Image: Internal view of the Tumut 3 power station at the Snowy Hydro Scheme in Talbingo (AAP)
Federal government announces major upgrade to Snowy hydro scheme
The federal government has announced it will spend billions of dollars on a major upgrade to the Snowy Mountains Hydroelectric Scheme, as part of its ongoing bid to stave off a national electricity shortage. Additional tunnels and power stations will increase the scheme's output by 50 per cent, and provide energy to half a million more homes. But the announcement has provoked a further widening of the rift between the Commonwealth and the South Australian government - with both sides attacking each other over their handling of the energy crisis.
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