SP AusNet manages the entire Victorian electricity transmission network. The corridors of land which our 12,800 transmission towers are built on are referred to as transmission line easements. The more than 17,500 hectares of easements secure a ‘right of way’ for the safe transmission of power. 

Usually SP AusNet doesn’t own the land contained within the easement; rather, we have acquired rights for its use by agreement with and compensation of the original landowner. 
 
Ownership of the actual land remains with the landowner, but the easement allows access for our field crews to maintain the network. The easement also gives us the authority to limit the activities that can take place on it, as well as restrict what is grown or built or on it.

Please note: actual easement details may vary from typical widths but are recorded on the Certificate of Title, which should be your first reference. Three metres is the maximum mature height of vegetation on easements.