JAMES MACKAY: Amid all the energy acronyms, EAP is paramount
South Africa urgently needs to shift to a more integrated view of the energy sector and related reforms as we start to move out of load-shedding
The release of the integrated resource plan (IRP) 2023 sparked much necessary debate about the future of South Africa’s energy mix. However, with a rampant private sector investment pipeline in renewables and the impending shift to a market model, we have to acknowledge the decreasing relevance of an IRP-led section 34 procurement, which has in the past consistently under-delivered against procurement targets in any case.
While the IRP debate will hopefully confirm an energy vision that is in line with global best practice, we must acknowledge that we are in an energy crisis and so we must be practical and focus on implementation...
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