VMC allowed to build transmission line for 40-MW biomass-fired plant

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Leading sugar producer Victorias Milling Co., Inc. (VMC) has received a go-signal from the government to build and own the transmission facilities needed to sell excess energy generated from its 40-megawatt biomass-fired power plant.

VMC is barred, however, from operating and maintaining the same facilities, which will instead be under the wings of National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP).

In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange on Wednesday, VMC said it had obtained a decision from the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) relative to its application to develop, own, operate and maintain dedicated point-to-point limited facilities to connect to the transmission backbone…

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