The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has approved Northern Palawan Power Generation Corp.’s plan to build and operate a P1.05-billion point-to-point transmission line for its 145-megawatt Cawag solar project in the Subic Bay Freeport Zone. The line will link the facility to the national grid through the 230-kV Subic Hanjin substation.
The decision, dated December 2, 2025, was released publicly over the weekend.
Parent firm Emerging Power Inc. (EPI) earlier secured a P5.175-billion loan from Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. to fund construction of the solar farm. Once operational, the project is expected to supply clean power to about 90,000 households, cut carbon emissions by 200,000 tons per year—equivalent to removing 42,000 cars from the road—and generate around 500 jobs during construction and operations.
EPI, the renewable energy arm of Nickel Asia Corp., is expanding its portfolio across solar, wind, geothermal, run-of-river hydro, and battery storage. The company aims to develop an additional 1,589 MW of projects within three years and is targeting 1,000 MW of capacity by 2028.
Its ongoing projects include the first 120-MW solar farm in San Isidro, Leyte, with a second 120-MW project already cleared to proceed, as well as a 50-MW solar project in Nazareno, Bataan now in pre-development.
