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AEMO halts east coast spot market

THE Australian Energy Market Operator has taken the exceptional step of suspending the entire east coast electricity spot market as increased outages and soaring prices push households and manufacturers to the brink.

Helen Clark

The operator forecast shortfalls across Queensland and New South Wales last night after putting into place a price ceiling of $300 per megawatt hour this week. Some power generators pulled capacity from...

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