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Farmers offered $200k to host NSW wires

NSW rural landowners can earn extra income by having transmission wires across their property. (Diego Fedele/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Regional NSW land owners will be offered $200,000 per kilometre, in exchange for hosting transmission wires on their properties, as the Perrottet government looks to ramp up renewables.

The Strategic Benefit Payments Scheme, announced by the NSW government on Tuesday, is designed to support a changing energy grid, as more renewable energy sources come online.

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