PHILIPPINES: RPS Rules for Off-Grid Areas (Department Circular No. DC2018-08-0024 of 2018)

Meta Data
Draft: 
No
Revision of previous policy?: 
No
Effective Start Year: 
2018
Scope: 
National
Document Type: 
Rule/Regulation, Other
Economic Sector: 
Power
Energy Types: 
Power, Renewable, Bioenergy, Geothermal, Hydropower, Solar, Wave and Tidal, Wind
Issued by: 
Department of Energy
Source: 
Department of Energy
File: 
Circular No. DC2018-08-0024 of 2018
Overall Summary: 
The RPS Rules for Off-Grid Areas (Circular No. DC2018-08-0024) is adopted in order to contribute to the growth of the RE Industry in the Off-Grid and Missionary Areas by mandating electric power industry participants to source or produce a specified portion of their electricity requirements from eligible RE sources. The RPS Off-Grid Rules is intended to rationalize the efficient use of the UC-ME and improve self-efficiency in power generation through integration of RE in the supply mix in Off-Grid Access.
Renewable Energy
RE priorities: 
All Mandated Participants shall be required to generate and/or produce, supply and subsequently maintain a minimum percentage of RE share in their own portfolio to meet the minimum RE requirement in their area which shall be consistent with the Optimal Supply Mix prescribed in the MEDP, including the respective minimum requirements of each Mandated Participant operating of present in the area. --- For the purposes of this Rules, the Eligible RE Facilities utilising the following technologies and resources shall be: (a) Biomass; (b) Waste-To-Energy Technology; (c) Wind Energy; (d) Solar Energy; (e) Run-of-River Hydroelectric Power Systems; (f) Impounding Hydroelectric power systems; (g) Ocean Energy; (h) Hybrid systems as defined in the RE Act with respect to the RE component; (i) Geothermal Energy; and (j) Other RE technologies which may be later identified by the DOE.
RE targets: 
[...] the actual RE generation after the Baseline Year 2018, shall not be lower than one percent (1%) and the full implementation thereof shall be for year 2020; [...]