A message from Transmission Company Victoria

Electricity is an essential service. It allows us to live comfortable and productive lives.

But getting electricity to millions of homes and workplaces across Victoria is neither simple nor easy.

The VNI West project will see 200 kilometres of transmission built in Victoria, to improve connection of the local grid to New South Wales.

As old coal-fired power stations close, adding VNI West to our existing transmission network will help keep the lights on across Victoria.

It will allow more renewable energy into our grid, including hydroelectricity from the Snowy Mountains Scheme.

The project has been in the news lately, as Transmission Company Victoria (TCV) talks to communities and landholders about where the transmission should be built.

Unfortunately, there has been some information in the community that has caused confusion and anxiety. Particularly around an initial $10,000 payment being o ered to impacted landholders.

This $10,000 payment is recognition of the time landholders who work with TCV will spend discussing and considering access and potential impacts on their property. The fee will be paid as part of an initial land access agreement, regardless of whether or not transmission is built on that property.

At this stage we do not know exactly where the transmission line will be built. And we won’t know until we work with landholders and the community to identify the best location.

As we move forward with VNI West, TCV’s commitment to the community is to have up-front conversations, to listen, and to treat people fairly.

As we identify where the transmission line needs to be built, and which landholders will be impacted, we will treat them with respect and pay fair compensation.

Following on from our community information sessions, TCV wants to keep talking to members of the community and gathering important information.

Our representatives are available on the phone to answer questions. And our landholder guide is available to be downloaded.

Please visit www.transmissionvictoria.com.au for more information, or call TCV on 1800 824 221