px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-112747\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE PHOTO\/ DOE (Photo: Department of Energy Philippines\/Facebook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u00a0\u2014 A Senate panel on Wednesday approved the proposed 2018 budget of the Department of Energy (DOE) worth PHP2.659 billion, which is 0.05 percent higher than its budget this year &#8212; PHP2.657 billion.<\/p>\n<p>During the hearing, Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi presented his agency\u2019s strategic directions for 2017 to 2040 which included efforts to ensure energy security; expand energy access, promote a low carbon future; strengthen collaboration among all government agencies involved in energy; implement, monitor and integrate sectoral and technological roadmaps and action plans; advocate the passage of the department\u2019s legislative agenda; strengthen consumer welfare and protection; and foster stronger international relations and partnerships.<\/p>\n<p>Cusi also enumerated the agency\u2019s nine-point energy agenda which included the goal of having access to basic electricity for all Filipinos by 2022; adopting a technology neutral approach for an optimal energy mix; improving the supply of reliable power; developing needs for the future in anticipation of the Malampaya depletion; facilitating the completion of transmission projects by 2020; pro-consumer distribution framework for affordability, choice and transparency; streamlining domestic policy to cut red tape; deliver on PSALM (Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp) privatization; and promoting efficient use of power among consumers.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate Committee on Finance, led by Senator Loren Legarda, eventually, passed the budget and had it moved for plenary debates.<\/p>\n<p>Legarda quipped that the DOE budget was passed quickly since Cusi is \u201cone of the most amiable cabinet members\u201d under the Duterte administration.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, some of the DOE\u2019s attached agencies had to return for further questioning upon the request of Senator Sherwin Gatchalian.<\/p>\n<p>Gatchalian, chair of the Senate Committee on Energy, wanted the Philippine National Oil Co. to present and elaborate its feasibility study on the development of a 220-hectare Bataan property into an energy hub. 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