In electrification: the Energy Regulatory Commission created under Section 38 of Republic Act No. 9136 [Section 3(w), Presidential Decree No. 269, s. 1973, as amended, as amended by National Electrification Administration Reform Act of 2013]
In biofuels: the Energy Regulatory Commission established under Section 38 of RA 9136 or the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001 (EPIRA) [Section 3(e), DOE Department Circular No. DC2016-07-0012, Implementing Rules and Regulations for Republic Act No. (RA) 10745 or the Amended Biofuels Act of 2006]
In electrification: the independent quasi-judicial regulatory body created under the EPIRA [Rule 1, Section 4(h), Department of Energy Department Circular No. DC2013-07-0015, Prescribing the Implementing Rules and Regulations of Republic Act NO. 10531, Otherwise Known as the “National Electrification Administration Reform Act of 2013”]
In electric power: the regulatory agency created herein [Section 4(v), Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001]
In electric power: the regulatory agency created by Section 38 of the Act [Section 4 (kk), Rules and Regulations to Implement Republic Act No. 9136, Entitled “Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001”]
Note: The IRR adopts the definition under the law, except for an adjustment to the writing style (reference to “by Section 38 of the Act” instead of “herein”).
In renewable energy: the independent quasi-judicial regulatory agency created pursuant to Republic Act No. 9136 [Section 4(n), RE Act of 2008; Section 3(o), Rules and Regulations Implementing Republic Act No. 9513]
In electric power and upstream oil & gas: the regulatory agency created by Section 38 of the EPIRA [Section 4.3, DOE-DOF Joint Circular No. 1, Series of 2020, “The Implementing Rules and Regulations of Republic Act No. 11371, An Act Reducing Electricity Rates An Act Reducing Electricity Rates by Allocating a Portion of the Net National Government Share from the Malampaya Natural Gas Project for the Payment of the Stranded Contract Costs and Stranded Debts’ Otherwise Known as the ‘Murang Kuryente Act’]
In electric power, power lines obstruction: the independent, quasi-judicial regulatory body created under Section 38 of Republic Act No. 9136, otherwise known as the “Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001” [Section 4(s), DOE Department Circular No. DC2020-02-0002, The Implementing Rules and Regulations of Republic Act No. 11361, Otherwise Known as the “Anti-Obstruction of Power Lines Act”]
In electric power, energy storage: the agency created under Section 38 of the EPIRA [Section 2.10, DOE Department Circular No. DC2023-04-0008, Prescribing the Policy for Energy Storage System in the Electric Power Industry]
Note: In the sources above, the term is written different ways: “Energy Regulatory Commission” only, “Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC)” only, “ERC” only, or “Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC)”.