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Saturday, December 02

QTC's $1.8 billion lifeline to power companies just to keep the lights on

Queensland Treasury Corporation had to pump more than $1.8 billion into Queensland’s power companies – Stanwell, CS Energy and CleanCo – to keep the lights on last financial year.

Why Queensland's money-making machines could end up costing us billions

Queensland’s energy companies, Stanwell and CS Energy are no longer the reliable cash cows they once were. Robert MacDonald examines the implications.

Extinction Rebellion protesters demonstrating outside Parliament House last year. (AAP Image/Dan Peled)

Want to shut down a coal-fired power station? It will cost $40m

As Queensland embraces renewables, the Palaszczuk government has revealed it would cost almost $210 million to close down five coal-fired power stations.

Climate control: Stanwell CEO quits, days after going public on 'life after coal'

The government-owned electricity generator Stanwell has lost its chief executive just days after he revealed the company was setting a new course that included temporary mothballing of its coal-fired generators and possible early closure.