Energy and Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has withdrawn the government gazette that paved the way for the procurement of nuclear energy.
Minister of Energy and Electricity, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, has announced that the Ministerial Determination for the procurement of 2 500MW of nuclear energy, has been withdrawn.The determination, and the National Energy Regulator of South Africa’s concurrence of the process, had come under legal pressure with groups contending that, amongst others, public comments had not been sought and the procedure had not been fair.
At a media briefing at the time, the Minister explained that the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy had to satisfy a raft of rigorous National Energy Regulator of South Africa suspensive conditions, which took into account various factors before the go-ahead could be issued.“Of course, there’s a penalty you pay as a result of this decision that you are delaying the process.
“I want to give confidence to the South African public that we will take you every step of the way. We will carry South Africans every step of the way to preserve the integrity of any procurement process, including the nuclear procurement process especially given its checkered history,” he explained.Despite the withdrawal, the procurement of nuclear energy still remains a government plan for the country’s energy security.
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