The P21.6-billion Leyte-Mindanao Interconnection Project (LMIP) currently being pushed for by the system operator of the country’s power grid is expected to be completed by 2018, with construction planned to start by 2016.

Henry Sy Jr., National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) president and chief executive officer, said in an interview with reporters that “hopefully,” LMIP will be completed in 2018 as the company plans to start the construction of the project three years from now.

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