THE UPDATED INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLAN FOR ELECTRICITY (IRP) AND INTEGRATED ENERGY PLAN (IEP)

A letter from the Life After Coal/Impilo Ngaphandle Kwamalahle Campaign and Greenpeace Africa to the Portfolio Committee on Energy, expressing concerns over the lack of public consultation regarding the updated Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) and Integrated Energy Plan (IEP).

• The Life After Coal/Impilo Ngaphandle Kwamalahle Campaign and Greenpeace Africa argue that the updated Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) is likely to be published without further public consideration or comment, which they claim would make the document "vulnerable to legal challenge".
• The authors request that the Department of Energy provide a fair and reasonable public consultation process for the IRP Update and IEP, noting that these documents have "far-reaching implications for the health and wellbeing of all South Africans".
• The campaign urges the Department of Energy to incorporate findings from the Frankfurt Institute, Meridian Economics, and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), which indicate that "new coal-fired electricity is unnecessary and costly".
• The letter references statements by Director-General Thabane Zulu indicating that the IRP is a "high priority" and is expected to be published soon, while noting the Department's desire to avoid an IRP that is "vulnerable to legal attack".

APA

Centre for Environmental Rights (2018). THE UPDATED INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLAN FOR ELECTRICITY (IRP) AND INTEGRATED ENERGY PLAN (IEP). https://cer.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/LAC-and-GP-letter-to-PCEA-16-April-18.pdf?x21779

Chicago

Centre for Environmental Rights. THE UPDATED INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLAN FOR ELECTRICITY (IRP) AND INTEGRATED ENERGY PLAN (IEP). 2018. https://cer.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/LAC-and-GP-letter-to-PCEA-16-April-18.pdf?x21779.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{centreforenvironmentalrights2018updated, author = {{Centre for Environmental Rights}}, title = {{THE UPDATED INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLAN FOR ELECTRICITY (IRP) AND INTEGRATED ENERGY PLAN (IEP)}}, publisher = {Centre for Environmental Rights}, year = {2018}, month = apr, url = {https://cer.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/LAC-and-GP-letter-to-PCEA-16-April-18.pdf?x21779}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }