Rewiring the Nation

Project Overview

Rewiring the Nation is the Australian Government’s program to make clean energy more accessible and affordable across Australia.

This program is investing $20 billion to modernise the Australian electricity grid and infrastructure. This is a centrepiece of the Australian Government’s Powering Australia plan. Together, these will lower power prices and provide renewable energy across the nation.

Many of Australia’s energy assets, like power stations, are ageing. Hence the need to invest in essential upgrades and new projects to ensure we have reliable power supply.

New transmission lines will deliver renewable energy to cities, towns, and regional communities. This will provide reliable and affordable electricity to Australians.

The plan will also help Australia meet its emissions reduction target of 43% by 2030 and net zero emissions by 2050. This major investment is a key part of how Australia responds to climate change through growing our renewable energy sector.

TBH’s Role

TBH has been closely working with Principals, Contractor’s, and Network Operators on the delivery of key transmission line infrastructure projects within the Rewiring the Nation program.

TBH has provided a range of services for the following projects, including Strategic Advice, Integrated Project Controls, planning and programming, and quantitative risk analysis.

• Transgrid’s Project EnergyConnect, Humelink, VNI West/Kerang Link, Sydney Ring;
• EnergyCo’s Central West Orana and New England Renewable Energy Zones, and the Hunter Transmission Project;
• PowerLink’s CopperString.

Description of TBH’s engagement and services provided for each of these projects is included below in individual job sheets.

The TBH Difference

While the industry is well established, nothing has been delivered to the required scale in Australia for some decades. TBH is positioned strongly to provide key advice on transmission projects due to our broad experience through project development and into delivery of Australia’s largest and complex projects.

Providing services including Strategic Advice, IPC, time and cost management, and quantitative risk analysis, TBH is able to guide our clients through high risk areas and bottlenecks that are faced on most transmission projects.

Our work has also extended from the project level to the portfolio level to provide insights into areas such as allocation of critical resource, highlighting potential procurement efficiencies, and navigation the planning pathway.