Reliable power ‘can’t’ be guaranteed with renewables: John Anderson

Former deputy prime minister John Anderson says energy reliability “can’t” be guaranteed with renewables. Opposition leader Peter Dutton's argument of nuclear power being the best replacement for coal has been dismissed by the Australian Energy Market Operator as too expensive and slow. AEMO also warned more investment is needed in new generation, storage and transmission to keep the lights on in households. “If we don’t have reliable power, we won’t have industry; so, reliability is the first thing,” Mr Anderson told Sky News Australia. “You can’t do it with renewables.”