Philippine Senate Committee on Energy

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Committee on Energy
18th Congress
Seal of the Senate of the Philippines
History
New session started
July 22, 2019 (2019-07-22)
Leadership
Chairman
Win Gatchalian (NPC)
since 2019
Minority Leader
Leila de Lima (Liberal)
since 2019
Structure
Seats15 members
Political groups
Majority (12)
  •   PDP–Laban (4)
  •   Independents (3)
  •   NPC (2)
  •   LDP (1)
  •   Nacionalista (1)
  •   UNA (1)
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:

  • 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

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 Citizens' Action Party
Francis Pangilinan Liberal

Committee secretary: Grace Ann C. Salesa

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Rules of the Senate" (PDF). Senate of the Philippines. July 2020. Retrieved September 27, 2020. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ "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.
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