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Minister of Energy on impact of 2016 State of Nation Address on the Energy mandate
23 Feb 2016
The Minister of Energy made it very clear that the R1 trillion figure being speculated in the media as the cost of the nuclear energy programme proposed by government, was not a figure derived from her office and she emphasised that the government had not signed a nuclear deal with ...
Energy
Department Response to 2014 Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report, with Minister and Deputy present
16 Feb 2016
Energy Budgetary Review and Recommendations report
BRRR 2015-2010: Budgetary Review & Recommendations Reports
The Department of Energy gave its response to the Committee’s 2014/15 Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR). There were a total of 31 recommendations made by the Portfolio Committee and the Department provided corresponding responses to each ...
Energy
Energy Budget Review and Recommendations Report
20 Oct 2015
BRRR 2015-2010: Budgetary Review & Recommendations Reports
The Portfolio Committee on considered the Committee’s draft Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR), with the Minister of Energy, Ms Tina Joemat-Pettersson in attendance.
Some recommendations discussed by Members were: fragmentation of the energy sector and the fact that regulation on petroleum (Minerals ...
Energy
Central Energy Fund (PetroSA; AEMFC; SFF, iGas, PASA) on their 2014/15 Annual Report; NECSA appearance
15 Oct 2015
The Central Energy Fund (CEF) Group briefing on its 2014/15Annual Report gave some context into the Group’s strategic challenges that threatened the long term sustainability of the company and it also provide insight into the decisions taken to address these challenges, with a strong focus on PetroSA.
Some of the ...
Energy
Department of Energy on its 2014/15 Annual Report
14 Oct 2015
The Department of Energy (DoE) said that the year 2014/15 has been beset with a number of challenges for energy supply, especially around electricity, challenges which have unfortunately had a negative impact on the country’s economic development. The DoE's response to electricity challenges included the Integrated Energy Plan (IEP) which ...
Energy
Department of Energy 2014/15 performance: Auditor-General & Department of Performance Monitoring & Evaluation briefings
13 Oct 2015
The Auditor General of South Africa indicated that for the 2014/15 financial year the DoE, the National Nuclear Regulator (NNR), National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) received an unqualified audit with no findings. The Central Energy Fund (CEF), Equalisation Fund (EQF) and Sanedi received unqualified outcomes with findings. South ...
Energy
Nuclear international agreements: briefing by Minister of Energy
1 Sep 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Energy received a briefing from the Minister and Department of Energy (DoE) on the five international nuclear agreements for the new nuclear build programme. The agreements were referred to the Committee by the Speaker of Parliament on the 5 August 2015. The presentation gave an overview ...
Energy
South African Nuclear Programme: briefing by Department of Energy, South African Nuclear Energy Corporation and National Nuclear Regulator
2 Jun 2015
During the 2014 State of the Nation Address (SONA) President Zuma announced that nuclear energy would form more than 9 Giga Watts of electricity in the energy mix. In the same year the DoE signed inter-governmental Agreements (IGAs) with Russia, France and the Republic of China. To date South Africa ...
Energy
Meeting with National Energy Regulator of SA (NERSA) on their reasons for their decision on the new Burgan Cape Town terminal
26 May 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Energy invited the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) to brief it on the licence issued to Burgan Cape Terminals in 2014.. The presentation was a summary for the Committee of the 51-page document which was still available on Nersa’s website, and did not replace ...
Energy
Committee Report on Department of Energy budget; Second Term Committee Programme
21 Apr 2015
The Committee met to consider its report on the budget of the Department of Energy (vote no 26) and outstanding minutes.
The Committee’s Content Advisor quickly took the Committee through the presentation of the report placing emphasis on the conclusions and recommendations of the Committee. The report consisted of two ...