Yallourn coal-fired power plant due to shut down from 2029

Yallourn coal-fired power plant is due to start shutting down from 2029, progressively switching off its four units one by one until its full closure in 2032.

Energy Australia plans to progressively wind down operations
 at Yallourn between 2029 and 2032, but has conceded it
could close the plant even earlier.

Energy Australia has warned household electricity prices could be pushed to record highs if the shutdown is poorly planned, creating energy capacity shortfalls.

But it has also conceded that substantial changes to the energy market could lead it to close its Latrobe Valley power plant even earlier.

"Australia’s shrinking capacity to generate reliable energy has been a major cause of rising household power prices," Energy Australia said.

Read the story from The Age by Adam Carey and Nick Toscano - “Yallourn coal-fired power plant due to shut down from 2029.”