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Department of Energy on its 4th Quarter 2015/16 & 1st Quarter 2016/17 performance, with Minister & Deputy in attendance
30 Aug 2016
The energy sector was deemed to be an essential service under the Constitution of South Africa. This brought to light the importance of the performance of the Department of Energy (DoE). While the DoE presented a pleasing report on the surface, Members of the Committee were quick to express strong ...
Energy
Committee Report on Energy Budget
3 May 2016
The Committee considered the Draft Report of the Portfolio Committee on Energy on the Budget Vote No 26 of the Department of Energy
The Committee effected grammatical and spelling changes to the Draft Report where members deemed it necessary. Members engaged in a lengthy discussion on whether the wording for ...
Energy
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
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
Solar Water Heater Programme with Minister & Deputy Minister
11 Aug 2015
The Minister of Energy was scheduled to brief the Committee on the progress made in the War Room on the Electricity Crisis. However the Democratic Alliance objected to the Committee receiving the briefing because the document handed to Members was classified and MPs were not authorised to deal with secret ...
Energy
Department of Energy on its 4th Quarter 2014/15 & 1st Quarter 2015/16 Performance, with Deputy Minister
4 Aug 2015
The Department of Energy (DoE) reported on its 4th Quarter 2014/15, saying that from a total of 39 fourth quarter targets, it achieved 17 (44%), partially achieved 13 (33%), and did not achieve 9 (23%). In total, the DoE received an adjusted budget of R7.44 billion in 2014/15; and as ...