The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) was able to fasttrack the permitting process of its P10.2-billion Hermosa-San Jose 500 kilovolt (kV) line and P52-billion Mindanao-Visayas Interconnection Project (MVIP) with the assistance of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). “The usual chokepoints for our projects are the procurement of right-of-way and