NSW Energy Minister Penny Sharpe says NSW will not need Chris Bowen’s behemoth capacity investment scheme to shore up the state’s use of gas, which will continue to play a critical role firming up a grid increasingly dependent on intermittent renewables.
While NSW is yet to announce any plans to actively support new gas supply, the Minns government minister acknowledged the utility that gas assets, including gas peaking plants, could play in the energy transition.
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Samantha Hutchinson is the AFR's National Reporter. Most recently, she was CBD columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. Before that, she covered Victorian and NSW politics and business for The Australian, the AFR and BRW Magazine. Connect with Samantha on Twitter. Email Samantha at samantha.hutchinson@afr.com.au
