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Sep
2016
Keeping the lights on: lessons from South Australia’s power shock
Soaring wholesale electricity prices in South Australia in July warn of Australia’s failure to combine climate change and energy policies. To ensure that power is reliable, affordable and sustainable, it’s time to heed the lesson.
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