[4] An extension of time request granted an additional 12 months in February 2019, but as of November 2019, the Alinta board had not yet decided to make the investment.

The development application for Reeves Plains was submitted on 12 October 2017 and opened for public comment on 8 November the same year.

[7] It received approval from John Rau, the Minister for Planning on 16 February 2018, the last day the government could make major decisions before the state election.

[8][9] Alinta had not yet completed its internal investment case and received approval from its board to proceed to construction.

[10] In September 2018, Alinta chief executive Jeff Dimery said that it had failed to get enough support from customers to reduce the investment risk of building the power station.