AGL interim chief executive Brett Redman stands firm on Liddell coal plant closure, chairman Graeme Hunt pressed on timing of Andy Vesey's departure

AGL's interim chief executive Brett Redman is standing firm on the company's strategy to close its controversial Liddell coal power plant by 2002 as part of a switch to renewables. 

The energy giant's chairman Graeme Hunt has also rejected concerns that former chief executive Andy Vesey's retirement was accelerated to rebuild relations with Canberra over the future of Liddell. 

ABC's Peter Ryan is in Melbourne for AGL's annual general meeting.