Revealing the dark side of Liddell, from power failures to distorted debate

When AGL gives journalists a tour of its ailing Liddell power station next week, they can expect the reverse of your typical corporate junket.

Back to the future: AGL's pilot solar thermal
plant on the Liddell site with the power station
in the background.

Rather than showcasing the engineering marvels of the Hunter Valley coal-fired plant, the energy giant will likely highlight why the station is among the most unreliable generators in the country.

That's despite AGL planning to spend another $160 million to keep the 46-year-old plant running until its planned closure in 2022.

It has already outlayed $120 million since buying it and its neighbour Bayswater power plant from the NSW government in 2014.

Read the analysis by Peter Hannam in today’s Melbourne Age - “Revealing the dark side of Liddell, from power failures to distorted debate.”