VictoriaAEMO caught out on farm access claimsAEMO’s new subsidiary Transmission Company Victoria has been locked out of farms along the controversial VNI West route. See why.
NewsD’Ambrosio dictates NSW power routeVictorian Energy Minister’s order adds $154 million to the cost of building transmission lines across NSW, affecting hundreds more landholders.
UPDATEDNewsBenefits of transmission lines must be ‘shared’ with farmersA major energy boss says the government’s powerline plans could be railroaded without landowner and community buy-in.
AnalysisVictoriaVNI West’s unanswered questionsThe $3.2 billion VNI West transmission line project looks like a white elephant, writes Peter Hunt.
NewsD’Ambrosio grants AEMO monopoly over VNI WestAEMO 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.
NewsAEMO fast-tracks VNI West reviewAEMO 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.
VictoriaLatrobe Valley alternative to VNI West emergesExpansion of existing Latrobe Valley powerlines could be far less disruptive to landholders than the proposed VNI West project.
NewsTractor protest planned against VNI WestFarmers will rally their tractors and trucks in St Arnaud in Victoria’s west to protest transmission lines carving up their land.
ExclusiveNationalMajor faults exposed in power projectMajor faults have been unearthed in the costings of the $3.28 billion Victoria-NSW Interconnector transmission project — which will carve up 400km of farmland.
NewsOffshore wind farms undercut value of VNI projectOffshore wind farms can tap into Gippsland’s existing 500kV transmission lines, undermining the value of building Victoria-NSW West Interconnector.
