THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, voting 215-7, has approved on third and final reading the bill establishing an Energy Virtual One Stop Shop (eVOSS).
House Bill 8417, or the Energy Virtual One Stop Shop Act, seeks to streamline the permitting process for power generation, transmission and distribution projects.
The measure proposed to put in place an online system to improve processing as well as reduce high transaction costs, which is intended to attract more investors.
The eVOSS, which will be under the supervision of the Department of Energy (DoE), will eliminate “duplication, redundancy, and overlapping mandates of various government agencies in documentary submissions,” according to the bill’s committee report. — Charmaine A. Tadalan