Downer awarded Eyre Peninsula Link contract

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Media/ASX and NZX Release
4 March 2021
DOWNER AWARDED EYRE PENINSULA LINK CONTRACT
Downer EDI Limited (Downer) announced today it had been awarded a $245 million contract by
ElectraNet Pty Ltd (ElectraNet) to upgrade the existing electricity transmission network supplying
the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia and to upgrade electricity substations.

Downer will commence work under the contract at the end of March 2021 and the new
transmission line and substation upgrades are expected to take approximately 20 months to
complete. The new power line is scheduled to be energised by the end of 2022.

The Chief Executive Officer of Downer, Grant Fenn, said Downer was a leader in Australia’s power
transmission sector.

“Downer is pleased to be involved in such a critical infrastructure project which will improve power
security and reliability to Eyre Peninsula households and more broadly across South Australia,” Mr
Fenn said.

Downer’s contribution to the Eyre Peninsula Link project will include:

 a new 262 kilometre double-circuit 132kV transmission line from Cultana to Port Lincoln via
Yadnarie, with the ability to upgrade the Cultana to Yadnarie section to 275 kV at a later
date; and
 the upgrade of five substations at Yadnarie, Cultana, Middleback, Wudinna and Port
Lincoln.




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About Downer
Downer is the leading provider of integrated services in Australia and New Zealand and customers are at the
heart of everything it does. It exists to create and sustain the modern environment and its promise is to work
closely with its customers to help them succeed, using world-leading insights and solutions to design, build
and sustain assets, infrastructure and facilities. For more information visit downergroup.com.


For further information please contact:
Michael Sharp, Group Head of Corporate Affairs and Investor Relations +61 439 470 145
Downer EDI Limited
ABN 97 003 872 848
Triniti Business Campus
39 Delhi Road
North Ryde NSW 2113
1800 DOWNER
www.downergroup.com