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A transmission line damaged by a significant storm event near Balranald has been returned to service after specialist crews completed emergency restoration works.

Specialist crews have successfully lifted into place the first of six towers near Balranald, as a major reconstruction effort continues at pace to repair a 2km section of transmission line damaged by a significant storm event.

A home-grown regional workforce will soon be nurtured at a new training and skills centre in the Riverina to help build the transmission infrastructure critical to enabling Australia’s renewable 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.

Seventeen community organisations along the HumeLink transmission line corridor have been awarded a total of $1.8 million in first-round funding for projects that will bring lasting social, economic and environmental benefits to the region.

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.