Promises, promises of powerline reform

By Lachlan Ellis

The Federal Opposition has promised to reform the approval process for transmission projects, if it wins the next election, has been met with both approval and scepticism.

On Friday 18 March, Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Chris Bowen, announced that, should the Labor Party win the upcoming federal election, it would “work with the states, market bodies, networks, and most importantly communities, to improve the RIT-T (Regulatory Investment Test for Transmission) process”.

Mr Bowen expressed particular concern with how the RIT-T process had been conducted in Western Victoria, where the Western Victoria Transmission Network Project (WVTNP) has been rallied against by affected communities for two years.

“To me, the situation in Western Victoria has confirmed my inclination that the RIT-T process is no longer fit for purpose, especially when you consider the massive scale of transmission upgrades we have to complete over the next decade,” Mr Bowen said in an address to the Energy Networks Australia Conference.

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