South Africa’s Electricity and Energy Minister, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, in consultation with NERSA, acting under section 34(1) of the Act and the Electricity Regulation on New Generation Capacity (published as GNR. 399 in Government Gazette No. 34262 of 4 May 2011, as amended) (‘the New Gen Regulations’), has determined as follows:
a) That new generation capacity is needed to ensure the continued uninterrupted supply of electricity and ancillary services.
Concurrence with the Section 34 Ministerial Determination on the Procurement of New Generation Capacity of 500 MW Instantaneous Reserves and 250 MW Regulating Reserves by the NTCSA
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b) Accordingly, 750 MW shall be generated from various technologies to provide the System Operator with Instantaneous Reserves and Regulating Reserves, according to the following quanta:
- 500 MW – Instantaneous Reserves
- 250 MW – Regulating Reserves
c) The buyer of the new generation capacity shall be NTCSA.
d) The capacity must be procured by NTCSA through a tendering process which is fair, equitable, transparent, competitive, and cost-effective.
Link to the full notice HERE
Author: Bryan Groenendaal
