(a), A Government Task team comprising of representatives from NT, the DPE and the DoE under the leadership of the Directors-General (DGs) of these Departments, was established with the aim of resolving Eskom’s concerns and agreeing on a proposed solution. After numerous engagements with Eskom and the IPP office, resolutions by the task team was communicated by Minister of Energy as reflected in (“b”) below.
(b)
On Friday 01 September 2017, Government, led by Minister of Energy announced the following:
1(c)
Eskom has signed 66 IPP projects indicated in the table below:
DoE IPPPP |
No. of projects |
|
Renewable Energy IPPs |
Bid 1 |
28 |
Bid 2 |
19 |
|
Bid 3 |
16 |
|
Bid 3.5 |
1 |
|
Peakers |
DoE Peakers |
2 |
Total |
66 |
(d)
There are 38 Renewable IPP Projects and 1 Cogeneration Project which has been awarded Preferred Bidder Status by the DoE and are awaiting signing by Eskom.
Remarks: Reply: Approved / Not Approved
Mr. Mogokare Richard Seleke Ms. Lynne Brown, MP
Director-General Minister of Public Enterprises
Date: Date: