Look Up and Live

Look Up and Live

ElectraNet’s overhead transmission lines are located along corridors of privately-owned and publicly-owned land (referred to as transmission easements) and extend across some 200,000 square kilometres of our state.

Additional transmission easements for new overhead transmission lines will be required as the demand for power increases in this state, due to:

• Industry and business expansion
• An increase in residential electrical demand for airconditioning, etc
• Connecting additional generators including renewable energy generators, to the network

These new transmission lines will provide additional capacity to cater for state growth and the provision of safe and reliable power supplies into the future.

Be Aware of Powerlines

It is important that community members with transmission easements on their properties – as well as the operators of heavy vehicles, cranes, farm machinery, light aircraft and recreational vessels – are fully conversant with appropriate safety precautions to be observed around any type of overhead powerline.

To this end, ElectraNet collaborates with ETSA Utilities (South Australia’s electricity distributor) to promote our joint Look Up and Live campaign each year to the wider community, especially prior to and during harvesting seasons – via media releases, press advertising, and radio.