{"query_echo":{"q":"","filters":{"analysis_type":["Regulatory Submission"]},"warnings":[{"code":"facet_value_not_in_vocabulary","message":"Value 'Regulatory Submission' for facet 'analysis_type' is not in the controlled vocabulary."}]},"total":{"value":5,"relation":"eq"},"page":1,"page_size":20,"self":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/api/v1/search?analysis_type=Regulatory+Submission","stability":"beta","ai_marking":{"digital_source_type":{"uri":"http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/digitalsourcetype/trainedAlgorithmicMedia","name":"Created using Generative AI"},"notice":"Summary and key insights are generated using artificial intelligence."},"results":[{"id":"cer-000690","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/cer-000690","title":"PUBLIC HEARINGS IN RESPECT OF THE GENERATION LICENCE APPLICATIONS FOR THE PROPOSED KHANYISA AND THABAMETSI INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCER COAL-FIRED POWER STATIONS","publisher":{"name":"Centre for Environmental Rights","organization":"centre-for-environmental-rights"},"document_type":"statement","language":"en","date_published":"2018-02-16","source_url":"https://cer.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/CER-Letter-to-NERSA-16-2-18.pdf?x21779","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The Centre for Environmental Rights (CER), acting for Earthlife Africa Johannesburg and groundWork, submitted a letter to the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) on 16 February 2018 requesting the postponement of public hearings for the proposed Thabametsi and Khanyisa coal-fired power stations. The CER argues that pending litigation over environmental authorisations, missing water and atmospheric emission licences, and the lack of a promulgated new Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) prevent NERSA from making a legally consistent and public-interest-based decision.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cer-000690#summary","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The Centre for Environmental Rights (CER) is challenging the environmental authorisation for the Thabametsi coal-fired power station following a decision by the Minister on 30 January 2018 to uphold it. Additionally, Thabametsi lacks a valid water use licence (WUL)—with a new application and integrated waste and water management plan (IWWMP) open for comment until 6 March 2018—and has reportedly not yet applied for an atmospheric emission licence (AEL).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cer-000690#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"The Khanyisa power station faces several regulatory and legal hurdles, including a pending application to review and set aside its environmental authorisation (case number 61561/17). It has not obtained an integrated WUL, and the validity of its provisional AEL is disputed, with the transfer of the AEL subject to an appeal under the Municipal Systems Act, 2000.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cer-000690#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"The CER asserts that NERSA's ability to ensure decisions are in the public interest and consistent with the Constitution and the National Energy Regulator Act 40 of 2004 (NERA) is limited by the ongoing litigation and outstanding licences. 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