Environmental Impact Statement

The Central-West Orana REZ transmission project has now secured Commonwealth and State planning approvals.  Planning approvals follow a detailed environmental planning and assessment process which included community and stakeholder consultation. 

The Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Central-West Orana REZ transmission project was placed on public exhibition between Thursday 28 September and Wednesday 8 November 2023. During the exhibition period EnergyCo invited the community to provide feedback via a formal submission.

The EIS provided a detailed description of the project and how it will be constructed, as well as a technical assessment of the project, including potential economic, environmental and social impacts. It also outlined ways in which we will avoid, minimise or mitigate potential impacts to the surrounding environment and local communities during construction and operation of the project.

We reviewed the submissions and have written a Response to Submissions report that summarises the feedback received and our responses to the themes raised. 

Feedback from the community informed a number of key changes to the project, which are described and assessed in an Amendment report. 

The Response to Submissions and Amendment reports are published on the NSW Planning Portal.

View the EIS documents on the NSW Planning Portal

Community information sessions and pop-up displays

To support the public exhibition of the EIS, EnergyCo held a series of planned pop-up displays and information sessions across the region. Details of the sessions can be seen in the drop-down bars below.