The Minister of Electricity and Energy ("the Minister"), after consultation with the National Energy Regulator of South Africa ("NERSA") and the Minister of Finance, for the purposes of ensuring security of energy supply in the national interest, and acting under section 34(1)(a) of the Electricity Regulation Act, 2006 (Act No. 4 of 2006) (as amended) (the "ERA"), read with the Electricity Regulations on New Generation Capacity (published as GNR. 399 in Government Gazette No. 34262 dated 04 May 2011) ("New Generation Regulations"), has determined the Energy Storage and Gas New Generation Capacity.