The National Planning Commission (NPC) has thrown its voice behind the call for an “energy emergency” to be declared.
JOHANNESBURG - The National Planning Commission has thrown its voice behind the call for an “energy emergency” to be declared.
The NPC said the most immediate priority was ensuring that new generation capacity was rapidly and urgently brought onto the grid, together with significant new storage capacity.
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