Dear MyPE The DA will today write to the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Energy, Mr Fikile Majola, to request that Eskom and the Department of Energy (DOE) be summoned to Parliament to respond to the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) study presented at the committee meeting today. The CSIR presented their least cost energy scenario models to the Committee and revealed that the total cost of power generation for the DOE's draft IRP 2016 base case will be R86 … [Read more...] about Good News for NoNukes: CSIR study blows a hole in Eskom and Department of Energy’s nuclear plans
Gordon Mackay
Eskom must suspend Request for Proposals
Dear Editor The DA will be writing to both Minister Joematt-Pettersson and Minister Brown demanding that they halt any attempt by Eskom to proceed with the issuance of the Request For Proposal (RFP) for nuclear until such a time as the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) and the Integrated Energy Plan (IEP) - the pillars of South Africa's energy policy - have passed public consultation and have been adopted by Parliament. Eskom's announcement today that they plan to issue the RFP by the end of … [Read more...] about Eskom must suspend Request for Proposals
