The New South Wales (NSW) Labor government must do everything it can to stop the closure of the Eraring Power Station, with one think tank warning its shutdown could trigger major energy shortages and price hikes. 
Eraring’s seemingly inevitable closure will follow that of Liddell Power Station, Australia’s second-largest power plant, which supplied power to approximately 750,000 Australian homes until its decommissioning in April.
“The closure of the Liddell Power Station has placed Australia’s energy generation network on the brink. Today the challenge is clear, no more affordable and reliable energy can be safely removed from the grid,” said the Institute of Public Affair’s executive director, Scott Hargreaves, in a statement on May 30….