Worth a short note this morning to highlight yet another weighty planning-related document has dropped … this one the 2025 Victorian Transmission Plan:
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There’s the (134-page) Plan document here:
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There’s also plenty of other information (and quite a few things to download) here:
At the bottom of that page is a ‘Next Steps’ section at the end which notes (amongst other things): ‘VicGrid will continue to engage with communities and industry as we implement the 2025 Victorian Transmission Plan.’ … and … ‘This will include 6 weeks of consultation, scheduled to take place in the coming weeks, when landholders, communities and Traditional Owners will have opportunity to provide feedback and shape decision-making.’ … with a link to this page, which lists the following three up-coming webinars: ‘We are hosting a series of webinars to provide an update on the 2025 Victorian Transmission Plan. Join us online to stay informed and have your questions answered. There are 3 sessions, each covering the same content. Wednesday 20 August 2025, 2 pm to 3:30 pm: register Wednesday 20 August 2025, 5 pm to 6:30 pm: register Monday 25 August 2025, 5 pm to 6:30 pm: register’ That site also links to these submissions on the (earlier) draft of the 2025 Victorian Transmission Plan that 1) Which would make for interesting reading, I’m sure 2) Noting that there were 304 of them (of which 214 were from individuals).
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Briefly, with respect to this, we’ve noticed the following:
(C) News Media commentary about the 2025 Vic Transmission Plan
So far today I have come across commentary in a range of places, including the following:
1) In the AFR we have seen…
(a) Tom Rabe wrote ‘Victoria’s green energy build almost doubles in price’ on Sunday evening 17th August 2025.
2) In the Australian we have seen …
(a) Perry Williams wrote that ‘Victoria plots green energy revolution, transmission routes finalised’ early on Monday 18th August 2025.
3) In the Guardian we have seen …
(a) A copying of the AAP article ‘Cost of Victoria’s renewable energy transmission plan projected to double’ on Sunday 17th August 2025.
4) In SMH and the Age we have seen …
(a) Have not looked
5) In RenewEconomy we have seen …
(a) Samantha Lock wrote that ‘Victoria expands renewable energy zones, but costs to nearly double’ on Sunday 17th August 2025.
6) In PV Magazine we have seen …
(a) Anything?
7) In the ABC we have seen …
(a) There’s an article ‘Renewable energy expert accuses Victorian government of concealing true cost of transition plan’ (can’t see the author) on Sunday 17th August 2025.
8) In ‘The Energy’ we have seen …
(a) Anything?
As a reader here, if you come across any other useful commentary, feel free to add as a comment below.
(B) Commentary from Industry Organisations
So far today I have come across commentary in a range of places, including the following:
1) From the Energy Users Association of Australia (EUAA) …
(a) Have not had time to look yet…
2) From the Australian Energy Council (AEC) …
(a) We’ve not had time to look yet….
3) From the Clean Energy Council (CEC) …
(a) We’ve not had time to look yet….
4) From the Smart Energy Council (SEC) …
(a) We’ve not had time to look yet….
5) From the Energy Networks Association (ENA) …
(a) We’ve not had time to look yet….
6) From the Climate Council …
(a) Have not had time to look yet …
(C) Across the highpoints on Social Media
If we see anything (that we think is) particularly insightful on Social Media (and we have the time!) we’ll look to note it here:
1) No surprise to see Bruce Mountain’s comment;
2) Nothing else yet …
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