ATC240514: Report of the Select Committee on Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy on the Electricity Regulation Amendment Bill [B23B - 2023] (National Assembly – Section 76), dated 14 May 2024
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Report of the Select Committee on Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy on the Electricity Regulation Amendment Bill [B23B - 2023] (National Assembly – Section 76), dated 14 May 2024.
The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) briefed the committee on 26 March 2024 on the Electricity Regulation Amendment Bill [B23B - 2023]. The Bill was referred to the committee on 14 March 2024 as a section 76 bill. The Committee called for written comments on the Bill from 18 March 2024 until 29 April 2024, while public hearings were held by provincial legislatures. At the end of the public engagement process of both the committee and provincial legislatures, the negotiating mandate meetings were held by the committee together with provincial legislatures on the 30th of April 2024.
The Select Committee on Land Reform, Mineral Resources and Energy, received seven provincial final mandates from the Eastern Cape, Gauteng, KwaZulu Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West and the Northern Cape in support of the Bill, with the Western Cape submitting a final mandate not supporting the Bill and the Free State not having submitted any final mandate.
The Select Committee on Land Reform, Mineral Resources and Energy having deliberated on and considered the subject of the Electricity Regulation Amendment Bill [B23B - 2023] (National Assembly – sec 76), referred to it and classified by the JTM as a section 76 Bill, reports that it agrees to the Bill [B23B – 2023] without amendments.
Report to be considered.