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TransGrid’s North Coast Line: Vandalism without reason
State-owned transmission company TransGrid wants to spend $227 million to build a massive 330 kV power line from Bonshaw on the Queensland border to Lismore.
The Power line is not needed and if built would:
- increase household electricity bills to pay for unnecessary infrastructure,
- destroy North Coast jobs and business opportunities in renewable energy and demand management,
- increase the carbon footprint of North Coast residents by making them more dependent on coal-fired electricity from Queensland, and
- sever an important green corridor from Queensland into northern NSW
The local community has pulled together to fight against the development. You can see their website here: http://www.notransgrid.org/
sign the community petition protesting against the power line
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TransGrid ‘guesstimate’ plan bad for Tenterfield’s power future
A lack of serious planning by TransGrid for its proposed Bonshaw to Lismore power line could expose Tenterfield to an unsustainable power supply, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
Power without purpose: Transgrid line to gut green corridor
State-owned electricity transmission company Transgrid is planning to bulldoze a massive power line through a continuous vegetation corridor linking the Snowy Mountains to Queensland, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
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