The draft Integrated Resource Plan 2018 (IRP Update) was released on 27 August 2018 for public comment by the Minister of Energy, under section 4(1) of the Electricity Regulations on New Generation Capacity Act. Comments to the IRP Update are to be submitted by interested persons by no later than 26 October 2018.
The integrated resource plan (IRP) is an electricity capacity plan which aims to provide an indication of the country’s electricity demand, how this demand will be supplied and what it will cost. The integrated resource plan (IRP) is an electricity capacity plan which aims to provide an indication of the country’s electricity demand, how this demand will be supplied and what it will cost. On 6 May 2011, the Department of Energy (DoE) released the Integrated Resource Plan 2010-2030 (IRP 2010) in respect of South Africa’s forecast energy demand for the 20-year period from 2010 to 2030. The IRP 2010 was intended to be a ‘living plan’ that would be periodically revised by the DoE. The IRP 2010 stated that at the very least the IRP should be revised by the DoE every two years but this was never done.
The purpose of the IRP (Update) is to update the promulgated IRP 2010–2030 (IRP 2010) in light of changes which have taken place since the promulgation of the IRP 2010.
