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NT Utilities Commission warns of future blackout risk, calls for urgent energy grid investment

The territory's power sector is undergoing a significant transition from gas and diesel-generated power to renewables.  (ABC News: Hamish Harty)

The Northern Territory has so far been spared the energy crisis faced by the east coast during a frosty winter, largely because the jurisdiction is powered by an isolated energy grid underpinned by a long-term supply agreement.

But a new report from the local industry regulator has quietly warned the territory will face its own serious hurdles as an ageing power system used to running on gas transitions to a solar-powered, renewable future.

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