(1)(a) Whether municipalities and Eskom are obliged to apply for licences to supply electricity to South Africa and (b) whether they are regulated by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa in terms of section 36 of the Electricity Regulation Act, Act 4 of 2006;
(2) whether municipal authorities, in their task of supplying electricity, are subject to the standard NRS 057:2009, read together with South African National Standard requirements SANS 474:2009;
(3) whether electricity suppliers such as a municipal authority and Eskom may make use of unlicensed, uncalibrated and untested electric meters and secondary equipment which cannot guarantee an accurate account, particularly against the background of the Municipal Finance Management Act, Act 56 of 2003, and relevant electricity legislation and regulations? NW1394E