Latrobe Valley community demands clarity about future of Hazelwood brown coal mine

Gippsland MP Darren Chester wants answers
from Engie about Hazelwood Power Station.

The Nationals' Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester is calling for the owners of the Hazelwood Power Station to give a clear timeline for the plant's closure.

The French majority owner Engie has categorically denied reports it will shut down the facility in the first half of next year.

But Mr Chester said he was deeply concerned by ongoing speculation about the station's future and hundreds of jobs it provides.

He said a premature closure would be devastating.

Read the ABC Rural story - “Latrobe Valley community demands clarity about future of Hazelwood brown coal mine.”