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Australia’s largest transmission project is being fully energised following completion of construction, bringing lower power costs one step closer for millions of consumers in three states and advancing the nation’s renewable energy transition.

The building of Australia’s largest transmission project has provided a major economic boost to regional NSW, with a ‘buy local’ approach providing hundreds of millions of dollars in supply contracts to local businesses.

Transgrid and its delivery partner Elecnor Australia are nearing completion of the critical EnergyConnect project, the first major transmission line to support the nation’s energy transition.

The last of 1,500 steel towers have been constructed on Australia’s largest electricity transmission project, completing the 700km backbone of EnergyConnect in NSW and bringing millions of consumers across three states closer to accessing cleaner and more affordable power.

More than 10 million worker hours have been clocked up by crews building EnergyConnect, underscoring the enormous construction effort being undertaken to deliver Australia’s largest transmission project that will underpin the nation’s renewable energy transition.

A greenfield site in rural NSW has been transformed into a world-class substation critical to delivering new renewable power to the national grid and accelerating Australia’s clean energy transition.