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"Origin Energy is seeking approval to shut Australia's largest coal-fired power
plant seven years early, with the Eraring facility in the NSW Hunter region now
set to close by August 2025.
The company said notice has been submitted to the Australian Energy Market
Operator (AEMO) indicating the potential early retirement of the plant after
the required three-and-a-half-year notice period.
Eraring is the biggest of 16 remaining coal-fired power plants supplying the
National Energy Market (NEM), with seven of those already scheduled to close by
2035 and the last planned to shut by 2051.
The ABC understands that Origin has 240 employees at the power plant, but
contractors raise the total number of staff there to about 400.
While electricity generated from coal still supplies 60 per cent of power in
the National Energy Market, that is down from 87 per cent when records began in
2006.
Eraring is Origin's only coal-fired power station, meaning that the company
will generate power from a combination of renewables and gas."
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