Govt’s Proposed Electricity Mix Criticised

The government’s integrated resource plan (IRP) for this year has been heavily criticised, largely by civil society, which say it would be disastrous for the economy and the environment.

A number of NGOs and community groups, which participated in the Department of Energy public hearings recently, called on the state to scrap the plan and to start the process again.

They are not happy with the IRP, a 20-year electricity plan, because it includes coal and nuclear an d the majority of these organisations prefer the plan to rely mainly on renewable energy.

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