A map of energy projects, including HumeLink, across Australia's south-east. ( Supplied: Transgrid ) It said undergrounding the 360km line would delay the project by "three to five years", putting ...

The enormity of HumeLink’s environmental impacts is indicated by its 9000 hectare con­struction corridor stretching 365km and the $0.5bn bank guarantee required from TransGrid to ensure ...

Transgrid says HumeLink is critical to the release of more ­affordable, reliable and renewable energy, but CEO Brett Redman has foreshadowed that the original $3.3bn budget has already blown out ...

An inquiry into Transgrid's $3.3 billion HumeLink Transmission line project has deemed it will remain above ground Opposition and crossbench MPs have condemned the findings, saying they were pre ...

She gave a revised cost estimate for HumeLink of $4.9 billion, up from $3.3 billion three years ago, an increase that has previously been roughly flagged by TransGrid chief executive Brett Redman.

Transgrid has named its preferred contractors to build the controversial HumeLink transmission line, with the two contracts worth a total of $2.8 billion announced on Monday.

In January 2020, Transgrid first estimated HumeLink’s expense would be $1.35bn. That rose to $3.3bn in 2021 and, more recently, to $4.8bn.

A controversial $5 billion power line connecting Snowy 2.0 to the grid is expected to be given the financial green light as soon as Thursday, with NSW households to chip in more than $20 a year ...