(1)With reference to the commitment by the President of the Republic, Mr M C Ramaphosa, in 2022, that the Government would procure and add an additional 6800 MW of energy capacity to the grid and 5200 MW was to be procured in Bid Window 6, which has not been met allegedly due to Eskom’s transmission capacity, what are the reasons that (a) Eskom is unable to provide the transmission capacity when it was aware of the President’s commitments and (b) the Generation Connection Capacity Assessment is incorrect;
(2)(a) which locations in the Republic does Eskom’s transmission grid have capacity to connect additional renewable energy from the Independent Power Producers (IPPs) and (b) what justification can be given for the prioritisation of a long term Karpowership deal over adding new capacity through wind; (3)(a) how does the grid have the transmission capacity in the Western Cape for power supplied by ships and/or barges but not by wind and (b) what reforms are going to be put in place to restructure the bid procurement process so that IPPs are able to assist in the energy crisis as soon as possible?