The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) is upbeat about completing the Visayas-Mindanao interconnection project before President Rodrigo Duterte ends his term in 2022.

NGCP spokesperson Cynthia Alabanza told reporters last week the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) had approved the project in principle, which was “good news for us and we can proceed full-speed ahead to make that December 2020 deadline.”

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