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SRMC ($/MWh)
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•
460
420
400
140
120
100
80
60
8812
40
20
Merit order adjusted for carbon price
Portfolio of generation assets with strength in both geographic and fuel diversity
EnergyAustralia's average weighted short run marginal cost to generate is slightly below the NEM weighted average
2010 Indicative Merit Order ($23/t Carbon)
Yallourn: 1,480MW Brown Coal
Tallawarra: 420MW Gas
Newport: 500MW Gas
Mt Piper: 1,400MW Black Coal
Wallerawang: 1,000MW Black Coal
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
Indicative capacity (MW)
25,000
30,000
35,000
Н
Jeeralang: 466MW Gas
Hallett: 203MW Gas
Source: EnergyAustralia modelling, excludes semi scheduled capacity (such as wind power) and hydro, which effectively has zero SRMC, and assumes fuel cost is held constant
EnergyAustralia's
generation assets
Competitors' assets
(excluding brown coal)
Brown coal generators
(excluding Yallourn)
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EnergyAustralia's portfolio is lower than market average merit order with or
without carbon
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