KEY POINTS:
The Government is taking control of Transpower's proposal to build a new electricity supply line from Waikato to Auckland.
Energy Minister Pete Hodgson has announced he will call it in, using a rare intervention under the Resource Management Act.
He says Transpower's proposal is of national significance, and the Government intervention will involve publicly notifying resource management applications for the project.
It will also allow public submissions, and see the creation of an independent Board of Inquiry which will be chaired by a current or former Environment Court judge. The board will then make a decision regarding the placement and consent for the transmission line.
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