Latest major breakdown: Callide C3 4/04/2025

On Friday April 4, Callide C3 broke down at 4:45am. It was operating at close to full capacity when an incident, variously described as a “pressure spike” by operator CS Energy and an explosion by the union, caused it to suddenly drop offline.

As it was the middle of the night, the breakdown did not cause a price spike but it did have serious political ramifications. CS Energy notified Qld Energy Minister David Janetzki. However, he did not mention it four days later while announcing huge changes to energy and climate policy in the state, even though these included investigating the potential of keeping sister station Callide B online beyond the end of its technical life. For more of our research into the growing unreliability of gas and coal, see our latest reports.