The estimated construction cost of Snowy 2.0 was set at $2 billion, it’s now blown out to $4.5 billion. In addition, the federal government paid $6 billion to buy out the New South Wales and Victorian state governments and has had to spend a further $2 billion to upgrade transmission lines. Total cost – $12.5 billion and … Continue reading ‘Politics gets in the way of good government’ when it comes to coal-fired power