AEMO caught out on farm access claims
AEMO’s new subsidiary Transmission Company Victoria has been locked out of farms along the controversial VNI West route. See why.
VNI West transmission line
D’Ambrosio dictates NSW power route
Victorian Energy Minister’s order adds $154 million to the cost of building transmission lines across NSW, affecting hundreds more landholders.
Benefits of transmission lines must be ‘shared’ with farmers
A major energy boss says the government’s powerline plans could be railroaded without landowner and community buy-in.
VNI West’s unanswered questions
The $3.2 billion VNI West transmission line project looks like a white elephant, writes Peter Hunt.
D’Ambrosio grants AEMO monopoly over VNI West
AEMO has been granted monopoly powers over the early rollout of the controversial VNI West project, cutting up the land of hundreds of non-consulted landholders.
AEMO fast-tracks VNI West review
AEMO has given itself less than four weeks to analyse more than 500 submissions to its VNI West proposal and deliver a report on a narrowed route.
Latrobe Valley alternative to VNI West emerges
Expansion of existing Latrobe Valley powerlines could be far less disruptive to landholders than the proposed VNI West project.
Tractor protest planned against VNI West
Farmers will rally their tractors and trucks in St Arnaud in Victoria’s west to protest transmission lines carving up their land.
Major faults exposed in power project
Major faults have been unearthed in the costings of the $3.28 billion Victoria-NSW Interconnector transmission project — which will carve up 400km of farmland.
Offshore wind farms undercut value of VNI project
Offshore wind farms can tap into Gippsland’s existing 500kV transmission lines, undermining the value of building Victoria-NSW West Interconnector.
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