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Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan says six power stations have been identified for maintenance. Gordhan also says surplus power will be purchased from current Independent Power Producers (IPPs) to help close the current electricity gap.

to help close the current electricity gapHe says up to 1 000 megawatts of power is potentially available in the next three months from IPPs.

Addressing the media in Pretoria on Monday afternoon, Gordhan says exemptions from the Public Finance Management Act will be allowed to cut red tape and speed up“Exemptions are required from the PFMA and the PPPFA and those are processes my colleagues are working on. Then there have been negotiations over the last 10 days with neighbouring countries in the SA energy pool and somewhere between 100 – 200MW could be made available in the next month demanding the contracting mechanisms.

The committee, which includes departments of Public Enterprises, Environment, Mineral Resources, and Police Ministry, has given details on implementing President Cyril Ramaphosa’s energy plan. During his address to the nation last week, Ramaphosa announced the establishment of the committee as part of several interventions to address the power crisis.“Eight work streams have been established to ensure coordination across government and discussions are under way with the private sector and social partners to ensure that the best available expertise in the country is brought to this report.

“We have already identified five electricity transmission corridors and when this particular infrastructure is located within those transmissions corridors, and we have worked with Eskom on identifying those corridors that these provisions with regard to not needing an EIA would kick in if it is areas of low and medium sensitivity.”

 

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