PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa’s plan to tackle the power crisis in South Africa, as announced on July 25, has by and large been well received by the business, labour, academic and environmental communities, but many call for firm deadlines to be added to the plan.
Industry body Business Unity South Africa (Busa) CEO Cas Coovadia says the head of State duly considered the private sector and energy experts’ proposals for stabilising and securing the country’s energy supply.
All stakeholders agree that as much generation capacity as possible needs to be brought online in as short a span of time as possible to close the 6 GW energy gap and Ramaphosa’s plan is a “concrete step” towards achieving that, adds Coovadia.
Particularly, Busa appreciates the removal of the need to license embedded private sector generation capacity and the use of new pricing structures to incentivize investment in commercial and household rooftop solar power generation.
What is still required, however, is a clear execution plan, set against hard deadlines and accountability for delivery.
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