The Philippine Solar and Storage Energy Alliance (PSSEA), an association that aims to advance solar and energy storage, commends the Department of Finance and the Bureau of Customs for amending Customs Administrative Order (CAO) No. 07-2022, or “Accreditation of Importers”, to extend importer accreditation from one year to three years.
With CAO No. 01-2026, the government promotes ease of doing business and addresses bureaucratic hurdles that affect the deployment of solar panels and advanced battery systems early on in its supply chain.
“By extending the accreditation validity to three years, the Bureau of Customs is effectively removing a recurring administrative bottleneck that has historically hampered the flow of clean energy technologies into the country, particularly solar and energy storage,” explained PSSEA Chairman Maria Theresa “Tetchi” Cruz Capellan.
PSSEA believes that the update on CAO 07-2022 makes it easier to build renewable energy projects as it benefits project development through assurances of timeliness and predictable costs.
“This allows our members, including project developers and technology importers, to focus less on the annual paperwork and more on the large-scale deployment of energy solutions,” Capellan said. “The amendments align importer accreditation with multi-year project cycles and new storage mandates, effectively lowering operational costs.”
“By simplifying the entry of clean energy technologies, the Bureau of Customs affirms its mandate of enhancing trade facilitation,” she added. “It is a vital ‘ease of doing business’ victory that helps lower importation costs and fast tracks the buildout of the nation’s local power supply.”
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