Tag: EnergyReform
Energy transition scorecard – from policy to delivery
While South Africa committed to significantly decarbonise its energy mix by 2030 in 2021, progress started slowly. However, momentum increased at the start of this year. Both President Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address and the recent National Budget placed strong emphasis on energy reform. At the same time, the Department of Electricity and Energy has announced a timeline for wholesale market phasing.
Fragility disguised as stability – lights are on, but the prices...
“Having put load shedding behind us…” These were the confident words of President Cyril Ramaphosa at this year’s State of the Nation Address. He declared load shedding a thing of the past. He repeated this claim twice. Not even the official end of the COVID-19 pandemic carried the same level of certainty. That crisis almost pushed our economy to the brink of collapse.
