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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Ian Kirkwood

Resources minister says 'astounding' level of coal in national power grid

GAS: Cleaner than coal, and one side of the energy debate sees it as a crucial transition fuel in the shift away from coal. Others, however, see a fossil fuel, and all of the negativity they associate with hydrocarbons. Picture: US EPA

BUSINESS Hunter chief Bob Hawes is calling for a Western Australian "domestic supply reservation" policy for NSW, saying Hunter gas users are paying 50 per cent more than their counterparts in the West.

Mr Hawes said gas producers in WA were made to reserve 15 per cent by volume of the liquid national gas (LNG) production, and had been since the North West Shelf was opened to offshore wells in the 1980s.

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