Section 4
SEC. 4. Also towards the same end and to develop a more dynamic and effective program for the rational use of energy, the Ministry of Energy, after public hearings, is hereby empowered: To establish and administer a fuel allocation, and rationing program; during periods of tight supply,, and to assure that dealers of fuel deliver the. right quality arid quantity of the product to their customers. To require, at reasonable profit levels,, the distribution and. safe of alcohol/gasoline or other energy blends in order to increase the use of domestic energy resources. To set standards of energy consumption for oil-powered or electric-driven machinery, equipment, appliances, devices, and vehicles imported into, manufactured, assembled or sold in the Philippines for domestic use, in consultation with the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Trade, taking into account the technical and economic limitations involved. To require industrial, commercial and transport entities or establishments to collect or cause the collection of waste oil for recycling as fuel or lubricating oil. To fix the oil refineries' production yields and product quality, especially during periods of oil shortage, taking into account the technical limitations involved. To require industrial, commercial and transport establishments consuming more than one million fuel oil equivalent liters of energy including liquid fuels and electricity annually to submit fuel and electric consumption as well as production and sale statistics, in order to properly monitor energy consumption and utilization efficiency. To set, in consultation with the Ministry of Industry, energy use standards for industrial, commercial and transport establishments, taking into account the technical and economic limitations involved: Provided, however, That in the case of sugar mills and refineries, the Philippine Sugar Commission shall be consulted. To require industrial, commercial and transport establishments consuming more than two million fuel oil equivalent liters of energy annually to employ qualified engineers to act as energy managers, and to submit energy conservation programs and energy audits. To regulate, in consultation with the Ministry of Public Works and the Ministry of Industry, the use of air-conditioners in offices and in commercial and industrial establishments, including but not limited to requiring the use of thermostats and setting them to certain temperatures that will conserve energy but still assure reasonable convenience to the users thereof. A permit issued by the Ministry shall be required for all new or additional air-conditioning equipment to be installed after January 1, 1981, in commercial and industrial establishments so as to ensure that capacity is not in excess of that which is reasonably required to cool the premises.