The National Energy Regulator of South Africa will release a consultation paper, possibly next week, which will formally initiate the public-participation process required to secure the regulator’s concurrence on two Section 34 Ministerial determinations that have been drafted by Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe. The first determination relates to the procurement of so-called emergency generation capacity of up to 3 000 MW, which has been identified in the Integrated Resource Plan 2019 as the immediate supply deficit confronting South Africa.
