Philippine Senate Committee on Energy
The Philippine Senate Committee on Energy is a standing committee of the Senate of the Philippines.
Jurisdiction
According to the Rules of the Senate, 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, 20th Congress
Based on the Rules of the Senate, the Senate Committee on Energy has 15 members.Ex officio members:
- Senate President pro tempore Panfilo Lacson
- Majority Floor Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri
- Minority Floor Leader Alan Peter Cayetano