Regional residents are fighting back against a renewable energy development in the NSW countryside.

The Hume Link, designed to work alongside Snowy 2.0, involves 360 kilometres of transmission lines in the regions.

More than 600 landowners are demanding the lines be built underground.

You can follow their fight HERE, HERE and HERE.

“You can understand why the farmers are fighting it,” Ben Fordham said.

Press PLAY below to hear Ben’s comments in full

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