Five years ago, Western Australia’s premier at the time Mark McGowan proclaimed the state would be getting out of coal by the end of the decade. Underpinning the plan was an acknowledgement the grid would continue to rely on gas-fired power as a back-up for years to come. But doubts about the feasibility of plan are growing with revelations one of the state's most important gas plants is teetering on the edge of insolvency.
