WHEREAS, Republic Act No. (RA) 10623 amended certain provisions of RA 7581 otherwise known as the "Price Act", to provide protection to consumers by stabilizing prices of basic necessities and prime commodities and by prescribing measures against undue price increases during emergency situations and like occasions;

WHEREAS, RA 7581 as amended, now includes household liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and kerosene among those defined as basic necessities; and the Department of Energy (DOE) as a member of the Price Coordinating Council (PCC);

WHEREAS, WHEREAS, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Department of Agriculture (DA), Department of Health (DOH), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the DOE have promulgated Joint Administrative Order (JAO) No. 13-1, series of 2013 (Amendments to the JAO No. 1, series of 1993, otherwise known as the Implementing Rules and Regulations of RA 7581);