Section 7Sec./Art. 7

Role of the Department of Energy. -The DOE shall be the primary agency tasked with the promotion of the adoption of EVs and the development of charging stations and related equipment. Towards this end, the DOE shall:

(a) Promulgate uniform and streamlined rules, regulations, and standards on the use, operations, and maintenance of charging stations and related equipment, in coordination with other concerned agencies, to include the accreditation of charging station service providers and requirements imposed by DUs on charging stations and charging station service providers;

(b) Convene within two (2) months from the effectivity of this Act, a technical working group comprised of the DOE, DOTr, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), and the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) to ensure harmonized policies and consistent and streamlined standards and regulations in the EV industry. The members of the technical working group shall fully cooperate and collaborate in the harmonization of policies, including the different components of the CREVI and the creation, promulgation, and streamlining of standards and regulations in the EV industry. The technical working group shall be chaired by the DOE.

It shall meet regularly or as necessary. The technical working group may also invite public and private stakeholders as resources persons;

(c) Develop and update the EV and charging stations component of the CREVi under Section 6(a) of this Act in coordination with the DOTr, and in consultation with the LGUs and other relevant national government agencies (NGAs). The component shall be completed not later than the 30thof May of every year;

(d) Develop and update the EV and charging stations component of the CREVI by consolidating its various components pursuant to Section 6 of this Act. The CREVI shall be made publicly available on its website not later than the 30thof September of every year;

(e) Implement, together with the DOTr and DTI, plans and programs pursuant to Section 7(a) of this Act trough information, education, communication, and demonstration campaigns consistent with the CREVI;

(f) Accredit charging stations service providers, and make available to the public on its website an annual inventory of all accredited charging station service providers and a list of all commercial use charging stations in the country;

(g) Require DUs to submit their respective charging infrastructure development plans as part of their Distribution Development Plans (DDPs) not later than the 30thof August of every year;

(h) Enforce compliance with the installation of charging stations as required under Section 18 and 19 of this Act;

(i) Enforce compliance with the unbundling of charging fees by commercial use charging stations;

(k) Consolidate and centralize data from the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC), DTI, DOTr, DENR, Land Transportation Office (LTO), Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB), LGUs, and other relevant NGAs insofar as EVs and charging stations are concerned for every access of the public; and

(l) Perform all other acts that are analogous to the foregoing, which are necessary and incidental to accomplish the policy objectives of this Act.