Energy Conservation Measures Implementation

Executive Order No. 433 is issued by the President by virtue of powers vested in the President by law.
Section 1 ties additional conservation targets to Section 1 of Executive Order No. 418, S. of 1990 by increasing electricity and fuel reduction targets for government entities under that framework.
Section 2 treats its air-conditioning rules as complementary to National Emergency Memorandum Order (NEMO) No. 17, S. of 1990.
Section 3 assigns industry program development to the Department of Trade and Industry in consultation with trade and industry associations.
Section 4 assigns energy-conservation program submission and target setting to the Office of Energy Affairs.
Section 7 directs coordination with the Energy Regulatory Board regarding retail fuel outlet operating-hour restrictions.

Executive Order No. 433 orders measures to stretch petroleum product supply and prevent depletion of petroleum fuel inventories amid an uncertain supply situation.
Executive Order No. 433 complements an earlier government direction to reduce petroleum fuel deliveries and sales by requiring additional energy conservation measures.
Executive Order No. 433 aims to limit energy use in essential government activities and reduce electricity and fuel consumption through operational restrictions.

Section 1 requires all departments, agencies, offices, government-owned and/or controlled corporations, local government units, and other government instrumentalities to adopt additional measures to limit petroleum product use to essential activities authorized by their respective heads.
Section 1 extends higher electricity and fuel reduction targets to government entities covered by Section 1 of Executive Order No. 418, S. of 1990.
Section 2 applies mandatory air-conditioning scheduling to all government offices and encourages similar practices for private buildings and offices.
Section 4 mandates industrial, commercial, and transport establishments consuming annually more than one million fuel oil equivalent liters of energy (including liquid fuels and electricity) to submit energy conservation programs.
Section 5 imposes nationwide, compliance-required operational limits on moviehouses, department stores and supermarkets, outdoor signs and lights, and neon/advertising electricity-using signs, and directs local government units to enforce through ordinances.
Section 6 directs the Department of Transportation and Communications to adopt vehicle-use restrictions.
Section 7 requests the Energy Regulatory Board to consider retail fuel outlet operating-hour restrictions.

Section 1 requires government entities to increase mandated reductions to 15% in electricity consumption and 10% in fuel consumption.
Section 1 applies the higher targets to departments, agencies, offices, government-owned and/or controlled corporations, local government units, and other government instrumentalities covered under Section 1 of Executive Order No. 418, S. of 1990.
Section 1 requires government heads to authorize essential activities for petroleum product use.

Section 2 requires air-conditioning units in all government offices to be switched on at the start of office hours but not earlier than 8:00 a.m.
Section 2 requires air-conditioning units in all government offices to be put off one (1) hour before the regular closing hour.
Section 2 states its air-conditioning rule is in addition to NEMO No. 17, S. of 1990, which requires air-conditioners to be put off except air handling units in centralized air-conditioning systems during lunch breaks.
Section 2 requires window-type and package-type air-conditioning systems to be switched to “FAN” during the applicable regulated periods.

Section 3 directs the Department of Trade and Industry to continue developing energy conservation programs for its members in consultation with appropriate trade and industry associations.
Section 3 requires the programs to now target a 15% reduction in electricity consumption and a 10% reduction in petroleum products consumption.
Section 3 requires the programs to pinpoint responsibility for monitoring and reporting of performance.

Section 4 requires the Office of Energy Affairs to require industrial, commercial, and transport establishments consuming annually more than one million fuel oil equivalent liters of energy (including liquid fuels and electricity) to submit an energy conservation program.
Section 4 requires the energy conservation programs to target a 10% cutback in fuel consumption and a 15% reduction in electricity usage.
Section 4 provides that for industrial companies utilizing mainly electricity in their operation, conservation targets must be adopted taking into account realistic usage in coordination with the Office of Energy Affairs.

Section 5 mandates nationwide compliance with the following measures:
- Moviehouses must have daily screening time from 12:00 noon to 9:00 p.m. only.
- Department stores and supermarkets must operate from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday to Sunday.
- Outdoor signs and lights for identification purposes must be turned off by 9:00 p.m., except those necessary for security reasons and signs of establishments solely used as hospitals, sanitaria, medical centers, and funeral parlors.
- Establishments using decorative lights are enjoined to desist from using the same until the energy situation normalizes.
- Neon lights and other electricity-using signs for advertising purposes must be used from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. only.
Section 5 urges local government units to enact ordinances ensuring compliance by providing sanctions and penalties, including suspension or closure of establishments found to be habitually violating the energy conservation measures.

Section 6 directs the Department of Transportation and Communications to accelerate adoption and implementation of reasonable measures restricting motor vehicle use during peak hours of the day and during Sundays and legal holidays or over certain streets during stated hours to conserve fuel.
Section 7 requests the Energy Regulatory Board to consider adopting measures restricting the operating hours of petroleum products retail outlets (gasoline stations), including closure during Sundays and holidays.
Section 7 requires that safeguards be considered to ensure proper distribution of petroleum fuels by gasoline stations especially to jeepneys and other vehicles used for mass transportation.

Section 8 urges all concerned sectors to cooperate fully in the nationwide energy conservation effort.