Pro-coal Nationals senator Matt Canavan is calling on the federal government to hold the Hunter Valley's Liddell Power Station in 'care and maintenance', rather than approving its demolition.
The approval sits with Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek who, alongside AGL, declined to comment while the application was pending.
"It's obviously not going to be a commercial calculation for AGL and I recognise they're not a charity.Matt Canavan says Germany has had to resurrect disused power stations to shore up energy supply.The NSW coalition government is not supportive of its federal counterpart's care and maintenance plan.
"I'd imagine it'd be an enormous expense particularly with an old facility like that, the costs would be through the roof and very prohibitive," the local MP said.
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