Rapid Electricity Supply Diversification: Municipalities Key to Economic Recovery and an End to Load Shedding

A policy brief by the Public Affairs Research Institute (PARI) arguing that South African municipalities must rapidly deploy renewable energy solutions to ensure low-cost electricity and economic recovery, noting that nuclear options are significantly more expensive and slower.

• South Africa requires additional low-cost electricity sources to move the economy toward a higher development path, as load shedding is not the only critical electricity issue.
• Research indicates that municipalities should prioritize the rapid deployment of renewable energy solutions over nuclear power, as nuclear is at least four times more expensive and slower to implement; this shift could result in annual savings of up to 5 billion.
• The Energy Transition programme at PARI aims to support a Just Energy Transition (JET) in South Africa to achieve decarbonisation and create an equitable energy system that lowers inequality and poverty.

APA

Public Affairs Research Institute (2024). Rapid Electricity Supply Diversification: Municipalities Key to Economic Recovery and an End to Load Shedding. https://pari.org.za/policy-brief-rapid-electricity-supply-diversification-municipalities-key-to-economic-recovery-end-to-load-shedding/

Chicago

Public Affairs Research Institute. Rapid Electricity Supply Diversification: Municipalities Key to Economic Recovery and an End to Load Shedding. 2024. https://pari.org.za/policy-brief-rapid-electricity-supply-diversification-municipalities-key-to-economic-recovery-end-to-load-shedding/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{publicaffairsresearchinstitute2024rapid, author = {{Public Affairs Research Institute}}, title = {{Rapid Electricity Supply Diversification: Municipalities Key to Economic Recovery and an End to Load Shedding}}, institution = {Public Affairs Research Institute}, year = {2024}, month = apr, url = {https://pari.org.za/policy-brief-rapid-electricity-supply-diversification-municipalities-key-to-economic-recovery-end-to-load-shedding/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }