Following last year’s big power outages in South Australia, after the closure of the Northern Power Station, and soaring electricity prices with the closure of the huge Hazelwood Power Station in Victoria, the Turnbull Government responded by asking Chief Scientist Alan Finkel to conduct an inquiry into the future security of the national energy market. The centrepiece of the review should have been guaranteeing the provision of long-term energy security, at the lowest cost, for Australia…
