The news that underground transmission lines won’t cause bushfires, won’t get knocked over in a storm and leave thousands powerless and won’t destroy an entire farming industry should surprise no one
The Western Victoria Transmission Network’s Community Consultation Group is simply making patsies of the community participants, who volunteered in good faith to take part as representatives of their broader communities.
Today more than 200,000 homes and businesses across Victoria are again without power due to fallen or affected electricity infrastructure. Energy providers say it could be days before all outages are fixed.
Food giant McCain says western Vic powerline project could jeopardise potato production
Gippsland farmers have been caught up in the Victorian Government's push to create six renewable energy zones, where solar and wind farms can be built to tap into planned high-voltage transmission lines, condensers and batteries.
A united community voice is what will win this campaign. It’s vital that the State Government to see and hear the sheer volume of our concerns in person on the steps of Parliament. Join us as we march on Spring Street on June 9th where we will take our Stop AusNet’s Towers Fight to Spring Street.
Over the last few weeks AusNet have hosted community Drop-in Session’s, these disingenuous and hollow consultative sessions have left more questions and created greater community anger.
Let's be clear, Stop Ausnet Towers and The Moorabool Central Highlands Power Alliance wholeheartedly support a reduction in coal-fired power stations and transition to a low-carbon emissions future.
The Visual Impact Provision project in the Snowdonia National Park in the UK aims to reduce the visual impact of National Grid’s overhead line across the Dwyryd Estuary near Porthmadog.
The NSW government could consider using new powers to prohibit renewable energy projects from connecting to the grid in circumstances where there is strong community opposition to the project.
