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AGL power station outages intensify energy crisis

Sudden breakdowns at AGL Energy’s biggest power station in NSW have combined with delays to repairs at its Victorian generator to intensify the energy crisis gripping the eastern states and narrow the reserves of supply in the system just as winter hits its straps.

Combined with generator outages in Queensland and coal supply constraints in NSW, the plant failures worsen the shortage of power generating capacity already plaguing the National Electricity Market that has sent wholesale electricity and gas prices rocketing.