Transmission Company Victoria Pty Ltd (TCV) is progressing development of the VNI West transmission project.

TCV was initially created by AEMO Victorian Planning (AVP) to progress early development of VNI West. In November 2025, following reforms introduced under the Victorian Transmission Investment Framework (VTIF), responsibility for planning Victoria’s transmission network transferred from AVP to VicGrid, with accountability for TCV and VNI West now assumed by VicGrid.

TCV will continue to its engagement on the VNI West project with landholders, Traditional Owners and the community – to understand local concerns and ensure that commitments made in the early stages are captured and continue to be honoured by the project.

Who is delivering this project?

In the National Electricity Market (NEM), AEMO is responsible for national planning and operating the electricity system and markets.

Under the rules for the NEM, each state has a transmission network service provider (TNSP) who is responsible for planning the transmission network. VicGrid assumed that responsibility for Victoria in November 2025, while Transgrid has that role in New South Wales.

Together, both companies have completed the regulatory investment test for VNI West with the publication of the Project Assessment Conclusion Report, which identifies the Project Easement of interest for the project, supported by orders made by the Victorian Minister for Energy and Resources under the National Electricity (Victoria) Act 2005 (NEVA).

TCV and Transgrid are jointly progressing VNI West, with Transgrid developing the New South Wales section and TCV leading the early works for the project in Victoria.