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MORE POWER LTPM/17/02507 THE COMMITMENT FROM AGL It comes after NEWS THAT AGL WILL SPEND $200 MILLION TO UPGRADE THE TO UPGRADE BAYSWATER – the company BAYSWATER POWER STATION IS WONDERFUL NEWS FOR THE HUNTER. THE SECOND LARGEST POWER announced the closure of the STATION IN NSW – WILL PLAY Liddell Power Station last year, AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN OUR which is less than five kilometres The upgrade will create 90 jobs all without increasing emissions. ENERGY SECURITY. from Bayswater. over the four years that it will take By replacing the original turbines to improve the station’s capacity with modern turbine technology, The move is part of the company’s The company will replace the and efficiency. Bayswater will have an additional New Generation Plan, which energy lost through Liddell through This is excellent news all around. 100MW capacity. 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