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STUART THEOBALD: What’s behind the campaign against coal exports?

January 23, 2023

Allow me for a moment to fall into the trap that has been laid. The campaign against coal exports from SA is the biggest load […]

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STUART THEOBALD: What’s behind the campaign against coal exports?

January 23, 2023

Allow me for a moment to fall into the trap that has been laid. The campaign against coal exports from SA is the biggest load […]

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STUART THEOBALD: Renewable energy plan hits the skids despite power crisis

May 9, 2022

Is the renewable energy independent power producers’ programme (REIPPP) dead? It’s hard to believe that the ground-breaking programme came to life in the Zuma era […]

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PETER ATTARD MONTALTO: A tale of two speeches

October 4, 2021

The visit of climate envoys to SA has been a useful shock to the system, enabling the country to step out of its comfort zone […]

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PETER ATTARD MONTALTO: A lot of money is riding on SA’s credibility and coherence

September 20, 2021

Climate envoys from the north will find a haphazard jigsaw of policy and personas. This column was first published in Business Day.    There are […]

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PETER ATTARD MONTALTO: Don’t cheer yet, we’ve only taken the first step towards energy reform

August 23, 2021

We’ve only taken the first step towards energy reform, but it is a big step and we are now in a totally different era for the electricity supply industry. 

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Economic reforms like private energy generation will drag SA from ashes of unrest

August 17, 2021

Changes to schedule 2 of the Electricity Regulation Act are significant and can spur substantial investment. Intellidex believes that even on a narrow reading, the regulation can still unlock...

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PETER ATTARD MONTALTO: Something clicked with Ramaphosa’s power-generation move

June 14, 2021

It is the first time there has been a policy reform that has uncontrolled scalability.

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PETER ATTARD MONTALTO: Holding on to central control of energy holds us all back

May 3, 2021

A choice on which infrastructure rollout system works for the state has never really been made.

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PETER ATTARD MONTALTO: Putting a just energy transition at centre of Sona would be a winner

February 1, 2021

Putting a just energy transition at the centre of President Cyril Ramaphosa's February Sona would be a winner.

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PETER ATTARD MONTALTO: Don’t pop the champagne yet — energy reform is still a hazy plan

September 14, 2020

Don’t pop the champagne yet — energy reform is still a hazy plan.

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