AusNet shows where power transmission network will weave through western Victoria WedWednesday 24 FebFebruary 2021 at 1:11am There has been considerable community resistance to the plan to run a network of high-voltage powerlines across the region. ( Share Print text only Cancel New details of a contentious plan to build a network of powerlines across a 200-kilometre stretch of western Victoria have been released. Key points: The final route for the powerlines is due to be finalised midway through this year Communities along the potential routes are concerned about the project's effect on them AusNet, which is building the Western Victoria Transmission Network Project to connect to renewable energy sources near Stawell with a power station at Sydenham, on Melbourne's fringe, has released a map highlighting corridors where the powerlines may go.