Preamble
WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 1206 vested the Department of Energy and its Bureaus with regulatory powers over business activities dealing in the exploration, utilization, development and distribution of energy resources; WHEREAS, it is necessary to provide the Department of Energy and its Bureaus with sufficient means and remedies through which they can effectively exercise and enforce their regulatory powers; and WHEREAS, in view of the foregoing considerations, it has become necessary to amend Presidential Decree No. 1206. NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order and decree as follows: