Closing Australia’s biggest coal-fired power station would leave NSW exposed to risk of blackouts – Aemo

States must roll out batteries, solar and wind energy more quickly to ease risk of blackouts, market operator says

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Eraring, the nation's biggest coal-fired power station, may need to delay its closure to ease blackout threats in New South Wales, while other eastern states also face periods of high risk" because of the slow rollout of renewables, the Australian Energy Market Operator warns.

In an unusual update of its Electricity Statement of Opportunities report, Aemo forecast so-called reliability gaps in NSW, Queensland, South Australia and Victoria unless authorities orchestrated" faster deployment of solar and wind energy as well as batteries.

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