Manila, July 8 -- Governor Arthur Yap has pressed the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines to present a clustered work program and timeline to fast-track the power interconnection project in Bohol province.
Yap raised this concern on Wednesday during a virtual meeting with NGCP officials, 1st District Rep. Edgar Chatto, and mayors of Bohol.
He noted that the decision to move the site for the 180-kilometer submarine cable terminal from Loon to Maribojoc town was made in August 2019 and yet up to this date no significant change has happened.
The governor said if not for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) crisis, Bohol's power consumers would have again suffered the consequences of overloading on power consumption, resulting in hig...