Energy Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi expressed her support on Tuesday for the country’s proposed gas-to-power programme, assuring delegates to a conference in Cape Town that government intended proceeding in line with the existing “vision and policy objectives” for gas infrastructure.
“Over the past few months we have indicated our indication to launch gas infrastructure development though the Section 34 determination under the Electricity Regulation Act, in pursuit of an initial 3 700 MW of power plants,” Kubayi said in an opening address to the Gas to Power Conference.
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Her speech came amid significant uncertainty about the future of South Africa’s independent power producer (IPP) programmes, owing to Eskom’s refusal to conclude power purchase agreements (PPAs) for 37 outstanding renewable-energy projects and fresh questions about the legal standing of the Ministerial determinations providing the framework for the procurement of new generation capacity.
Kubayi made no reference to the status of the gas determination, but confirmed recently that all determinations would need to be reviewed in light of the recent ruling by the Western Cape High Court, which set aside two nuclear determinations as “unlawful and unconstitutional” on the basis that they had not been subjected to public consultation ahead of concurrence by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa).
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“Over the past few months we have indicated our indication to launch gas infrastructure development though the Section 34 determination under the Electricity Regulation Act, in pursuit of an initial 3 700 MW of power plants,” Kubayi said in an opening address to the Gas to Power Conference.
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Her speech came amid significant uncertainty about the future of South Africa’s independent power producer (IPP) programmes, owing to Eskom’s refusal to conclude power purchase agreements (PPAs) for 37 outstanding renewable-energy projects and fresh questions about the legal standing of the Ministerial determinations providing the framework for the procurement of new generation capacity.
Kubayi made no reference to the status of the gas determination, but confirmed recently that all determinations would need to be reviewed in light of the recent ruling by the Western Cape High Court, which set aside two nuclear determinations as “unlawful and unconstitutional” on the basis that they had not been subjected to public consultation ahead of concurrence by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa).
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