H OUSE OF REPRESENTA VES STE ie Republic of the Philippines HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES pate: Quezon City Tie GLC Po stilt bye Mace Seventeenth Congress First Regular Session RATION UNIT INDEX SERVICE HOUSE BILL NO.:_ 8025 Introduced by REP. HARLIN NEIL J. ABAYON UL Party-List- AANGAT TAYO EXPLANATORY NOTE The bill seeks to strengthen the practice of Electrical Engineering profession in the Philippines repealing for the purpose Republic Act No. 7920 otherwise known as the “New Electrical Engineering Law, and appropriating, funds therefor. Electrical engineering is a wide discipline that provides society with many critical utilities. This discipline has significant impact fon the welfare and safety of our people, on health and healthcare, the environment, quality of life, transportation, businesses and leisure of the general public. Advances in technology, globalization and the change in trends in the electrical engineering profession are challenges confronting the profession which necessitates the revision of the existing law. These revisions are aimed to further strengthen the profession and enable electrical engineers to tackle and cope with these new generation challenges This measure intends to integrate the classifications of electrical engineers under RA 7920 and provide for only one classification, Existing professional electrical engineers shall be issued a corresponding Certificate of Specialty in accordance with the guidelines prescribed by the Board of Electrical Engineering for the purpose. Master Electricians, on the other hand shail be given a two year period to enroll and complete the required modules on major subjects in Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering to qualify and be registered as electrical engineers, ‘These equitable innovations are necessary to continually enhance the competence of the profession through peer recognition of specialization in electrical engineering and the strengthening of the accredited national organization and other associations of electrical engineers in the country. In view thereof, immediate passage of this bill is earnestly sought. a CR HARLIN'NEIL J. ABAYON IIL3025 AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE PRACTICE OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING PROFESSION IN THE PHILIPPINES REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT No. 7920 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “NEW ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING LAW”, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled: SECTION 1. Short Title. - This act shall be known as the “Comprehensive Electrical Engineering Act.” SEC. 2. Statement of Policy. - The State recognizes the importance of electrical engineering in saving lives, public safety, economic development and nation-building. Hence, it shall develop and nurture competent, ethical, globally competitive and well-rounded electrical engineers who shall observe the highest standards of excellence and whose professionalism shall be fostered through the administration of transparent, credible and relevant licensure examinations, a system of registration and self-regulation, and through continuing education SEC. 3. Section 2 (Defini n of Terms) of RA 7920 is hereby amended to read as follows: “Sec. 2. Definition of Terms.- As used in this Act, the following terms shall mean: a. Practice of Electrical Engineering — a person is deemed to be in the practice of electrical engineering when he renders or offers to render [professional] electrical engineering service in for of: xxx xxx, (6) Teaching of electrical engineering [professional] subjects; Xxx p. Electrical system refers to the following. 1. Lighting system (Illumination engineering, decorative, intelligent lighting & control), 2. Power system (Alternating Current and Direct Current); 3. Power generation, transformation, transmission and distribution systems, 4, Power quality monitoring and management systems; 5, Power factor correction system; 6. Automatic voltage regulation systems, 7. Building management and automation systems;8. Energy converter, inverter, drives systems; 9. Renewable energy systems: 10. Electrical devices, apparatus, machineries and equipment, 11. Power electronics systems; 12. Grounding/earthing, bonding system; 13. Surge and lightning protection system; 14, Process and machinery instrumentation, control and automation, measurement, monitoring and management system such as Distributed Control System, Programmable Logic Controller, Safety Instrumented System, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition, Computer-based control systems, ete., 15. Electrical safety system / public address / evacuation system; 16. Fire, liquid and gas leak detection, alarm and suppression system; 17, Emergency and standby power system; 18. Uninterruptible power supply system, 19. Energy storage and battery system; 20. Blectric heating and space heating system; 21, Structured cabling system; 22. Blectric charging system; 23. Cathodic Protection System; 24. Technologies and electro-technical systems integration; 25, Blectric billboards, signages, traffic and street lighting system, 26. Medical electricity, 27. Wire and cable engineering; 28. Extra Low Voltage (ELV) systems, 29. Electric insulation and dielectric systems, 30. Magnetic and electromagnetic systems; 31. Various technologies, electro-technical systems and phenomena (electrostatic, electromagnetic. electro-mechanical, electro-Chemical, thermoclectric, hydroclectric,clectro-acoustic, electronics, piezoelectric, photoelectric, pyroclectrc, triboelectric, electroluminescence, wireless electricity, electro-optics, electro-pneumatics, clectro-hydraulies, plasma, electrovibration, dielectric, magnetic, ferroelectric, photovoltaic, thermionic, thermocouple, electrohydrodynamics, electrotheraphy eto), 32. Other devices, systems and apparatus utilizing electrical energy as provided in the Philippine Electrical code and Philippine accepted international electrical standards and codes, except voice and data communication, telecommunication, satellite, broadcast, computer, information technology and small electronic systems shall be for ECE.