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Data currency: 2026-05-18 · 59 of 67 projects verified at confidence ≥ 70/100
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HumeLink

Transgrid
transmissionunder constructionConfidence: Very high
Capacity and technology
Technology
transmission
Capacity (MW)
unknown
Voltage
500 kV
Estimated capex, local spend and peak workforce
Total development cost
~$6.30B proponent-stated
Stated by proponent
Transgrid: $6.3B direct + indirect investment into the regional economy.
Estimated local / regional spend
~$1.39B benchmark estimate
22% of capex — Clean Energy Council benchmark for renewable energy construction in regional Australia. Actual local content varies by project siting, procurement strategy and any access-scheme local-content conditions.
Estimated peak construction workforce
unknown
Industry benchmark: ~0.7 FTE/MW wind, 0.5 FTE/MW solar, 0.4 FTE/MWh BESS, 1.5 FTE/MW pumped hydro. Peak during civil/electrical phase only — operations workforce is typically ~5-10% of construction peak.
Approvals and access rights
Project status
under construction
Planning status
Approved by NSW DPHI and Commonwealth DCCEEW late 2024 (Critical SSI). Construction in progress as of September 2025.
Access right status
not applicable — transmission asset
EPBC status
approved late 2024
Grid connection
365 km of 500 kV transmission lines connecting Wagga Wagga, Bannaby and Maragle; new/upgraded substation infrastructure at four sites
Financial close
post-FID
Construction start
2025 (commenced)
Operations start
Transgrid guidance — late 2020s
Location
LGA
Multiple (Snowy Valleys, Yass Valley, Wagga Wagga, Cootamundra-Gundagai, Upper Lachlan and adjacent)
Region
Southern NSW
REZ
—
REZ relationship
connecting to REZ network
Coordinates
-34.85, 148.1 (approximate)
Project documents — EIS, SEARs, proponent pages

Direct links to public documents and pages for this project. Phase 2 ingestion will pull updates automatically; Sprint 0 entries are verified manually with a confidence score per record.

Notes

Nation-critical transmission project. 365 km of 500 kV transmission connecting Snowy 2.0 and southern NSW REZ generation to load centres. State and federal approved 2024. Construction underway 2025.

Source confidence: 92/100
Last verified: 2026-05-13
Every material fact on this page is sourced. A "View source" link is provided per source below.
Source evidence
Confidence: Very high
  • primaryNSW Planning Portal — Major Projects
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    Authoritative for NSW SSD and SSI planning status. Hosts each project's Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), SEARs, response to submissions, and other planning documents. Outranks proponent and media reports for planning_status. Per-project EIS and SSD page URLs are tracked under each project's project_documents.
  • primaryDCCEEW — EPBC referrals and approvals
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    Authoritative for EPBC referral and approval status. EPBC approval is separate from state planning approval.
  • primaryAEMO — Integrated System Plan
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    Sets transmission and renewable investment direction. Informs REZ planning but does not approve individual projects.
  • secondaryProponent project websites
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    Proponent-supplied content from each project's dedicated page on the proponent's website. Useful for technology, capacity intent, community engagement messaging, project newsletters, fact sheets and timeline updates. Cannot override official planning_status or epbc_status. Per-project page URLs are tracked under each project's project_documents.
Open questions
  • Planning status against the NSW Planning Portal — verify SSD reference.
  • EPBC referral status — verify against DCCEEW public notices.
  • Storage MWh and voltage figures — confirm from proponent documents and AEMO Generation Information.
  • Workforce and accommodation commitments — confirm in SSD documentation or VPA.
  • First Nations engagement reporting — confirm in IEP / cultural heritage chapter.
See this project in context
LGA detail
Snowy Valleys
1 projects · everything affecting this council area
LGA detail
Yass Valley
1 projects · everything affecting this council area
LGA detail
Wagga Wagga
1 projects · everything affecting this council area
LGA detail
Cootamundra-Gundagai
1 projects · everything affecting this council area
LGA detail
Upper Lachlan
1 projects · everything affecting this council area
LGA detail
adjacent
1 projects · everything affecting this council area
Regional spend
Annual flow by year
This project's share of the year-by-year capex flow into regional NSW
Project timeline
Gantt by REZ
Visual overlap with neighbouring projects' construction windows
Cross-sector pressures
Non-REZ competing demand
What else is being built in the region in the same window
Upcoming decisions
1 relevant to this project or REZ
IPC meetings, EIS exhibitions, council determinations