Jakarta, June 18 -- The 44th Senior Officials Meeting on Energy (SOME) and its Associated Meetings were convened virtually from 15-18 June 2026 under the Chairmanship of the Department of Energy of the Republic of the Philippines. The Meetings brought together Senior Officials from all ASEAN Member States (AMS), representatives of the ASEAN Secretariat, ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE), Chairs of the ASEAN Energy Sub-Sectoral Networks (SSNs), Heads of ASEAN Power Utilities/Authorities (HAPUA), ASEAN Energy Regulators' Network (AERN), ASEAN Council on Petroleum (ASCOPE), Dialogue Partners, international organisations, and development partners.

The Meetings reviewed the progress of regional energy cooperation and the implementation of the ASE...