DOE DEPARTMENT CIRCULAR NO. DC 2009-05-0007

: The involved agencies and entities include DOE, NEA, National Power Corporation-SPUG, Department of Agrarian Reform-SPOTS, Energy Development Corporation, KEPHILCO, WINROCK-AMORE, TEAM ENERGY, MERALCO, municipalities of Bumbaran and Claveria, and the Provincial Government of Palawan.
: Because delays in bureaucratic processes within some offices caused slow transaction and document flow, and the sticker is intended to signal approving officials for fast and immediate action on barangay electrification documents.
: The ER sticker shall be 1.5 by 1.5 inches and placed on the right upper hand corner of documents related to barangay electrification.
: The directive to energize all barangays in the Philippines by the end of the Year 2009.
: It mandates cooperation and compliance from all players and implementers involved in barangay electrification to adopt the ER sticker and expedite document processing.
: The circular took effect immediately upon its issuance on May 19, 2009.
: It features the Philippine map and the logos of all participating agencies involved in rural electrification.
: Last mile barangays are described as located in problematic areas requiring extraordinary strategies, and they are significant because their energization is more strenuous and urgently needed to fulfill the electrification target.