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Morwell residents try to outsmart Hazelwood closure

Lucille KeenReporter
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With views of Hazelwood from his front lawn, Robert Freeman is, so to speak, at the coalface of Australia's energy crisis.

The Victorian coal plant is due to close next week and with it come fears of power shortages next summer given the sudden exit of 1760 megawatts of baseload power from the market.

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Lucille Keen writes on News specialising in Politics, Policy, Industrial Relations. Based in our Melbourne newsroom, Lucille has over six years experience as journalist. Connect with Lucille on Twitter.

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