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Energy Portfolio Committee Legacy Report
19 Mar 2019
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The Committee Secretary briefed the Committee on the contents and recommendations of the Legacy Report. Activities of the Committee included monitoring of electrification challenges; oversight over SoE governance, including the nuclear and Eskom new build programmes, energy policies, renewable energy, electricity and ...
Energy
Central Energy Fund 2017/18 Annual Report
12 Mar 2019
2017/18 Annual Report
CEF Group financial sustainability has declined in recent years. The CEF Group is faced with strategic sustainability challenges due to the operational performance of the biggest subsidiary, PetroSA. PetroSA was running out of cheap indigenous feedstock and was in a precarious financial situation. PetroSA continued to lose ...
Energy
Minister and Department of Energy briefing on 2017/18 Annual Report
26 Feb 2019
The Minister of Energy stated that petroleum export countries under OPEC were impacting liquid fuel prices. Substantial amounts of crude oil were removed from the market, which could lead to petrol and diesel price increases. The bout of load shedding was sending a bad signal to investors and government was ...
Energy
Department of Energy audit outcomes: Auditor-General SA briefing
12 Feb 2019
Auditor General SA noted that the audit outcome for the Energy portfolio had worsened versus previous audit periods, in that only two entities had achieved clean audits. The quality of financial statements as well as that of the performance reports had regressed. Irregular expenditure had regressed to R108.2m vs. R92.8 ...
Energy
Committee Reports: Draft IRP 2018 hearings; Convention on Physical Protection of Nuclear Material Amendment
27 Nov 2018
The Committee met to consider two important reports - amendments to the Convention on Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM) and the draft IRP 2018.
The Committee approved the amendments to CCPNM as it had received satisfactory responses regarding three concerns in raised in the previous meeting:
Energy
Convention on Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM) Amendment: briefing
20 Nov 2018
The DOE gave a briefing on the amendments to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM). The background to the CPPNM, the new obligations of the Convention, its strategic importance of CPPNM and the implementation plan for the amendments. He asked that the Committee consider the amendments ...
Energy
Committee Report on Draft Integrated Resource Plan: discussion, with Deputy Minister
13 Nov 2018
The updated Committee Report with the added comments made by Members during the meeting of 6 November 2018 was noted. Some of the updates related to coal, nuclear, Grand Inga and technology costing:
▪ Coal - Some stakeholders were concerned about the reduced role of coal in the draft IRP ...
Energy
Committee Report on draft Integrated Resource Plan: briefing
6 Nov 2018
The Committee Report contained views and comments from all the public input received during the consultation process on the draft Integrated Resource Plan (IRP2018). The Chairperson emphasised that this was a first draft for consideration by the Committee. Attendees at the meeting included the Centre for Environmental Rights, SA Faith ...
Energy
Draft Integrated Resource Plan 2018: roundtable discussion
30 Oct 2018
The Chairperson said the Committee wanted to hear everyone’s views - all the differing views had to be heard and common ground had to be found. He asked presenters to focus on the core issues where there were differences on the draft IRP. They did not want a rehash of ...
Energy
Draft Integrated Resource Plan 2018: public hearings
26 Oct 2018
The Committee heard the last batch of oral submissions on the Integrated Resource Plan 2018 (IRP). The South African Local Government Association (SALGA), South African Wind Energy Association (SAWEA), National Society of Black Engineers of SA (NSBESA), Black Business Council (BBC) jointly with the SA Energy Forum (SAEF), Organisation Undoing ...