Energy Payments for Landholders

Energy payments for landholders

THE New South Wales Government’s Strategic Benefit Payments Scheme is commencing for new major transmission projects, with the scheme providing annual payments of $10,000 per year, per kilometer of transmission line across eligible land over...

Regional landholders under threat from Labor’s transmission takeover: Cleeland I Australian Rural & Regional News

The Hon. Annabelle Cleeland, Nationals’ Member for Euroa (Vic), Media Release, 4 July 2025 The Nationals’ Member for Euroa, Annabelle Cleeland, has slammed new legislation proposed by the Allan Labor Government that would allow government officials and transmission companies to enter private farmland without consent, and hit landholders with steep fines if they object. Question time. The National Electricity (Victoria) Amendment (VicGrid Stage 2…

VIN West landholder engagement stepped up as project end date shifts two years

Transmission Company Victoria has advised landholders impacted by the VNI West transmission project, the expected completion date is shifting from 2028 to late 2030, while landholder engagement programs are expanding beyond the boundaries of easement.The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) entity created to manage and deliver the Victoria to New South Wales (NSW) Interconnector West (VNI West) transmission project, Transmission Company Vict…