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ANA writes that Energy Minister Jeff Radebe said on Sunday that the assertion that Eskom was incurring losses as a result of the Independent Power Producer (IPP) programme was without foundation, misleading, and false.
“Since 2013, Eskom has not incurred a cent in buying electricity from the IPPs which they have not been able to recover through the tariff allowance. This treatment of Reippp (Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Programme) cost applies to Cahora Bassa as well, and this is long established practice,” he said at a media briefing. Radebe went on to indicate: “It is true that coal jobs are at risk in South Africa, but this is not as a result of the Reippp programme. Eskom has as early as in the IRP 2010 (Integrated Resources Plan) reported that it will be decommissioning some of the older coal-fired power stations which are reaching the end of their commercial and operational life. According to Eskom, by 2030, 13,000MW of coal-fired capacity is scheduled for decommissioning.” Renewable IPPs had already created 38,701 job years for youth, women and citizens from the surrounding communities. This meant that 38,701 people had had a full-time job for one year, Radebe pointed out. He also noted that local communities had already benefited from more than R1bn spent by IPPs.
- Read the original of this report in full at Business Report
- Read too, IPPs not to blame for Eskom’s financial woes, says Jeff Radebe, at BusinessLive
- And also, IPPs will not led to job losses in coal industry, says Radebe, at EWN
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