Atty. Jose Layug

Atty. Jose “Jay” Layug is a Senior Partner of DivinaLaw Offices and the Co-Head of DivinaLaw’s Power, Electric Utilities and Energy Practice. Atty. Layug served as Chairman of the National Renewable Energy Board from 2016-2018. He was also the Undersecretary of the DOE from 2010-2012 and handled various units of the DOE, including the Renewable Energy Management Bureau, Energy Resources Development Bureau, Energy Utilization Management Bureau and Oil Industry Management Bureau. In such capacity, he was primarily responsible for the revival of various sectors in the Philippine energy sector with the successful launching of the National Renewable Energy Program (including the filing and implementation of the feed-in tariff system and the net metering program), the Philippine Energy Contracting Rounds for Petroleum and Coal and the Public Transport Assistance Program. Atty. Layug headed by bids and awards committee of the DOE for the Philippine Energy Contracting Rounds for Petroleum and Coal.