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The New Daily
The New Daily
Matthew Elmas

‘Bloodbath’: Scrapped AGL demerger clears way for faster coal closures

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Australia’s largest energy retailer AGL is expected to shut its coal-fired power stations sooner than planned after the $5.8 billion company was forced to abandon a controversial demerger.

AGL’s board wanted to split the 185-year-old business so that its consumer-facing arm could achieve net-zero emissions without being weighed down by its fleet of heavy-emitting coal-fired power stations.

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