MINERAL Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe reported that the bid submission deadline for Bid Window Six (BW6) of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme would be delayed by between 45 and 60 days to ensure procedural fairness in light of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement that the size of the round would be doubled from 2 600 MW to 5 200 MW.
The bid submission date for BW 6 was initially set down for August 11, after the request for proposals (RFP) documentation was published on April 6.
Speaking during a briefing of the newly established Energy Crisis Committee, Mantashe said it would be “unfair to expect people to bid for double the capacity if they’re not given the notice”. However, government still needed to make a final decision on the duration of the extension.
He said a formal notice of the extension would be made soon.
In July, Eskom’s Grid Access
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