Close of power stations could lead to blackouts

Readers' forum letters

Although Telstra has the most wide-ranging mobile coverage, I was surprised to hear that Optus has about 11 million customers – about half the population.

Lots of people were inconvenienced on November 8.

Imagine what an outage of electricity could do to you?

If they close Eraring (power station) in 2025 as planned, get ready for blackouts which will affect nearly everything you do as well as increased costs.

The authorities will blame it on the price of fish in inner Mongolia, or anything else they think you might believe.

Renewables are not cheap; I am happy to provide evidence from outside our insular island-continent (showing that).

Email, Nov 8
Charles Hemmings, Woy Woy