South Africa is developing new legislation to speed up energy projects to add generating capacity and help end power cuts in the country.
Ageing coal-fired power stations, under-investment in new capacity and foot-dragging on policies to encourage private providers have left South Africa facing constant power cuts.
According to a presentation from the National Energy Crisis Committee, set up by President Cyril Ramaphosa, work is under way to accelerate the procurement of additional capacity.
The committee is already working to develop emergency legislation which can be tabled in Parliament to allow energy projects to proceed more quickly and enable coordinated and decisive action.
President Ramaphosa is meeting different stakeholders this week to discuss ways to deal with the country’s worst power cuts on record.
