Our Glen Innes to Inverell Transmission Line Project is a result of joint planning between TransGrid and Essential Energy (formerly Country Energy) which identified a need to strengthen the reliability of electricity supply in the region.
The project totalling more than $25 million involves:
- Building 11 kilometres of new transmission line between the existing TransGrid and Country Energy Substations near Glen Innes; and
- Replacing 55 kilometres of existing transmission line between Glen Innes and Inverell with a higher capacity line.
Construction works started in February 2010 near Glen Innes and will gradually progress west to Inverell.
The project is part of a larger plan to strengthen the north west of our transmission network, after the recent construction of a new 132/66kV substation at Glen Innes in 2007.
| Construction Advertisement |
February 2010 |
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| Fact Sheet |
February 2010 |
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| Proposed Transmission Line Structure |
February 2010 |
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| Existing Glen Innes - Inverell Transmission Line Structure |
February 2010 |
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