The gas supplies are reserved as part of a 15% carve-out of gas production in the state, a system that some would like to see applied in eastern Australia to ensure supplies and cap price increases.īy phasing out coal-fired power, Synergy’s carbon emissions will be reduced by 80% by 2030, including a 40% emissions reduction on the south-west grid, compared with 2020-21 levels, the government said. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morningĪs part of the changes, the government committed to not commission any new natural gas-fired power stations on the south-west grid after 2030. Without taking the action to ditch coal, those bills would rise from their current average rate of about $1,800 to more than $3,000 a year, and subsidies to Synergy would swell to $3bn by 2029-30 to cover mounting losses. Household power bill increases will be kept in line with inflation, McGowan said. It will oversee the investment of an estimated $3.8bn in “new green power infrastructure around the state” including windfarms and new storage, the statement said.Ībout 1,200 staff from Collie and the surrounding areas will be affected by the closure, ABC reported. State-owned Synergy now runs the two coal plants as part of the south-west power grid serving the WA’s main population centres. “This investment makes economic sense, as it pays for itself by 2030-31, instead of continuing to pay increasing subsidies under the status quo,” McGowan said.
That comes on top of the $115m already committed. The support package includes an extra $547.4m to be spent in the Collie region to back the exit of coal workers into new industries. “Western Australia will implement a sensible, managed transition to a greater use of renewables for electricity generation, while ensuring we maintain electricity reliability as a priority.” “Our current electricity system is becoming increasingly unsustainable due to the uptake of rooftop solar and growing demand for renewable options for generation,” McGowan said. On Tuesday afternoon, coal, solar and gas were providing roughly equal shares of the market. The rise of solar power – particularly on rooftops – had led to the two remaining coal plants becoming less viable, the government said. WA runs its power grid separately from the rest of the country.
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