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Witzenberg - Ceres 132 kV Powerline and Short Tie-In to the Prince Alfred Hamlet Substation

Short Project Title

Witzenberg - Ceres 132 kV Powerline and Short Tie-In to the Prince Alfred Hamlet Substation

Project Title

Basic Assessment for the Witzenberg - Ceres 132 kV Powerline and Short Tie-In to the Proposed Prince Alfred Hamlet Substation

SRK Project Reference Number

532062

Official Reference Number

14/12/16/3/3/1/2968

SRK Project Manager

Asheerah Meyer

Contact Person

Asheerah Meyer

Contact Email

ameyer@srk.co.za

Contact Number

(+27) 21 659 3060

PROJECT SYNOPSIS

Eskom Holdings SOC Limited, Western Cape Operating Unit: Distribution Division (Eskom) intends to construct a new ~17 km single circuit, 132 kV powerline between the Ceres and Witzenberg Substations as well as short tie-in to a proposed new substation in Prince Alfred Hamlet, in the Witzenberg Municipality, Western Cape (the project).

SRK Consulting (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd (SRK) was appointed by Eskom to undertake the Basic Assessment (BA) process required in terms of the National Environmental Management Act 107 of 1998, as amended (NEMA) in support of  an application for Environmental Authorisation (EA), a heritage comment in terms of the National Heritage Resources Act 25 of 1998 and  a Water Use Authorisation in terms of the National Water Act 36 of 1998.

SRK previously released the BA Report (BAR) for public comment in August 2021. However, the BA process was not completed and the EA application lapsed. SRK was re-appointed in August 2022 to re-submit this application to Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE), and has finalised the BAR.

PROJECT LOCATION

Witzenberg Municipality, Western Cape

STATUS OF PROJECT

On 1 July 2024, the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) granted EA to Eskom for the proposed, 132 kV powerline between the Ceres and Witzenberg Substations and the short tie-in to the proposed Prince Alfred Hamlet substation. The EA is subject to a number of conditions which, along with the reasons for the decision, are set out in the letter of decision / EA (see below).

In terms of the National Appeal Regulations, 2014, and the EA , any person wishing to appeal the decision must submit an appeal to the Appeals Department and forward a copy of the appeal to the applicant, all registered Interested and Affected Parties (I&APs) and any Organ of State with interest in the matter, within 20 days of the date that the notification of the decision (i.e. by 29 July 2024) was issued to the registered I&APs.