In yet another step towards clearing the path for South Africa’s inaugural procurement of independent transmission projects (ITPs), draft regulations have been published for a 30-day public comment period. Their release follows a Ministerial determination by Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa opening the way for the procurement of the first phase of the ITPs, involving 1 164 km of 400 kV powerlines and 2 630 MVA of transformers across seven projects in three provinces.
