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“The approval means that prospective applicants are no longer required to obtain ministerial approval for deviation from the IRP 2019 before applying to Nersa for a licence,” the energy regulator said in a statement.
The minister has granted the approval in accordance with section 10(2)(g) of the Electricity Regulation Act, 2006 (Act No. 4 of 2006).
The approval granted relates to generation facilities that fall into the following categories:
“However, the approval by the minister in the above generation facility categories excludes those that involve local government (provinces and municipalities) or supply to local government, as these will be addressed separately,” Nersa said.
Nersa said its committed to processing licence applications timeously in order to ensure security of supply. All other licensing requirements, as prescribed by Nersa, in terms of section 10 of the Electricity Regulation Act remain in place.
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