WHEREAS, Republic Act No. (RA) 11285 or the Energy Efficiency and Conservation (EEC) Act, institutionalizes energy efficiency and conservation as a national way of life, enhances the efficient use of energy, and grants incentives to energy efficiency and conservation programs and projects;

WHEREAS, Department of Energy (DOE) Department Circular No. DC2019-11-0014, or the Implementing Rules and Regulations of RA 11285 (EEC-IRR), provides for the full implementation of the EEC Act and for the expansion of the Government Energy Management Program (GEMP) coverage to include all government entities, including all departments, bureaus, offices, agencies, branches, and instrumentalities or political division, government-owned-or-controlled corporations (GOCCs), including their subsidiaries or other self-governing boards or commissions of the Government, local government units (LGUs), state universities and colleges (SUCs);