It could happen to any of industrialized nation. On 2017-Feb-01, Bluewaters power station south of Perth suffered massive unplanned outage(thewest.com.au Read more). This was summer peak power consumption period. Some power station reached their end of life (advertiser.com.au Read more). Then on 2017-Mar-03, fire broke out at Torrens Island power station(advertiser.com.au Read more). This happened after an inquiry about�fears power station could have failed in hot weather (advertiser.com.au Read more). Immediately, residents were urged to save power after Adelaide power station explosion (au.news.yahoo.com Read more). The physical side of power supply and demand was thrown off balance.

The real pain was materialized in energy bills. On 2017-Feb-28, Off-peak energy pricing came in massive change to SA power bills(advertiser.com.au Read more). On 2017-Mar-31, homes get $280 power bill hike by default(heraldsun.com.au Read more). Skyrocketing power bills are causing pain for Victorian families(heraldsun.com.au Read more).

Australian business fared no better. Power prices lead to jobs cuts at largest aluminium smelter (brisbanetimes.com.au Read more). Someone started to urge government to shed 4000 public service jobs(canberratimes.com.au Read more). To demonstrate sympathy with the nation, prime minister Malcolm Turnbull warned Australia was in an energy crisis(brisbanetimes.com.au Read more).

To his credit, the Australian prime minister displayed great interests in energy policy. On 2017-Mar-12, Elon Musk and Malcolm Turnbull were reported in long talk on energy security(advertiser.com.au Read more). His realistic bet might be China. The Chinese premier visited Australia in March(abc.net.au Read more). He knew Turnbull backed new coal-fired power stations (advertiser.com.au Read more).

Between now and completion of the new coal-fired power stations, power supply needs to be secured. On 2017-Mar-23, Tony Abbott urged Malcolm Turnbull to keep Hazelwood Power Station open(heraldsun.com.au Read more). A week earlier, Turnbull announced hydroelectric power station(au.news.yahoo.com Read more). Nuclear energy future was also proposed for South Australia(advertiser.com.au Read more). Large projects delivers large energy supply at the cost of longer project period.

A waste-to-energy plant was proposed for Adelaide to create new electricity source (advertiser.com.au Read more). It was also pointed out that pumped hydro storage set-up at Cultana could protect SA from power shortages (advertiser.com.au Read more). Both appear to be on the scale of addressing local energy shortage. South Australia green energy target hits 50% eight years ahead of schedule(advertiser.com.au Read more).

Meanwhile, BHP drives ASX to fresh two-year high on 2017-04-10 (thewest.com.au Read more). Kambah sale breaks Tuggeranong house price record by more than $100,000(canberratimes.com.au Read more). Just like any other industrialized nations.

This article was written based on automatic collected materials. People with first hand knowledge are welcome to point out factual inaccuracies.