Properly run and maintained coal fired electricity generation is reliable. Unsched. downtime and accidents are usually a function of skimping on maintainence particularly towards the "end of life" of units.
In Victoria you have a Socialist-Left Gov intent on a rapid expansion of renewables and I understand the two Generators are owned by Chinese entities?
I would not trust them to run a dog-wash in Australian interests.
So I am saying your thread headline is an untruth - coal fired generation like any other industrial process properly managed is reliable.
