Opinion

Yallourn power plant closure: let's find a way forward for coal-reliant communities

By Tony Wolfe
Updated July 2 2021 - 12:14am, first published March 16 2021 - 5:00am
The Yallourn power station in the Latrobe Valley is being shut four years earlier than expected. Picture: Shutterstock
The Yallourn power station in the Latrobe Valley is being shut four years earlier than expected. Picture: Shutterstock

As many of us in Victoria's Latrobe Valley have been expecting, EnergyAustralia last week announced that it will be closing the Yallourn coal-fired power plant in 2028, four years earlier than scheduled.

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