February 24, 1995
Republic Act No. 7920 (New Electrical Engineering Law) - An Act Providing for a More Responsive and
Comprehensive Regulation for the Practice, Licensing, and Registration of Electrical Engineers and
Electricians
Republic Act No. 184 – old electrical engineering law
“Practice of electrical engineering” a person is deemed to be in the practice of electrical engineering
when he renders or offers to render professional electrical engineering service.
“Electric supply equipment” is any equipment which produces, modifies, regulates, or controls the
supply of electric energy.
“Electric Plants” is an establishment or a system for the production and modification of electric energy.
“Power plant design” refers to planning, specifying, coordinating and layouting of electrical equipment
in power plants, substation and the like.
“Substation” is any building, room or separate place which houses or encloses electric supply
equipment connected to transmission or distribution lines and the interior of which is accessible, as a
rule, only to properly qualified persons.
“Electrical system design” refers to the choice of electrical systems, including planning and detailing of
requirements for protection, control, monitoring, coordination and interlocking of electrical systems
among others.
“Voltage” is the highest effective potential difference between any two conductors of the circuit
concerned express in volts.
“Kva” refers to the installed capacity of an alternating current (A.C.) electric plants or supply equipment,
or the connected load of industrial plants, commercial establishment, institutional buildings expressed
in kilovolt-amperes.
“Kw” refers to the installed capacity of a direct current (D.C.) electric plants on board watercraft express
in kilowatts.
“Utilization equipment” refers to energy-consuming equipment including motors, heaters, furnaces,
light sources, and other devices which utilize electric energy, for any purpose.
“Industrial plant or factory” refers to manufacturing assembly plants, including engineering shops,
shipyards or other business endeavors where electrical machinery and equipment are installed.
“Commercial establishment” are department stores, supermarkets, shopping malls, office buildings,
hotels, theaters, stadiums, condominiums, conventions, convention centers, restaurants and the like,
used for business or profit.
“Institutional buildings” are school buildings, hospitals, museums, display centers, government
buildings and the like.
“Watercraft” is any waterborne unit which is designed and built to have an electric plant.
“Electric locomotive” refers to the power plants mounted on wheels as used in the railroad
transportation industry.
Professional Regulations Commission (PRC)
Continuing Professional Education (CPE)
Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS)
Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR)
Professional Regulatory Board (PRB)
ASSO EE – Associate Electrical Engineer i.
ASST EE – Assistant Electrical Engineer
IIEE – Institute of Integrated Electrical Engineers n.
DECS – Department of Education, Culture and Sports o.
CHED – Commission on Higher Education p. TESDA – Technical Education and Skills Development
Authority
National Power Corporation (NPC);
“National Transmission Corporation or “TRANSCO”
National Electrification Administration “ or “NEA”
“Philippine Energy Plan” or “PEP”
“Power Development Program” or “PDP
Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC)
“Department of Energy” or “DOE”
“Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation” or “PSALM Corp.” r
“Small Power Utilities Group” or “SPUG”
“Transmission Development Plan” or “TDP”
Department of Budget and Management (DBM)
RA 7638 otherwise known as “The Department of Energy Act of 1992
Philippine Information Agency (PIA),
Qualifications of Board Members
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a natural-born Filipino citizen
at least thirty-five (35) years of age
a person with no final conviction by the court of an offense involving moral turpitude;
a holder of the degree of Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) from a university,
school, college, academy or institute duly constituted, recognized and accredited by the
Philippine government;
a professional electrical engineer with a valid certificate of registration and a valid professional
license duly qualified to practice electrical engineering in the Philippines;
Have practiced electrical engineering for a period of not less than ten (10) years prior to his
appointment, with a sworn statement as such
Not be an official nor a member of the faculty of, nor have a pecuniary interest in, any
university, college, school or institution conferring a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering
for at least three (3) years prior to his appointment,
Term of Office — The members of the Board shall hold office for a term of three (3) years from the date
of appointment or until their successors shall have been appointed and qualified.
Electric plants with total installed generating capacity of any size and employing voltages of any
standard ratings – one (1) professional electrical engineer or one (1) registered electrical engineer.
However, for capacities up to five hundred kilo-volt-amperes (500 Kva) and employing voltages of up to
six hundred volts (600 V) – one (1) registered master electrician;
Qualifications of Applicants for Registration as Professional Electrical Engineer
a. He is a citizen of the Philippines;
b. He is of good reputation with high moral values;
c. He has not been finally convicted by the court of an offense involving moral turpitude;
d. He is a holder of the degree of Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) from a
university, school, college, academy or institute duly constituted, recognized and accredited by the
Philippine government; and,
e. He is a registered electrical engineer with valid certificate of registration and professional
license and with four (4) years or more of active practice reckoned from the date of his registration as a
registered electrical engineer.
