Delivery of the North South Interconnector appears to be becoming more of an illusion than a reality.
The all-island initiative for the integrated electricity market aims to generate 80% of island's electricity from renewables by 2030.
However, 18 years after it was first mooted, the project is at a standstill.
Communities in Cavan, Monaghan, Armagh, and Tyrone want the Interconnector to go underground but the latest report on the initiative suggests that an over ground line remains the "most appropriate option".
Sinn Fein's Noel Keelan said the people of Co Meath received permission to underground 50km of the project recently but the people of Cavan and Monaghan got no such choice.
He says all those impacted by the North South Interconnector want to be treated fairly on this.
They also want the project to go ahead, he added.
"This project has been talked about for over 20 years and is in the public domain for 15 years and still it's not progressing," said Cllr Keelan.
"The communities out there that we represent are very clear on this: they want this project delivered and on an all-island basis.
"We all do and why wouldn't we?
"The only way that is can be delivered is through the undergrounding option."
