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Environment
Poppy Johnston

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Keeping coal clunkers alive risks power price surge - Caught on Camera

Keeping coal power stations running could expose Australians to energy price spikes, research shows. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

Australian households and businesses could be exposed to power price spikes under proposals to keep sweating, ageing coal generators.

The patchy reliability of old coal stations is frequently neglected in energy policy development, including modelling underpinning the coalition's nuclear energy pathway, Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis research suggests.

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