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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Eraring fac - The Untold Story

'Keeping ageing coal operating is not free': push to slug power stations with a carbon price

Coal-fired power stations could be forced to pay carbon costs if they operate past their agreed closure dates.

Newcastle Herald

Origin exploring re-use of power station to energise data centre boom

There could be a third data centre coming to the Hunter.

Newcastle Herald

Coal exit delay risks spooking clean energy investment

The ageing Eraring coal-fired power station will close in 2029, a two-year delay that could undermine investment in solar, wind, storage and transmission.

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Inside Eraring, the giant coal-fired power station that escaped a 2025 death sentence

Shifts in the NSW plant’s control room look a lot different now to what they did 20 years ago – largely because of the progress of renewables

The Guardian - AU

'Fanciful' to tie power bill cap to coal-plant deal

The idea that a deal to keep open Australia's largest coal power station until 2027 could include a power price guarantee to help consumers has been dismissed.

AAP

Eraring power station's life may be extended again, Origin chief suggests

Origin's Frank Calabria says Eraring might stay open beyond 2027.

Newcastle Herald

Confidential documents show why Eraring Power Station's life was extended

Government releases documents relating to Eraring extension.

Newcastle Herald

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Powering on: Eraring extension benefits outweigh costs

Keeping the nation's largest coal-fired power station open for two years won't impact NSW's 2030 emissions reduction target, official advice says.

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Eraring output hits five-year high amid slow renewables roll-out

Eraring output hit 2.1 terawatt hours in the last quarter.

Newcastle Herald

Origin approves second stage of Eraring battery

Stage Two of the Eraring Battery will come online in 2027.

Newcastle Herald

New Eraring coal supply deal could leave Hunter miners on thin ice

Sources say the short-term deal could exclude Mandalong mine.

Newcastle Herald

'A valuable resource': Greg Piper throws his weight behind coal ash recycling

About 200 million tonnes of coal ash is dumped across NSW.

Newcastle Herald

‘People prefer that we’d never close’: Eraring lifeline a mixed blessing for a coal community in limbo

The NSW government’s decision to extend the 40-year-old power station for another two years has some locals breathing a sigh of relief – but others are ready for a post-coal future

The Guardian - AU

Origin Energy offered to sell Eraring power station to NSW government for $544m

Exclusive: Offer was made three years before Origin and government reached deal to keep Australia’s biggest coal-fired power station open

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Gridlock warning for Adamstown gates if Eraring coal contract goes west

Origin and Centennial Coal remain locked in contract talks.

Newcastle Herald

Centennial turns up the heat over Eraring coal supply contract talks

Centennial has been locked in fruitless negotiations with Origin.

Newcastle Herald

Hunter alliance says miners in the dark as Labor drags chain on transition

The Hunter group says Labor promises have 'amounted to nothing'.

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Corporate welfare may keep the lights on. But backing Eraring power station will have other costs for the NSW government

Propping up Australia’s largest coal-fired power station could deter investments in renewable energy or batteries. And might other operators now coming begging?

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Largest coal plant lifeline slammed as climate failure

A decision to extend the life of a major NSW coal-fired power plant will ensure the lights stay on in the state - at a taxpayer cost of up to $450 million.

The Guardian - AU

Extending life of Australia’s biggest coal-fired power station is ‘deeply disappointing’, green groups say

NSW Labor agreement with Origin to keep Eraring plant open for two more years to 2027 leaves environmental groups ‘deeply disappointed’

Newcastle Herald

'Strikes the right balance': reaction to Eraring extension

Eraring Power Station needed to support clean energy transition.

Newcastle Herald

'Increased reliability risk': renewables not coming online fast enough

An announcement about Eraring's future is expected soon.

Newcastle Herald

Backflip on keeping Eraring open is damaging as symbolism alone

Letters: 'We could emulate China's urgency'.

Newcastle Herald

Union calls on Minns to save hundreds of Hunter coal jobs tied to Eraring

Two mines supply coal to the ageing power station.

Newcastle Herald

Eraring's owner has all the power in energy extension negotiations

'What a political and bureaucratic disgrace.'

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