APPEAL IN TERMS OF SECTION 62 OF OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT: MUNICIPAL SYSTEMS ACT, 2000 OF ESKOM’S KOMATI POWER STATION ATMOSPHERIC EMISSION LICENCE 17/4/AEL/MP313/12/12 ORIGINALLY ISSUED ON 31 MARCH 2015

The Centre for Environmental Rights, representing environmental justice organisations, appealed the Atmospheric Emission Licence (AEL) for Eskom's Komati Power Station. The appeal argues that the AEL illegally allows Eskom to exceed national Minimum Emission Standards (MES) for NOx and SO2, ignoring the critical air quality failure in the Highveld Priority Area and the resulting health impacts on the population.

• The appellants challenge the Komati Power Station AEL because it incorporates postponement decisions that allow Eskom to emit pollutants above the Minimum Emission Standards (MES). Specifically, the AEL sets a NOx limit of 1300mg/Nm3 from 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2020 (instead of the 1100mg/Nm3 MES) and an SO2 limit of 2600mg/Nm3 from 1 April 2020 (which is more than five times the MES of 500mg/Nm3).

APA

Centre for Environmental Rights (2015). APPEAL IN TERMS OF SECTION 62 OF OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT: MUNICIPAL SYSTEMS ACT, 2000 OF ESKOM’S KOMATI POWER STATION ATMOSPHERIC EMISSION LICENCE 17/4/AEL/MP313/12/12 ORIGINALLY ISSUED ON 31 MARCH 2015. https://cer.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Grounds-of-appeal_Komati-11-May-2015_final.pdf?x21779

Chicago

Centre for Environmental Rights. APPEAL IN TERMS OF SECTION 62 OF OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT: MUNICIPAL SYSTEMS ACT, 2000 OF ESKOM’S KOMATI POWER STATION ATMOSPHERIC EMISSION LICENCE 17/4/AEL/MP313/12/12 ORIGINALLY ISSUED ON 31 MARCH 2015. 2015. https://cer.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Grounds-of-appeal_Komati-11-May-2015_final.pdf?x21779.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{centreforenvironmentalrights2015appeal, author = {{Centre for Environmental Rights}}, title = {{APPEAL IN TERMS OF SECTION 62 OF OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT: MUNICIPAL SYSTEMS ACT, 2000 OF ESKOM’S KOMATI POWER STATION ATMOSPHERIC EMISSION LICENCE 17/4/AEL/MP313/12/12 ORIGINALLY ISSUED ON 31 MARCH 2015}}, publisher = {Centre for Environmental Rights}, year = {2015}, month = may, url = {https://cer.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Grounds-of-appeal_Komati-11-May-2015_final.pdf?x21779}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }