Integrated resource plan sent back to Cabinet for reprocessing
The IRP, which was approved in December, has gone back to Cabinet without reasons given, though its nuclear energy content may be the issue
The integrated resource plan (IRP), which was approved by Cabinet in December, has been sent back to Cabinet for reprocessing, Energy Minister Jeff Radebe confirmed on Thursday.He would not disclose the reasons why it had to be reconsidered, except to note he had received a lot of representations from stakeholders.The IRP approved by Cabinet has never been gazetted, despite undertakings by former energy minister David Mahlobo that it would be released.Radebe said in an interview in the parliamentary precinct that he would make an announcement in a few weeks as to the reasons the plan had to be reprocessed. He would not be drawn as to whether the plan’s proposal regarding nuclear energy was one of the aspects he felt had to be reconsidered.The IRP sets out projections on demand and the cost of various technologies to arrive at an optimal energy mix over a 20-year period. Crucially, it will determine whether SA should build nuclear energy capacity, how much, and by when.In terms of th...
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