NGO challenges government in court over its energy blueprint

A non-profit environmental justice group is taking the government to court to demand greater transparency over SA’s long-term plan to meet its electricity needs.

The IRP is an important policy document which guides the rollout of electricity infrastructure in SA. It was first published in 2010. Though intended to be updated every two years, the second, updated version was published in October 2019 and provides for the slow phasing out of old coal-powered electricity in favour of more renewables, especially wind power.

Nersa responded to groundWork in May, but the organisation said the response was “unhelpful and obstructive”. Because the IRP deals with the provision of electricity and determines what amount of electricity will be generated from what source of electricity in every year, it “has a material and direct impact on the rights of the people of SA, including on the right to an environment not harmful to health or wellbeing” as is provided for in the constitution, groundWork said.

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