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A Transgrid crew working on the Powering Sydney’s Future project have helped reunite a mischievous Electus Parrot with it’s very relieved owner in Panania.

Preliminary works are underway to build workers’ camps and numerous studies are being undertaken now to prepare for the start of construction on Transgrid’s once-in-a-generation transmission project EnergyConnect.

A wildlife sanctuary, indigenous community groups, a cycling club, a group helping disabled children and a service dedicated to helping cancer patients are among recipients sharing $65,000 in Transgrid funding.

The Queensland-NSW Interconnector (QNI) project, a major grid transmission upgrade that will ensure more reliable supply of electricity to customers at all times, including during periods of peak demand, is on track for completion by May 2022.

Civil works have now begun at Transgrid’s Yass substation to enable the supply of additional power from renewable resources via the NSW and ACT grid.

Civil works are now complete at Tamworth substation, the largest of five substations to be upgraded as part of the Transgrid Queensland-NSW Interconnector upgrade, a major infrastructure project that will lower energy prices to consumers by enabling better energy sharing between the two states.