{"id":26797,"date":"2019-08-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/sa-very-likely-to-be-hit-with-blackouts-this-summer\/"},"modified":"2019-08-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T00:00:00","slug":"sa-very-likely-to-be-hit-with-blackouts-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/sa-very-likely-to-be-hit-with-blackouts-this-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"SA Very Likely To Be Hit With Blackouts This Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>South Australia now faces a \u201c60 per cent\u201d chance of blackouts amid increasing problems with the national electricity market, says a leading energy economist.<\/h3>\n<p>Following warnings electricity problems in Victoria could impact SA this summer, economist Danny Price spoke to FIVEAA\u2019s Leon Byner about the state\u2019s chances of experiencing blackouts:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI would\u2019ve put it worse than 50-50, probably 60-40. 60 per cent chance,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a policy-driven disaster and it can be fixed, but it can\u2019t be fixed under the current market arrangements\u2026 I think it\u2019s just so broken it can\u2019t be tinkered with or fiddled it needs to be thrown out and start again.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>LISTEN:<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Australia now faces a \u201c60 per cent\u201d chance of blackouts amid increasing problems with the national electricity market, says a leading energy economist. 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