It's DoE vs Eskom as Integrated Resource Plan says no to nuclear
22 November 2016
The DA welcomes and supports Minister of Energy, Tina Joemat-Pettersson’s, announcement of the nation’s first Integrated Energy Plan (IEP) and updated Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) today.
The Minister’s announcement is bold and is nothing short of transformative as it deals a serious blow to President Zuma’s attempts to finalise a corrupt and unnecessary nuclear deal.
Most importantly, the IRP – an electricity specific sectoral plan – makes two significant findings:
- That South Africa does not require additional nuclear baseload capacity until the mid-2030s; and