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Why Scott Morrison is wrong on AGL

There is no reasonable case on power price and supply grounds for any veto of the Brookfield/Grok Ventures takeover bid by the Morrison government.

Kerry SchottFormer energy regulator
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The ongoing trend on the National Electricity Market is for wind and solar renewables to replace ageing coal-fired generators.

The recent announcement by Origin of the early retirement of Eraring and the more recent bid for AGL by Brookfield and Grok Ventures emphasises the point and shows that the trend is accelerating.

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