IPPs ‘entitled’ to approach courts to force Eskom to sign PPAs

Engineering News – ONLINE
18 January 2017
A legal opinion secured by the South African Renewable Energy Council (Sarec) relating to the refusal by Eskom to conclude contracts with 37 independent power producers (IPPs) selected as preferred bidders by the Department of Energy (DoE) more than a year ago states that the IPPs “would be entitled to approach a court to enforce the signature of the powerpurchase agreements (PPAs)”.  Read more here…

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