Submission: Integrated Resource Plan 2023 for South Africa

Natural Justice submitted a critique of South Africa's Integrated Resource Plan 2023 (IRP2023), arguing that it lacks the necessary foundations for energy planning through 2030. The organization calls for a redraft of the IRP2023 and the urgent development of an Integrated Energy Plan by the DMRE, both of which should be grounded in a people-centered approach and a comprehensive Energy Justice Framework.

• Natural Justice asserts that the IRP2023 is insufficient as an energy planning document for South Africa up to 2030 or beyond because it fails to adequately consider international commitments, the current legal framework, energy justice, and the rights of indigenous people and communities.
• Natural Justice recommends that the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) urgently develop an Integrated Energy Plan to inform a new draft of the IRP, ensuring that energy planning is people-centered and incorporates community-owned energy, mini grids, and community benefit sharing.
• The submission proposes the adoption of an Energy Justice Framework for energy modelling and decision-making. This framework should evaluate the full life cycle and environmental/human costs of energy, focusing on three elements of justice: recognition of affected parties, fair distribution of costs and benefits, and fair administrative processes. It includes principles such as availability, affordability, transparency, accountability, equity, responsibility, due process, sustainability, resistance, and intersectionality.

APA

Natural Justice (2024). Submission: Integrated Resource Plan 2023 for South Africa. https://naturaljustice.org/publication/submission-integrated-resource-plan-2023-for-south-africa/

Chicago

Natural Justice. Submission: Integrated Resource Plan 2023 for South Africa. 2024. https://naturaljustice.org/publication/submission-integrated-resource-plan-2023-for-south-africa/.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |author=Natural Justice |title=Submission: Integrated Resource Plan 2023 for South Africa |date=25 March 2024 |url=https://naturaljustice.org/publication/submission-integrated-resource-plan-2023-for-south-africa/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{naturaljustice2024submission, author = {{Natural Justice}}, title = {{Submission: Integrated Resource Plan 2023 for South Africa}}, publisher = {Natural Justice}, year = {2024}, month = mar, url = {https://naturaljustice.org/publication/submission-integrated-resource-plan-2023-for-south-africa/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }