New Resources Minister Madeleine King says restoring ageing coal plants that went offline due to unexpected outages would provide quick relief to the east coast gas crisis.
Coal-fired power plants need to come back online to provide relief from the energy crisis gripping the east coast, according to federal Resources Minister Madeleine King.The Resources Minister says coal plants could be brought online to provide relief on gas pricesThe Coalition denies it failed to act on energy reform
She said the short-term solution to the crisis was with Australia's ageing fleet of coal-fired electricity generation — some of which had experienced maintenance delays. Ms King dismissed suggestions the federal government may need to support the return to service of coal-fired power stations.
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