Eastern and south-eastern Australia domestic gas production (excluding LNG), 2017−36
Guest essay by Eric Worrall
A combination of green inspired state moratoria on gas exploration, coupled with growing gas export capacity, and politically motivated closures of coal plants, has created a looming shortfall in Australian energy supply.
Energy shortages in 2018-19 without national reform, market operator warns
Australian Energy Market Operator predicts shortfalls in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia ‘if we do nothing’
The Australian Energy Market Operator has warned that Australia is facing energy shortages if governments do not carry out national planning as exports continue to dominate the country’s gas supply.
The Aemo report predicts New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia will be impacted from the summer of 2018-19 and warns that the tightening of the domestic gas market will have flow-on effects to the electricity sector unless there is an increase in gas supplies…
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Utopia, you are standing in it! 
Mar 09, 2017 @ 21:51:27
Worrall has no idea. the only coal plants to shut was because the owners did it not any government.
There isn’t a problem of gas supply. It is everyone wants to export gas because of the much higher export price.
Fake news!
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Mar 09, 2017 @ 23:09:52
but the public believe it.
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