Multibillion-dollar cost blowouts for poles and wires electricity transmission projects have prompted calls for major changes to the way developments are approved and kept on budget as Australia’s escalating fuel crisis puts extra pressure on governments to keep a lid on power prices.
Around 6000 kilometres of new electrical cable projects are pencilled in for future construction under the Australian Energy Market Operator’s blueprint for the power grid, which are needed to connect new renewables projects to the broader network as coal-fired generators reach the end of their life.
