TransGrid proposes new routes for lines connecting Snowy Hydro to electricity network – ABC News

TransGrid has announced new options for the proposed Hume Link transmission line, after the original proposal was criticised by local landholders, council and the Rural Fire Service.
Key points:

• The new high voltage transmission lines will connect Snowy Hydro to the grid
• The initial plans had the lines going through private farmland and near an airport
• New options include going through a state forest, after a bushfire cleared the area

The new 500-kilovolt transmission line will in part connect the…

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