LETTER: Public short-circuited
The public deserves fair and appropriate timelines for Integrated Energy Plan and the Integrated Resource Plan consultation workshops
The Department of Energy recently released draft components of the long-awaited Integrated Energy Plan and the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), which map out energy plans for SA until 2050. A media briefing on the plans was held on November 22 and the draft reports were published in the Government Gazette on November 25. By midday on November 28, some important annexures that need investigation to understand how the plans were developed, were still not available on the Department of Energy’s website. The first public consultation workshop is to take place in Gauteng on Wednesday. People wanting to present at the workshop have to submit their presentation today. The information available on the energy plans amounts to more than 700 pages of complex documentation. To meaningfully engage with these documents, public comment needs to pick up the nuance and the detail. It needs to identify areas of weakness and suggest better alternatives. This takes time, and this is exactly what the con...
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