The purpose of this Manual is to guide South African municipalities when engaging in the process of designing, preparing, procuring, and implementing a process for purchasing generated electricity from an IPP. The history of municipal IPP procurement in South Africa shows that while there is a strong interest by municipalities to increase their energy resilience by concluding a PPA with IPPs, there are only a few examples of success. To provide municipalities with the guidance needed to increase the success of their procurements when seeking to procure power from an IPP, this Manual details key steps to be followed by municipalities throughout the Municipal IPP Project Cycle. 

The Manual applies generally to all municipalities and is not limited to any particular type of municipality.