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The Victorian Transmission Plan is a new long-term strategic plan for transmission and renewable energy zone development in Victoria.
The plan will ensure we build the right amount of energy infrastructure in the right places at the right time to support the transition to renewable energy.
It will also ensure we don’t build more than we need, so we can minimise impacts on landholders, communities and the environment and keep down costs to reduce bill impacts.
We are engaging with Traditional Owners, First Peoples, landholders, communities and industry as we develop the plan, to identify the best places to host Victoria’s future renewable energy zones and supporting transmission infrastructure.
Read more about how we’re developing Victoria's future renewable energy zones.
How is the Victorian Transmission Plan different to past transmission planning?
VicGrid is developing the Victorian Transmission Plan using a new approach that incorporates community and stakeholder engagement from the start of the process, along with analysis and technical work.
This is a big change to how energy infrastructure has been planned in the past.
VicGrid’s approach features a strategic land use assessment to identify suitable areas for energy infrastructure development.
This assessment considers key land use, environmental and community factors well ahead of projects being identified. In the past, the only early considerations were technical and economic.
This will allow planners to identify the most appropriate areas for generation and transmission development across the state, while avoiding highly sensitive areas.
Importantly, input from Traditional Owners, First Peoples, local communities, landowners and other regional stakeholders will feed into this planning process.
Getting this plan right will reduce impacts, avoid unnecessary bill increases and give the energy industry certainty to invest in the new renewable energy Victoria needs for the future.
2024 Victorian Transmission Plan Guidelines
VicGrid has published the 2024 Victorian Transmission Plan Guidelines outlining how it will develop the 2025 Victorian Transmission Plan.
The guidelines include information about:
- what parts of Victoria we are investigating further for suitability to host potential future renewable energy zones
- how we will determine how much energy Victoria needs, and when
- how we will determine what transmission projects Victoria needs to support new energy generation
- what future scenarios will be considered as we develop the plan
- how we will partner with First Peoples and engage with landholders, communities and industry.
The guidelines were open for public consultation from 22 July to 25 August 2024. Feedback from communities, First Peoples and industry provided valuable insights that helped shape the final guidelines
Read the Final Engagement Report below for more information about what we heard.
To read more about the engagement process, visit Engage Victoria.
2025 Victorian Transmission Plan
The first Victorian Transmission Plan will be published in mid-2025 and take a 15-year view of transmission and renewable energy zone development in Victoria.
The 2025 Victorian Transmission Plan will identify proposed renewable energy zones for Victoria, as well as the transmission projects needed to enable renewable energy zone development over the next 15 years.
Subsequent plans will take a 25-year view and be published every 4 years, starting in 2027.
VicGrid expects to release a draft of the 2025 Victorian Transmission Plan for public consultation soon.
For more information about engagement opportunities, visit Engage Victoria.
Page last updated: 17/03/25