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energy reporter Daniel Mercer

Alinta calls for new gas, green energy capacity as coal exodus threatens supply crunch in WA

Unlike the eastern states, gas is a mainstay of Western Australia's electricity supply. (ABC News: James Carmody)

One of Australia's biggest energy companies has revealed it wants to build a new gas-fired power plant in Western Australia amid plans to shut most of the state's coal generation by the end of the decade.

Alinta Energy, which has more than a million customers across the country, said extra gas-fired capacity was desperately needed in WA's biggest electricity grid and it wanted the "opportunity" to provide the service.

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