With the coal-fired Liddell Power Station in the Hunter Valley due to shut down in 2023, the Federal Government is worried there will not be enough dispatchable power, given the sector's focus on building wind and solar farms.
Mr Morrison will press the Government's case for more non-renewable power generation in a speech to business and industry in Newcastle on Tuesday.
"The Government has always been clear — we need to see life extension or like-for-like replacement of Liddell.The potential for a taxpayer-backed, gas-fired power plant comes as the Federal Government turns its eye to the troubled gas market. The Federal Government will announce a sweep of measures aimed at addressing that imbalance, including:
supporting the development of five key gas basins, particularly Beetaloo Basin in the Northern Territory
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