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Snowy Hydro's water problem shows how weather is a driver of the energy crisis

La Niña-driven rains caused more than three Sydney Harbour's worth of water to flow into Blowering Dam in the past year. (ABC News: Michael Patterson)

As Australia's power crisis began to ramp up early this month, Snowy Hydro was called on to increase production.

But the hydro-electric generator remains significantly constrained by a surprising problem — too much water. 

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