Whether her department procured any services from and/or made any payments to (a) Mr. Mzwanele Manyi, (b) the Progressive Professionals Forum, (c) the Decolonisation Fund and/or (d) the Black Business Council; if not, in each case, why not; if so, what (i) services were procured, (ii) was the total cost, (iii) is the detailed breakdown of such costs, (iv) was the total amount paid, (v) was the purpose of the payments and (vi) is the detailed breakdown of such payments in each case?
a) No procurement of services and/or payments were made to Mr. Mzwandile Manyi.
b) No procurement of services and/or payments were made to the Progressive Professionals Forum
c) No procurement of services and/or payments were made to the Decolonisation Fund
d) No procurement of services and/or payments were made to the Black Business Council
i) No services were procured
ii) R- Nil
iii) R- Nil or No ...
Mr M M Dlamini (EFF) to ask the Minister of Energy:(1) (a) What amount does Eskom pay Independent Power Producers (IPPs) compared to coal production for electricity production and (b) what is the Eskom retail price compared to the price Eskom pays to IPPs and coal;
(2) (a) for how long are contracts signed with each IPP, (b) what is Eskom BBEEE policy for Independent Power Producers and (c) are all IPPs BBEEE compliant?
(1)(a)
The average price payable under the Renewable Energy (RE) IPP Programme, covering the production coming only from the RE projects signed in 2011, ending 30 September 2016 was 218 c/kWh, whereas for the RE projects announced in 2015, the production cost averages 62 c/kWh.
Eskom aggregate cost of coal produced electricity in 2016 is s 44.1 c/kWh. Kindly note that ...
What amount did Eskom pay annually for diesel from (a) long term or fixed contractors and (b) short or medium term noncontractors (i) in the (aa) 2012-13, (bb) 2013-14, (cc) 2014-15 and (dd) 2015-16 financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2016?
The Department received the question, reviewed its contents against its mandate and has determined that the most appropriate respondent should be the Department of Public Enterprises.
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What is the (a) make, (b) model, (c) price and (d) date on which each vehicle was purchased for use by (i) her and (ii) her deputy (aa) in the (aaa) 2014-15 and (bbb) 2015-16 financial years and (bb) since 1 April 2016?
(i). The Minister
No new vehicles were purchased in (aaa) 2014-15; (bbb) 2015-16 financial years and (bb) since 1 April 2016
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(ii). The Deputy Minister
No new vehicles were purchased in (aaa) 2014-15; (bbb) 2015-16 financial years and (bb) since 1 April 2016
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With reference to her reply to question 2179 on 11 November 2016, why did the Strategic Fuel Fund indicate on page 51 of its 2015-16 annual report that an amount of R2,1 billion was transferred to the Equalisation Fund, which the specified fund’s 2015- 16 annual report confirms?
(1)(a) Who were the buyers of the Strategic Fuel Fund’s sale of 10 million barrels of crude oil, (b) what portion of the specified number of barrels did each buyer buy and (c) what amount did each buyer pay;
(2) have all payments in respect of the specified sale been made to date; if not, why not; if so, by what date was each payment made;
(3) whether her department reserves the right to reverse the sale if found to have been illegally transacted; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Whether the National Energy Regulator of South Africa will furnish Mr P van Dalen with copies of Eskom’s week on week energy availability factor, demand and energy reports since 1 January 2016; if not, why not; if so, by what date?
(a) Why did the PetroSA Board agree to go ahead with the drilling of wells in the Ikhwezi Project even though initial drilling and subsequent reports indicated that the field contained only 46 billion cubic feet of gas instead of the predicted 242 billion cubic feet and (b) what are the (i) names of each board member present at the meeting where the decision was taken to continue drilling wells in the specified project, (ii) relevant details of the (aa) process followed to make the decision and (bb) scientific evidence used to (aaa) make the initial determination to drill wells in the project and (bbb) continue drilling wells and (iii) names of each company and/or organisation that forecast the 242 billion cubic feet?
What programmes or initiatives has her department put in place to educate rural and poor communities about the importance of energy efficiency?
Whether the National Energy Regulator of South Africa will furnish Mr P van Dalen with copies of Eskom’s week on week energy availability factor, demand and energy reports since 1 January 2016; if not, why not; if so, by what date?
Honourable van Dalen is requested to direct the question to the Minister of Public Enterprises as the information requested belongs to Eskom which reports to the Minister of Public Enterprises.
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