Published: January 24, 2019
Victoria and Tasmania on alert for bushfires as generators fail at three coal-fired power stations
Melbourne heatwave: capital expecting 44C as Victoria faces hottest day since Black Saturday
Victoria may experience its hottest day since the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires on Friday, with its main power stations at reduced capacity after a third coal-fired generator shut down overnight.
Energy minister Lily D’Ambrosio told 3AW radio on Friday morning that she “can’t rule out brown-outs” with three generators across the Yallourn and Loy Yang A power stations out of action, meaning the state is down more than 1000MW of power generation capacity.
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