SOUTH Africa’s energy regulator said it would not take a decision on Wednesday on whether to support a government proposal to procure 2,500 megawatts (MW) of additional nuclear capacity, after confusion over the agenda for a meeting of one of its sub-committees.
The agenda, posted on Nersa’s Twitter account on Monday, appeared to show such a decision could be taken at a meeting of the electricity sub-committee on Wednesday.
But Nersa said the sub-committee would only be asked to approve a public consultation process for the proposed nuclear procurement, not whether the procurement itself should go ahead.
“Nersa must follow due regulatory processes which include public participation before making a decision to concur,” Nersa said in an emailed response to questions from Reuters.
The regulator said it had received a draft proposal on the new nuclear procurement from the energy minister in August.
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