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- ↑ "Wholesale Electricity Market (WA)". AEMO . Retrieved 27 November 2019.
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- ↑ "State-owned coal power stations to be retired by 2030 (media statement)". mediastatements.wa.gov.au. Government of Western Australia. 14 June 2022. Archived from the original on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
- ↑ Milne, Peter (20 October 2021). "Synergy gives go-ahead to $155 million big battery in Kwinana". WAtoday. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
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