Philippine Senate Committee on Energy
Committee on Energy | |
|---|---|
| 19th Congress | |
 | |
| History | |
New session started | July 25, 2022 |
| Leadership | |
Chairman | Raffy Tulfo (Independent) since 2022 |
Minority Leader | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 15 members |
Political groups | Majority (12)
Minority (3) |
The Philippine Senate Committee on Energy is a standing committee of the Senate of the Philippines.
Jurisdiction
According to the Rules of the Senate,[1] the committee handles all matters relating to:
- The Department of Energy
- Exploration, exploitation, development, extraction, importation, refining, transport, marketing, distribution, conservation, or storage of all forms of energy products and resources such as from fossil fuels like petroleum, coal, natural gas and gas liquids, and nuclear fuel resources
- Geothermal resources and non-conventional, existing and potential forms of energy resources
- Generation, transmission and distribution of electric power
- The National Power Corporation
- The National Transmission Corporation
- The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines
Members, 18th Congress
Based on the Rules of the Senate, the Senate Committee on Energy has 15 members.
The President Pro Tempore, the Majority Floor Leader, and the Minority Floor Leader are ex officio members.
Here are the members of the committee in the 18th Congress as of September 24, 2020:[2]
| Position | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chairperson | Win Gatchalian | NPC | |
| Vice Chairperson | none | ||
| Members for the Majority |
Nancy Binay | UNA | |
| Sonny Angara | LDP | ||
| Ronald dela Rosa | PDP–Laban | ||
| Richard Gordon | Independent | ||
| Panfilo Lacson | Independent | ||
| Lito Lapid | NPC | ||
| Imee Marcos | Nacionalista | ||
| Manny Pacquiao | PDP–Laban | ||
| Koko Pimentel | PDP–Laban | ||
| Grace Poe | Independent | ||
| Francis Tolentino | PDP–Laban | ||
| Members for the Minority |
Leila de Lima | Liberal | |
| Risa Hontiveros | Akbayan | ||
| Francis Pangilinan | Liberal | ||
Committee secretary: Grace Ann C. Salesa
See also
References
- ^ "Rules of the Senate" (PDF). Senate of the Philippines. July 2020. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Senate Permanent Committees - 18th Congress" (PDF). Senate of the Philippines. September 24, 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 25, 2020. Retrieved September 27, 2020.