DA welcomes planned amendments to Schedule 2 of the Electricity Regulation Act
10 June 2021
Note to Editors: Please find attached a soundbite by Kevin Mileham MP.
The DA welcomes the announcement by President Cyril Ramphosa that the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy has undertaken to amend Schedule 2 of the Electricity Regulation Act “to increase NERSA’s licensing threshold for embedded generation projects from 1MW to 100MW.”
The DA has long called for Minister Gwede Mantashe and his department to change energy regulations to allow for independent power producers to ease the pressure on the national grid. We are pleased that sense has finally prevailed as the President has desided to go big on energy.
While this is a welcome development, it will mean nothing if Mantashe tries to throw a spanner in the works. Any delays on this announcement will lead South Africa deeper into Eskom-sponsored darkness