Electricity Grid Infrastructure (EGI) Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)
- Strategic Integrated Project (SIP) targeted by the SEA: SIP 10 “Electricity transmission and distribution for all”
- Project Initiation: January 2014
- Project Completion: December 2015
- Project Phases:
- Phase I: Negative/Constraints Mapping (Environmental and Engineering Constraints)
- Phase II: Positive/Utilisation Mapping (Energy Demand)
- Phase III: Corridor Refinement
- Phase IV: Environmental Assessment
- Number of proposed transmission corridors: 5 (Central, Eastern, International, Northern, Western)
- Number of Provinces intersected by proposed corridors: 9 (Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, Northern Cape, Western Cape)
- Number of Municipalities overlapping the proposed corridors: 192 (37 District Municipalities; 148 Local Municipalities; 7 Metropolitan Municipalities)
- SEA Project Steering Committee (PSC):
- Department of Economic Development, Environment, Conservation and Tourism in the North West Province (DEDECT);
- Eastern Cape Department of Economic Development, Environmental Affairs and Tourism (DEDEAT);
- Eskom;
- Free State Department of Tourism, Environmental and Economic Affairs (DTEEA);
- Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DRDLR);
- KwaZulu-Natal Department of Agriculture, Environmental Affairs and Rural Development (KZNDAE);
- Limpopo Department of Economic Development, Environment and Tourism (LEDET);
- Mpumalanga Department of Economic Development, Environment and Tourism (DEDET);
- National Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF);
- National Department of Defence (DoD);
- National Department of Energy (DoE);
- National Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA);
- National Department of Mineral Resources (DMR);
- National Department of Public Enterprises (DPE);
- National Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR);
- National Department of Trade and Industry (DTI);
- National Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS);
- National DoE Independent Power Producer Office (DoE IPP);
- National Treasury;
- Northern Cape Department of Environment and Nature Conservation (DENC);
- Presidential Infrastructure Coordinating Commission (PICC);
- South African Air Force (SAAF);
- South African Local Government Association (SALGA);
- South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI); and
- Western Cape Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning (DEADP)
- SEA Expert Reference Group (ERG):
- Air Traffic Navigational Services (ATNS);
- Birdlife South Africa (Birdlife SA);
- Business Unity South Africa (BUSA);
- Cape Nature;
- Chamber of Mines of South Africa;
- Civil Aviation Authority (CAA);
- Council for Geoscience (CGS);
- CSIR Defence, Peace, Safety and Security (DPSS);
- Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT);
- Energy Intensive User Group (EIUG) of South Africa;
- Eskom;
- Industrial Development Corporation (IDC);
- KwaZulu Natal Department of Transport (DoT) SIP 2;
- National Heritage Council South Africa (NHCSA);
- Sentech;
- South African Bat Assessment Advisory panel (SABAAP);
- South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA);
- South African National Energy Development Institute (SANEDI);
- South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL);
- South African Photovoltaic Industry Association (SAPVIA);
- Southern Africa Solar Thermal and Electricity Association (SASTELA);
- South African Weather Services (SAWS);
- South African Wind Energy Association (SAWEA);
- Square Kilometre Array (SKA) South Africa as part of the Department of Science and Technology (DST);
- Sustainable Energy Society of Southern Africa (SESSA); and
- Transnet