FOUND: Loy yang a - What They Never Told You

Half a million Victorian homes without electricity and trains cancelled as storm causes issues at state’s largest coal-fired plant

Authorities working to ‘get Victorians back online as quickly as possible’, state’s energy minister says

The Guardian - AU · Feb 13, 2024

AGL agrees to keep Victoria’s Loy Yang A power station available until mid-2035

Deal with Victorian government includes $50m to support ‘orderly retirement’ of coal-fired plant to provide certainty to workers, the community and industry

The Guardian - AU · Aug 21, 2023

The end of coal-fired power is in sight, even with private interests holding out

If future historians pick a point in time when Australia comprehensively turned its back on coal-fired generation, they may well point to AGL’s decision to bring forward the closure of Loy Yang A, the cheapest (excluding emission costs) power generator in the energy market spanning eastern Australia.

The Conversation · Oct 9, 2022

AGL announces it will close Loy Yang A power station in Victoria's Latrobe Valley up to 10 years sooner than planned

Energy giant AGL says the Loy Yang A power station in Victoria's Latrobe Valley will now close as early as 2035 after it was initially slated to close a decade later. Experts say shareholders are driving the company towards renewable energy.

ABC News · Sep 28, 2022

AGL will close Victoria’s coal-fired power station Loy Yang A a decade early

Energy company accelerates its exit from coal, although timeline for closure of Bayswater in the NSW Hunter Valley remains unchanged

The Guardian - AU · Sep 28, 2022

Another outage at AGL's Loy Yang station

An electrical fault at AGL's Loy Yang A coal-fired power station has wiped a quarter of its generation capacity, potentially for months.

AAP · Apr 20, 2022

AGL brings forward closure date of two largest coal-fired power plants as market shifts to renewables

Climate groups dismiss energy giant’s amended schedule for Loy Yang A and Bayswater as a ‘token effort’ that is ‘next to meaningless’

The Guardian - AU · Feb 9, 2022

AGL's Loy Yang A, Bayswater coal plants will close early, but environmental groups say it's not soon enough

An energy analyst says mining communities can expect companies like AGL to continue to bring forward the closure of coal-fired power stations.

ABC News · Feb 9, 2022