New gas-fired power station deemed âcriticalâ The NSW government has declared the proposed Kurri Kurri gas generator âcriticalâ state infrastructure in a major step forward for the project. Politics by Clare Armstrong Premium Content Subscriber only A proposed new gas-fired power station has been deemed "critical" state infrastructure by the NSW government in a major step forward for the project, which the Commonwealth has vowed to build if private industry won't. Planning Minister Rob Stokes has made a new order to declare the pr...