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Department of Energy + Central Energy Fund 2016/17 Annual Report, with Auditor-General input
4 Oct 2017
The Department of Energy (DoE) was disputing the findings of the Auditor-General because it did not want to disclose its irregular expenditure. This assertion was made during the Portfolio Committee’s meeting to discuss the annual reports of the DoE and the Central Energy Fund for the 2016-17 ...
The Committee received presentations from the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA), the Municipal Infrastructure Support Agent (MISA) and South African Local Government Association (SALGA) on the electricity distribution industry and Infrastructure rehabilitation.
The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) reported that ...
Energy
Electricity Distribution Sector: Department of Energy, NERSA & Eskom briefing; with Deputy Minister
12 Sep 2017
The Department of Energy (DoE), the Electricity Supply Commission (Eskom) and the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) appeared before the Portfolio Committee on Energy to give an insight into why there were electricity outages in some parts of the country, despite an excess in Eskom’s electricity generation capacity. ...
Energy
LPG market inquiry by Competition Commission, with Deputy Minister & Department response
5 Sep 2017
The Competition Commission presented the recommendations of its market inquiry into the Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) sector. In 2014, the Commission, in accordance with the powers granted to it under the Competition Amendment Act 2013, conducted a market inquiry in the LPG sector.
The market structure was found to be ...
Energy
Department of Energy on Quarter 4 performance, with Minister & Deputy Minister
22 Aug 2017
The Minister of Energy in her opening remarks clarified the following:
• The high vacancy rate and the recent interviews conducted for three DDGs, as well as her efforts to ensure that DoE agencies advertise all their vacancies;
• The high vacancy rate was due to the new department structure ...
Energy
Sale of strategic fuel stock by Strategic Fuel Fund: Minister of Energy, Central Energy Fund & SSF input
30 May 2017
Presentation document not made available
Lies, theft and dishonesty surround the mysterious sale of the country’s fuel stock reserves. This emerged during the Portfolio Committee on Energy’s discussion when the Minister of Energy was presenting the findings of a preliminary report into the controversial sale of the fuel stock.
It ...
Energy
Committee Report on Energy Budget
16 May 2017
The Committee met for recommendation and approval of the second draft Report of the Portfolio Committee on Energy, Budget Vote No 26 of the Department of Energy. The Committee’s recommendations were summarised on seven specific issues the Department should prioritise during the current financial year.
After the Committee’s first draft ...
Energy
PetroSA impairment & turnaround strategy, with Minister
14 Mar 2017
The purpose of the meeting was to get closure on the enormous impairment suffered by PetroSA in the 2014/2015 financial year. The Committee requested information about what led to the loss, who was responsible for it and how those people were held accountable. The Chairperson emphasised the importance of establishing ...
Energy
Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) & Integrated Energy Plan (IEP) update, with Deputy Minister
14 Feb 2017
The Department of Energy (DoE) took the Committee through the updates on the modelling and conclusion of the Integrated Energy Plan (IEP) and Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). Both policy tools had been allocated a consultation process from November 2016 to March 2017, which has not been finalised as stakeholders’ contributions ...
Energy
PetroSA’s R14.5 Billion Impairment: meeting postponed
18 Oct 2016
During the deliberations the Committee understood that;
-it was evident that the Department of Energy (DoE) was not yet ready with the outcome of PetroSA’s Impairment report and expressed displeasure over the lateness of the forensic report.
-The forensic report needed to ascertain whether the intervention through the turnaround strategies ...