New transmission line to ensure more relibable power for Eyre Peninsula

The construction of a new $300 million electricity transmission link from Cultana to Port Lincoln will ensure more reliable power for the Eyre Peninsula and create hundreds of new jobs.

Eyre Peninsula Link involves the construction of a new, double-circuit 132 kV transmission line from Cultana to Port Lincoln, via Yadnarie, with the ability to upgrade the Cultana to Yadnarie section to 275 kV at a later date.

The new investment will reduce Eyre Peninsula's reliance on backup diesel generation in Port Lincoln and bring security of supply for Eyre Peninsula into line with other regions of South Australia.

ElectraNet will build the transmission link along the same corridor of the existing infrastructure which will be  the best outcome from an environmental, cultural, social and land use criteria.

The project will add about $1 annually to a ‘typical residential power bill’.

Thursday 20 May 2021