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"We are trying to tap a pool of funds from various sources such as the Japanese government and Japanese private power companies, the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank," TransCo president and CEO Alan T. Ortiz said.


Ortiz said he had also approached Japanese power firms Kanematsu and J Power Systems Inc. on the feasibility of venturing into the LMIP.


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Transco president Alan T. Ortiz revealed that the economic managers led by the National Economic and Development Authority have scratched the LMIP in Transco’s capital expenditure program. 


"The LMIP is not part of our capex program.  The economic managers believed that it should be left to the concessionaire (who will take over the Transco assets)," Ortiz said. 


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Transco vice president for project management group Dominador Geonzon told reporters that under the Transmission Development Plan (TDP), target completion of  the LMIP has been moved to 2011 after the government decided to defer the implementation of the project last year. 


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NGCP pushes interconnection of Visayas and Mindanao grids

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | March 16, 2011 - 12:00am

The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is pursuing the planned interconnection of the Visayas and Mindanao grids.

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NGCP forms special working group for Leyte-Mindanao project

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | July 16, 2010 - 12:00am

Amid criticisms on the system reliability of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), the company has formed a special working group to study the proposed Leyte-Mindanao Interconnection Project (LMIP),  ...

Business

Transco eyes foreign funds for 800-MW Leyte-Mindoro interconnection project

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | December 14, 2005 - 12:00am

The National Transmission Corp. (TransCo) is looking at the possibility of tapping multilateral creditors to finance the 800-megawatt (MW) Leyte-Mindanao interconnection project (LMIP). "We are trying to tap...

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Transco warns of possible power crisis in Mindanao

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | July 26, 2004 - 12:00am

The National Transmission Corp. (Transco) has warned that the delay in the Leyte-Mindanao Interconnection Project (LMIP) could bring power crisis in Mindanao in the medium-term. Transco president Alan T. Ortiz...

Business

Transco wants P17.7-B link-up project hastened

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | February 12, 2003 - 12:00am

The National Transmission Corp. (Transco) will push for the acceleration of the $354-million or P17.7-billion Leyte-Mindanao interconnection project (LMIP). Transco vice president for project management group Dominador...

Business