Manila, April 1 -- he Department of Energy (DOE) is implementing additional measures to help cushion the impact of oil supply issues, including the fast-tracking of net metering application processes.

DOE, in a news release Wednesday, said distribution utilities (DUs) and electric cooperatives (ECs) are required to finish the processing at their end within 10 days, while local government units (LGUs) are required to accomplish it within three working days.

This is among the programs in line with issuance of Executive Order (EO) No. 110, which declared a state of national energy emergency due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, which has hampered the transit of oil supply from that region.

DOE said before the issuance of EO 110,...