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Rubbish. The price of power for residential customers across Australia is around 20c/kWh. For an extra 5-6c/kWh (very conservatively - that is actually the premium required for wind while the premium for gas is significantly less) you could run the entire power system on a combination of gas...

"Brown Coal" from the Latrobe Valley for Hazlewood, Yallourn and Loy Yang power stations is closer to peat than anthracite. It has a 60% water content, so you can imagine it isn't the most efficient stuff around to burn. Combine that with the age of the power stations and you can see some...