Eraring plant will remain open until 2027, two more years than originally expected
Operation of the Eraring plant near Lake Macquarie has been extended by two years beyond the scheduled closure date of August 2025 its owner, Origin, set two years ago.Operation of the Eraring plant near Lake Macquarie has been extended by two years beyond the scheduled closure date of August 2025 its owner, Origin, set two years ago.. Origin Energy agreed to keep the 40-year power station open, with NSW taxpayers potentially underwriting the 2.
The NSW energy minister, Penny Sharpe, called the decision “a proactive and sensible step”. But Tim Buckley, the head of Climate Energy Finance, labelled it “the devastating consequence of a decade of government planning failure”.Optus taken to court by watchdog over 2022 cyber-attack |over the 2022 cyber-attack that compromised the personal information of 10 million customers. The case is one of two currently being fought by Optus, with a separate class action under way.
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