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Chaos events make gas more crucial, Origin Energy says

Origin Energy has more than doubled profits as customers pay more for gas and electricity. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

Gas-fired power plants are keeping the national electricity grid stable after catastrophic storms in Victoria, Origin Energy says.

Extreme winds brought down six transmission towers and shuttered the state's largest coal-powered plant, AGL Energy's Loy Yang A, with tens of thousands of homes still without power.

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