Qualifications of Applicants for Registered Electrical Engineer Examination
a. He is a citizen of the Philippines;
b. He is at least twenty-one (21) years of age;
c. He is of good reputation with high moral values;
d. He has not been finally convicted by the court of an offense involving moral turpitude; and
e. He is a holder of the degree of Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) from a
university, school, college, academy or institute duly constituted, recognized and accredited by the
Philippine government.
Ethics is a set of moral principles or values to govern the conduct of an individual belonging to a group
or profession on the basis of honesty, fairness, and justice
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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9136 (“Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001”) - AN ACT ORDAINING
REFORMS IN THE ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE CERTAIN LAWS AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES
(a) “Aggregator” refers to a person or entity, engaged in consolidating electric power demand of endusers in the contestable market, for the purpose of purchasing and reselling electricity on a group basis;
(b) “Ancillary Services” refer to those services that are necessary to support the transmission of capacity
and energy from resources to loads while maintaining reliable operation of the transmission system in
accordance with good utility practice and the Grid code to be adopted in accordance with this Act;
(c) “Captive Market” refers to electricity end-users who do not have the choice of a supplier of
electricity, as may be determined by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) in accordance with this
Act;
(d) “Central Dispatch” refers to the process of issuing direct instructions to electric power industry
participants by the grid operator to achieve the economic operation and maintenance of quality,
stability, reliability and security of the transmission system;
(e) “Co-Generation Facility” refers to a facility which produces electrical an/or mechanical energy and
forms of useful thermal energy such as heat or steam which are used for industrial commercial heating
or cooling purposes through the sequential use of energy;
(f) “Commission” refers to the decision-making body of the ERC composed of a Chairman and four (4)
members as provided under Section 38 hereof;
(g) “Concession Contract” refers to the award by the government to a qualified private entity of the
responsibility for financing, operating, expanding, maintaining and managing specific Governmentowned assets;
(h) “Contestable Market” refers to the electricity end-users who have a choice of a supplier of
electricity, as may be determined by the ERC in accordance with this Act;
(i) “Customer Service Charge” refers to the component in the retail rate intended for the cost recovery
of customer-related services including, but not limited to, meter reading, billing administration and
collection;
(j) “Demand Side Management” refers to measures undertaken by distribution utilities to encourage
end-users in the proper management of their load to achieve efficiency in the utilization of fixed
infrastructures in the system;
(k) “Department of Energy” or “DOE” refers to the government agency created pursuant to Republic Act
No. 7638 whose expanded functions are provided herein;
(l) “Department of Finance” or “DOF” refers to the government agency created pursuant to Executive
Order No. 127;
(m) “Distribution Code” refers to a compilation of rules and regulations governing electric utilities in the
operation and maintenance of their distribution systems which includes, among others, the standards
for service and performance, and defines and establishes the relationship of the distribution systems
with the facilities or installations of the parties connected thereto;
(n) “Distribution of Electricity” refers to the conveyance of electric power by a distribution utility
through its distribution system pursuant to the provisions of this Act;
(o) “Distribution System” refers to the system of wires and associated facilities belonging to a
franchised distribution utility extending between the delivery points on the transmission or
subtransmission system or generator connection and the point of connection to the premises of the
end-user;
(p) “Distribution Wheeling Charge” refers to the cost or charge regulated by the ERC for the use of a
distribution system and/or the availment of related services;
(q) “Distribution Utility” refers to any electric cooperative, private corporation, governmentowned
utility or existing local government unit which has an exclusive franchise to operate a distribution
system in accordance with this Act;
(r) “Electric cooperative” refers to a distribution utility organized pursuant to Presidential Decree No.
269, as amended, or as otherwise provided in this Act;
(s) “Electric Power Industry Participant” refers to any person or entity engaged in the generation,
transmission, distribution or supply of electricity;
(t) “End-user” refers to any person or entity requiring the supply and delivery of electricity for its own
use;
(u) “Energy Regulatory Board” or “ERB” refers to the independent, quasi-judicial regulatory body
created under Executive Order No. 172, as amended;
(v) “Energy Regulatory Commission” or “ERC” refers to the regulatory agency created herein;
(w) “Franchise Area” refers to a geographical area exclusively assigned or granted to a distribution
utility for distribution of electricity;
(x) “Generation Company” refers to any person or entity authorized by the ERC to operate facilities
used in the generation of electricity;
(y) “Generation of Electricity” refers to the production of electricity by a generation company or a cogeneration facility pursuant to the provisions of this Act;
(z) “Grid” refers to the high voltage backbone system of interconnected transmission lines, substations
and related facilities;
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7832 ("Anti-electricity and Electric Transmission Lines/Materials Pilferage Act of
1994) - AN ACT PENALIZING THE PILFERAGE OF ELECTRICITY AND THEFT OF ELECTRIC POWER
TRANSMISSION LINES/MATERIALS, RATIONALIZING SYSTEM LOSSES BY PHASING OUT PILFERAGE LOSSES
AS A COMPONENT THEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.