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More than 820 individual businesses have registered to become prequalified for work on Transgrid’s EnergyConnect project, a critical electricity transmission infrastructure which will save NSW energy customers $180 million a year and generate up to 1,500 new jobs.

Australia’s largest transmission project EnergyConnect has progressed further with the submission this week of the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the project’s eastern section, from Buronga to Wagga Wagga.

Transgrid crews have begun installation of innovative technology at the Stockdill substation which will enable extra energy to be supplied to 30,000 NSW and ACT homes when needed.

Families hit hard by the pandemic will receive some Christmas treats, with the delivery of more than 700 hampers, from the Addi Road Food Relief Program.

Electricity customers will benefit from lower prices in the future and see positive outcomes for the environment, as Transgrid activates an innovative approach to biodiversity management on its major transmission projects.

The last capacitor bank of the Queensland-NSW Interconnector (QNI) upgrade has now been installed, with the project, started in June 2020, almost 90 per cent complete.