Wang power station to close?

The decline of base-load electricity: Is solar about to claim it's biggest victim - Wallerawang Power Station? With more than 100 job losses.

Following our initial gmail below sent out early last month, it looks very much assured now that the decline of base-load electricity due to solar power is going to close the Wallerawang Power Station with the loss of more than 100 jobs.

A number of employees and contractors have now confirmed reports that whilst not yet publicly official, they have been advised that their Wallerawang Power Station is now set to be closed down in March next year, 2014.

And our local bearer of photo opportunities Mayor Maree Statham, has confirmed this on ABC Radio this morning: 'Union meeting Wednesday over Wallerawang power station shutdown rumours'.

It looks like this Editorial in the Lithgow Mercury last year was very much on the money going out of Greater Lithgow: 'Paul Toole supports power generator sell off'

However we're not sure if another closure of one of our major employers in Greater Lithgow will bring about many more similar photo opportunities for our local Nationals State Member for Bathurst like this: Paul Toole MP - Facebook , particularly with the next State Election due just twelve months after the Wallerawang Power Station is closed.

If the Unions were not happy before - 'ETU slams power station sale' - they won't be very happy now?

And what will the knock-on effects be on local employment following the closure of the Wallerawang Power Station, particularly after the recently announced job losses of 120 employees by Centennial Coal in our local Coal Mines; and when there's now going to be no need to mine the millions of tonnes of coal each year that goes towards running a soon to be closed, 1000MW Coal Fired Power Station n NSW?

Details obtained from Lithgow Ratepayers.