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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Peter Hannam

NSW to intervene in coal market to ‘even playing field’ among producers

A bucket-wheel dumping soil and sand removed from another area of a coalmine
New South Wales’ planned intervention in the state’s coal market is the latest attempt to limit price increases and avoid supply shortages. Photograph: Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images

New South Wales will demand thermal coalminers set aside as much as 10% of their output for domestic users in a bid to make price cap impacts more equal across the sector.

The move, announced on Thursday, is the latest government intervention in energy markets to limit price increases and avoid a repeat of last June’s coal supply shortages that helped trigger a suspension of the national electricity market.

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