{
  "id": 18377896,
  "title": "Aussie taxpayers wear Snowy Hydro 2.0’s enormous cost",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/aussie-taxpayers-wear-snowy-hydro-2-0s-enormous-cost",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-05T21:00:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MacroBusiness",
    "slug": "macrobusiness",
    "url": "https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2026/11/aussie-taxpayers-wear-snowy-hydro-2-0s-enormous-cost/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Last week, we learned that Snowy Hydro 2.0 is estimated to now cost between $22 and $25 billion, more than 10 times the initial estimate, and won’t be delivered until 2029. Professor Bruce Mountain is a prominent figure in energy economics and serves as the inaugural Director of the Victoria Energy Policy Centre at Victoria University. The post Aussie taxpayers wear Snowy Hydro 2.0’s enormous…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}