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GRID BRIDGE: New DOE, ERC rules may hasten Panay-Luzon power link
A new regulatory framework from the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has opened a pathway that could advance the long-deferred Batangas-Mindoro-Panay transmission corridor by at least a decade, according to a policy note released in July 2026 by the Institute of Contemporary Economics (ICE). The























