Our engagement approach is centred on the principles of transparency, accessibility, inclusiveness and communication.

Transgrid is committed to continuously improving our engagement to support our decision making and deliver tangible and lasting community benefits, while progressing our work program. 

The NSW Government recently announced its Strategic Benefits Payments (SBP) for landowners. Under the SBP scheme, private landowners hosting new high voltage transmission projects critical to the energy transformation and future of the electricity grid will be paid a set rate of $ 200,000 per kilometre of transmission hosted, paid out in annual instalments over 20 years, linked to the Consumer Price Index.

In other words, the SBP is a payment of $10,000 per kilometre of transmission line across privately-owned land, paid annually over a period of 20 years and adjusted for inflation based on the Consumer Price Index. The SBP are in addition to any compensation paid under the Just Terms Compensation Act (1991) and will apply to landowners hosting HumeLink. More information is available on our Easement Payments page.

We are pleased to share Mr Stowe’s report; Transgrid's response to the report, as well as Mr Stowe’s response to our approach.

We will continue listen to landowners and community members with the aim of continuously improving how we communicate and provide information.