NGCP proposes P23.9-billion Batangas-Mindoro subsea cable

NGCP proposes P23.9-billion Batangas-Mindoro subsea cable

THE NATIONAL Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP), the country’s sole grid operator, is proposing to develop a P23.9-billion submarine cable to allow Batangas to export much-needed electricity to Oriental Mindoro. In a filing with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, NGCP said it is seeking to install a 500-kilovolt (kV) subsea cable crossing the Verde Island Passage between Lobo, Batangas, and Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro. The…