Ramaphosa calls urgent Eskom meeting: report

I called this months ago,

News24 reports that the urgent meeting was called after a ruling party national working committee on Monday confirmed that it would support the slowing down of the retirement of old coal power stations.

“According to two insiders with knowledge of the discussions, the plan suggests that this would be done through public-private partnerships, limiting the financial burden to the fiscus,” reported the publication.

The decision to slow down the bringing to an end to the age of coal reliance stands in stark contrast to the country’s Just Transition Framework that entails the shift toward renewable energy.

The Just Transition has been advocated for by the presidency and has attracted $8.5 billion in foreign investment from rich countries involved in COP 26.

Under the multi-billion-dollar agreement Ramaphosa has with wealthier countries looking to assist in the decarbonisation of South Africa, there are a number of conditional loans that require the country to stick with its mandate of curtailing coal use.
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I will ask again, why did we agree to JET when we knew we couldn't commit? It is not only JET.
 
Wow look at the urgency from the government, it's amazing the warp speed they move... I mean it's been 7 months of constant outages... I expected them to call it after a year.
 
I smell a family meeting coming.... more supposed justifications for doing state of disaster, again.
 
When can we expect load shedding to end?

They already doing everything they can to keep the lights on. Even burning diesel which is supposed to be an absolute last resort.

The City of Cape Town will only start building their new plant at the end of the year so nothing online for a long time to come.

People who cannot afford solar are screwed.
 
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