1) With regard to the successful bidders in the Risk Mitigation Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme, what is the (a) duration of the agreement with the Independent Power Producers, (b) amount of electricity each bidder will provide to the grid, (c) cost to the Republic per kilowatt of electricity generated and (d) earliest anticipated date that each Independent Power Producer will be able to supply electricity to the national grid;
2) Whether any exemptions were granted by either (a) the Department of Environmental Affairs, Forestry and Fisheries, (b) the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition and/or (c) the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy; if not, why not; if so, what are the details in each case;
3) Whether public participation was conducted in connection with each successful bidder’s (a) environmental impact, (b) economic impact and (c) social impact; if not, why not, in each case; if so, what are the details in each case? NW1545E