Energy giant AGL warns of NSW gas shortage in 2016

WESTERN Sydney suburbs including Parramatta, Smithfield and Campbelltown will be cut off from gas supplies for an unprecedented 21 days during the height of winter in 2016, energy giant AGL has warned.

In the company’s first ever study into the future of the gas industry, Australia’s second largest energy company has warned that the state faces a “gas supply cliff” within the next 12 months.

This would have a major impact not only on residences but also businesses that require gas to operate.

NSW has never before experienced a major energy shortfall, with AGL predicting unless new means of finding resources are unearthed, many “large-consuming gas suburbs” including Parramatta and Campbelltown will face 21 days without energy at the height of winter.

This figure would balloon to 45 days in 2017.

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