On Wednesday, 20 April 2016 the Minister of Energy issued a determination setting out what bidders can expect to see in the request for proposal under the coal baseload cross border independent power producer procurement programme. The determination provides that:
The Request for Qualifications and Proposals (RFP) issued by the Department of Energy (DoE) in terms of the Coal Baseload IPP Procurement Programme does not make provision for shareholding by local communities in the project company.
Under the Renewable Energy IPP Procurement Programme (REIPPP), local communities were defined as residential areas or villages in South