Opinion
The hidden cost of the energy transmission project
The easy part of the energy transition is done. Now comes the harder part – how and where to build the transmission needed to get the renewable power to customers.
Jennifer HewettColumnistLabor ministers no longer talk quite so enthusiastically about how much cheaper renewable energy is compared to fossil fuels.
Not only is this claim much more politically awkward given continually rising power bills for households and businesses. There’s a diminishing time limit to how much longer the war in Ukraine can be blamed.
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