Call your MP: No bailouts for coal power!

Call your MP: No bailouts for coal power!

The NSW government is considering bailing out the biggest coal power station with taxpayers funds. We need to act now! 

Propping up coal power would blow NSW’s climate targets and set a dangerous precedent for every other coal-fired power station in the state. 

Will you call your MP before tomorrow’s crucial cabinet meeting and call on them to invest in clean energy, not coal?  

 

The NSW government is considering bailing out the biggest coal power station with taxpayers funds. We need to act now! 

Propping up coal power would blow NSW’s climate targets and set a dangerous precedent for every other coal-fired power station in the state. 

Will you call your MP before tomorrow’s crucial cabinet meeting and call on them to invest in clean energy, not coal?  

 

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Ask your MP: Please don’t bail-out coal-fired power!

A leaked report reveals NSW Labor is considering spending hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to bail out Origin Energy’s Eraring coal-fired power station.  


In the coming days, the NSW government will decide whether to go ahead with this terrible decision. They need to hear from the community right now, so please call your Labor MP today! 


If you aren't living in a Labor electorate call Premier Chris Minns' office: (02) 7225 6000

Remember to state your name and where you live.

Ask your MP’s staff to pass on your concerns to Cabinet ministers and the Premier before Labor finalises its decision on bailing out coal power.

And address some of these talking points:

Bailing out coal power would break faith with the community. 

  • Remind your MP that Labor made election promises to “accelerate” the transition to renewable energy, and set up a publicly-owned Energy Security Corporation to invest $1bn in clean ...

Remember to state your name and where you live.

Ask your MP’s staff to pass on your concerns to Cabinet ministers and the Premier before Labor finalises its decision on bailing out coal power.

And address some of these talking points:

Bailing out coal power would break faith with the community. 

  • Remind your MP that Labor made election promises to “accelerate” the transition to renewable energy, and set up a publicly-owned Energy Security Corporation to invest $1bn in clean energy. Bailing out a coal fired power station is doing the opposite of both those promises. 

This decision would make it impossible for NSW to meet its climate targets 

  • NSW’s climate target of 50% reduction by 2030 relies on reducing coal power emissions by 4 million tonnes every year, according to government projections. Propping up Eraring even for just one or two years would make it next to impossible to meet Labor's agreed climate targets. 
  • Eraring’s climate emissions are truly huge, at over 13 million tonnes per year. Every year it’s kept open, the coal power station’s emissions are equivalent to the entire NSW passenger fleet of 4.4 million cars.  

The “energy check-up” process was flawed, and cabinet should consider other information. 

  • Labor commissioned Cameron O’Reilly to “check-up” the energy transition, but O'Reilly is an ex-lobbyist for the big coal power stations. Labor should instead consider advice from energy experts like Nexa who say propping up Eraring is unnecessary and a waste of money. 

Bailing out Origin Energy is a bad deal for taxpayers 

  • Origin already tried to get a bail out from the last Coalition government, but an expert panel found it was a bad deal for taxpayers and would set a dangerous precedent. 

  • Ageing coal-fired power stations are unreliable and when they break down, it causes chaos for the energy grid. Keeping them running doesn’t provide reliable power. 

  • Keeping coal power stations open for longer also makes the business case harder for companies wanting to build new wind and solar projects.

Delaying Eraring’s closure is unpopular and unhealthy 

  • Polling shows 63 % of NSW residents agree the government should prioritise funding renewable energy over delaying Eraring Coal-Fired Power Station. 

  • NSWs’ coal plants are old and much more polluting than average. They are a major contributor to air pollution, asthma and cardiovascular diseases, particularly in children. 

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