In this opinion article, Megan Adderley and Melissa Hendrickse of Webber Wentzel argue that, to enable a swift response to closing South Africa’s existing electricity supply deficit of 3 000 MW, it may be legally permissible and necessary for the National Energy Regulator of South Africa to either conduct an expedited public-participation process for granting concurrence to Ministerial determinations, or potentially even dispense with the entire public-participation process.
