MONEYWEB LIVESTREAM For two thirds of the RMIPPP programme ⦠By Chris Yelland 7 Apr 2021 00:01 The author asks why qualifying vendors offering low emissions, relatively high local content and essentially fixed tariffs over 20 years were not seen as preferable. Image: Taylor Weidman, Bloomberg This is the third of three interviews that explore the rationale, outcomes and some of the details of the recently announced Risk Mitigation Independent Power Producer Procurement (RMIPPP) programme. In this interview, Chris Yelland explores some of the issues relating to the selection of gas-to-power over wind, solar photovoltaic (PV) and battery energy storage for some two thirds of the generation capacity awarded with Department of Mineral Resources and Energy Deputy Director-General, Jacob Mbele, and IPP Office acting chief operating officer Maduna Ngobeni.