An Act Providing For The Development Of The Electric Vehicle Industry

GENERAL PROVISIONS

The State shall:

• a) Ensure the country’s energy security and independence by reducing reliance on imported fuel for the transportation sector

• b) Provide an enabling environment for the development of electric vehicles including options for micromobility as an attractive and feasible mode of transportation to reduce dependence on fossil fuels.

• c) Promote and support innovation in clean, sustainable, for vehicle propulsion and efficient energy to accelerate social progress and human development by encouraging public and private use of low emission and alternative energy

• d) Protect the health and well-being of the people from the hazards of pollution and the greenhouse effect

• e) Safeguard and improve the integrity, reliability, and stability of the country’s electric power grid by optimizing the location of energy sources relative to demand

• f) Promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization while recognizing the private sector to:

  • support the transition to new technologies
  • generate jobs
  • spur SME growth
  • attract investments
  • grow globally competitive and innovative industries
  • upgrade the country’s participation in regional and global value chains, consistent with the Philippine Development Plan and the country’s international obligations under the UN Sustainable Development Agenda

Section 4. Definitions

• a) Battery electric vehicle (BEV) is an electrically-propelled vehicle with only a traction battery as power source for propulsion

• b} Battery swapping station is a facility which allows electric vehicle users to exchange a near-empty discharged battery with a fully charged battery

• c) Centralized vehicle-to-grid facilities are establishments supplying power to the grid using electric vehicles

• (d) Certificate of Inspection is a document issued by the building official of an LGU as a requirement to install power lines to a building to certify the completeness of the installation of all electrical wirings, pursuant to RA 6541 (National Building Code) as revised by PD 1096.

• e) Charging fee is the amount imposed on electric vehicle users in exchange for the use of commercial use charging stations. Its individual components shall be unbundled pursuant to DOE regulations

• g) Generate employment opportunities for our local skilled workforce to sustain their livelihood

• f) Charging station is a facility with equipment for the delivery of electrical energy to electric vehicles or its battery, installed in an enclosure with special control functions and communications, and may be located off the vehicle. Charging stations shall include battery swapping stations

• h) Protect and safeguard the country’s cultural heritage through the transportation system

• i) Recognize LGUs as as competent partners of the national government in the transition by providing them capacity-building support

Section 3. Scope and Application

This Act shall apply to the manufacture, assembly, importation, construction, installation, maintenance, trade and utilization, research and development, and regulation of electric vehicles, charging stations and related equipment, parts and components, batteries, and related support infrastructure.

• g) Charging station service provider refers to a natural or juridical person, duly accredited by the DOE, who sells, constructs, installs, maintains, owns, or operates charging stations or any of its components for a fee.

• h) Commercial use charging stations is the utilization of a charging station by the general public or a defined group of individuals;

• i) Distribution system is the system of wires and associated facilities belonging to a DU, extending between the delivery points on the transmission, subtransmission system, or generating plant connection and the point of connection to the premises of the end-user

• j) Distribution utility (DU) is any electric cooperative, private corporation, or government-owned utility which has a franchise or authority to operate a distribution system including those Whose franchise or authority covers economic zones

• k) Electric vehicle (EV) is a vehicle with at least 1 electric drive for propulsion. This includes:

  • BEV
  • hybrid-electric vehicle
  • light electric vehicle
  • a plug-in hybrid-electric vehicle
• 1. EV industry is the manufacture, importation, assembly, construction, installation, maintenance, trade and utilization, research and development, and regulation of EVs, charging stations and related equipment, parts and components, batteries, and related support infrastructure

• m) Green routes are public transportation routes approved by the DOTr to be exclusively traversed by electric PUVs.

• n) Hybrid-electric vehicle (HEV) is a vehicle with both a rechargeable energy storage system and a fueled power source for propulsion

• o) Importer is any individual, partnership, corporation, or other entity engaged in the importation of completely built units of EV, charging stations and related equipment, parts and components, and batteries

• p) Just transition is globally recognized principles that should guide the transition to environmentally sustainable economies and societies

• q) Light electric vehicles are EVs such as:

  • electric scooters
  • electric bicycles
  • electric personal transport
  • other similar vehicles weighing less than 50 kg

• r) Manufacturer or assembler refers to any individual, partnership, corporation, or other entity engaged in the manufacture and assembly of EVs, charging stations and related equipment, parts and components, and batteries

• s) Micromobility is alternative modes of transportation which are provided by light electric vehicles

• t) Own-use charging stations is a charging stations used exclusively by an individual

• u) Plug-in hybrid—electric vehicle is an HEV with rechargeable energy storage system that can be charged from an external electric energy source

• v) Private buildings and establishments refer to residential, commercial, and industrial owned or leased by private natural or juridical persons, and in the case

• w) Public buildings and establishments are structures owned or leased by the government through its departments, agencies, bureaus, offices, government—owned and -controlled corporations-(GOCCs), and LGUs

• x) Self-generating charging stations are charging stations which source electricity from the grid and also from on-site installed generation facilities.