ELECTRICITY SERVICES
Municipal electricity distributors face a range of challenges in the current fast-changing electricity industry landscape. Amongst these are: accommodating embedded generation, integrating electricity efficiency, increasing informal settlement electrification, adjusting tariffs appropriately, and avoiding damaging revenue loss in the process.
Electricity Services
Municipal electricity distributors face a range of challenges in the current fast-changing electricity industry landscape. Amongst these are: accommodating embedded generation, integrating electricity efficiency, increasing informal settlement electrification, adjusting tariffs appropriately, and avoiding damaging revenue loss in the process.
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State of Energy in South African Cities 2020
This 4th edition of the Report features 20 of South Africa’s most energy intensive cities and towns and tracks energy use in cities since 2007, presenting emerging trends in energy efficiency and renewable energy uptake, and examines the governance of transition. (SEA, 2020).
20.42mbDownloadVideo: Introduction to Solar PV SSEG in South African Municipalities
This video explains what small-scale embedded generation (SSEG) is, how the technology works, and how municipalities can support this rapidly growing trend (SEA, 2020).
DownloadSALGA Status of Small Scale Embedded Generation (2020)
This document provides an update to the 2020 overview and provincial breakdown of municipalities that allow small-scale embedded generation (SSEG), have established processes for customers to connect SSEG, and have
2 MBDownloadUnpacking Cost of Supply Framework Workshop: Notes
Cost of Supply Framework workshop notes (NERSA and SALGA, 2020).
236DownloadCost of supply workshop: Financial indicators presentation
Presentation made the cost of supply workshop on financial indicators (NERSA, 2020).
561DownloadCost of Supply Workshop Presentation
Presentation made at the Cost of supply workshop to municipalities (NERSA, 2020).
871DownloadWheeling Discussion Paper: A Guide for Municipal Electricity Distributors
Is a third party trader of power purely a middleman, or could they be seen as aggregators that pool small generation capacity, particularly renewable power, into an economically valuable proposition? Local government (and their distribution utilities) increasingly have reason to publish wheeling tariff structures and enter into wheeling agreements with third parties. (SEA, 2020)
0.86MbDownloadCape Town Approved Inverter List NRS 097-2-1-2010 and 2017
Document providing details of approved inverters and equipment in terms of NRS 097-2-1-2010 and 2017 for the City of Cape Town.
1.92MbDownloadImpact of Small-Scale Embedded Generation on Municipal Revenue
Four municipal case studies highlight the potential effect small-scale embedded generation (SSEG) has on municipality revenue; drawing out the importance of modelling as part of tariff-setting, and presenting key lessons on tariff structures. The conclusion covers how revenue loss could be avoided by ensuring that tariffs are developed that account for the cost of supplying electricity to SSEG customers. (SEA, 2018)
1MbDownloadSALGA 2018 Energy Summit Discussion Document
This discussion document provides context on the global megatrends affecting the electricity sector (electrification, decentralisation and digitisation) and proposed government responses through the legislative framework or through economic instruments. (SALGA, 2018)
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