Energy regulators forge path towards renewables

RERA’s annual conference took place over four days in Gaborone last week, in the backdrop of the ongoing global debates on the optimal use of energy sources especially around coal which has been snubbed by the global community. Delegates at the conference debated factors such as cleanliness, cost, stability, efficiency and environmental effects, in an attempt to shape a regional narrative as regulators on decarbonisation and the need for energy security.

Deliberating at the conference, RERA chairperson, Motlatsi Ramafole, said that the region has been performing sub-optimally with regards to energy efficiency with lag on effects coming from the electricity crunch taking place in South Africa. Ramafole further said that the region has been plagued by gross price volatilities which serve as an alarm call for greater efforts to move to more sustainable sources of energy.