ENERGY PLANS
Lack of sufficient data makes analysis impossible, says Busa
Business Unity SA’s energy chairman warns of significant data gaps in the state’s integrated energy and integrated resource plans
Business Unity SA (Busa) has bemoaned the lack of sufficient data in the draft integrated energy and integrated resource plans which it says make a proper analysis impossible. The comments were made by the chairman of the organisation’s energy subcommittee Martin Kingston at a consultation workshop in Bloemfontein. The Department of Energy released the documents in November for public comment until end-March after which they will be revised. The final versions of the plans could be published as early as June. The plans outline future energy demand and supply scenarios and the energy mix that government envisages. One of the most controversial aspects of the integrated resource plan is the "artificial" constraint placed on the development of renewable energy though the need for new nuclear energy was not envisaged before 2037. In his address to the workshop Kingston noted that the two plans were essential planning documents for business which would ensure certainty on the long-term s...
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