The Presidency insists that the transfer of responsibility for Section 34(1) of the Electricity Regulation Act to Electricity Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa “provides the Minister with a powerful tool to address South Africa’s current energy shortfall, by directing the actions that are required to build new generation capacity”. However, it has also confirmed that these powers effectively enable him only to issue a determination that new generation capacity is needed in order to ensure security of energy supply.
