IRP 2010 consultations

There have been a number of communications between civil society organisations and the South African government departments as well as various press announcements and analyses carried out during the IRP 2010 consultation process. (See also the Access to information page on this blog).

They are collected here for convenient access:

Letter from Civil Society to the DoE on IRP 2010 process issues: Letter_to_DoE_re_IRP_process_10_June_2010

A letter was drafted to the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Energy, Elizabeth Thabethe on 18 October 2010 requesting a meeting to discuss the IRP 2010. The correspondence also included policy briefing notes for the portfolio committee on energy.

Letter to E Thabethe 18Oct2010

IRP2 Policy Brief No.3 June 2010 Idasa

Briefing Note for PPC Energy on IRP2 – Idasa 2Aug2010

Questions for NERSA at Energy PPC hearing 14Oct2010-1

Analysis of the IRP 2010 Input Parameters and changes made after the public consultation process done by Abigail Knox for Idasa: Revised assumptions for IRP2 – A Knox Idasa 4Oct2010

Letter dated 16 September to the National Planning Commission (addressed to Mr Trevor Manuel) from key civil society organisations (SAFCEI,  350.org,  Project 90 by 2030, WWF,  Greenpeace Africa,  BirdLife South Africa, Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa).

The letter was copied to the Honourable President Jacob Zuma and the Members of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on energy. The letter stressed the need for integrated planning with regards to the Renewable Energy White Paper, South Africa’s Climate Change Response and the Integrated Energy Plan and asked the National Planning Commission to help define the South African we seek to achieve and to participate in the relevant decision-making:  Signon_letter_NPC_16Sept2010_Final

Letter from Bishop Geoff Davis and Liz McDaid of the Southern African Faith Communities’ Environment Institute to Mr Ompie Aphanie of the DoE on 24 May 2010. This letter comments on the IRP consultation process and suggests improvements: 350Letter to DoE re process – SAFCEI 24May2010