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Minister of Energy on government’s plans in energy sector Day 1
21 Nov 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Energy was briefed by the Minister of Energy on the government’s plans relating to key and strategic matters in the energy sector until 2030.
The Minister said that the government’s energy policy was based on the country’s natural endowments and that while adjustments were made, the ...
Energy
SA National Energy Development Institute + National Nuclear Regulator on 2016/17 Annual Report
14 Nov 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Energy was briefed on the annual reports for 2016-17 of the South African National Energy Development Institute (SANEDI) and the National Nuclear Regulator (NNR).
The Chairperson of SANEDI said that the period from December 2016 had been a time of vigorous change ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Department of Higher Education and Training Quarter 2 performance
8 Nov 2017
The Department of Higher Education and Training briefed the Committee on its Quarter 2 Performance Report for the 2017/18 Financial Year. The Department reported on what it had been asked to provide inputs on by the Committee. For this period, the 2017/18 financial year, there were 86 targets. In addition, ...
Energy
Department of Energy Quarter 1 performance, with Deputy Minister
24 Oct 2017
Highlights for the First Quarter were 55 358 households connected to the electricity grid; 100 percent of invoices processed for payment within 30 days, and 28 municipalities signing contracts to implement energy efficiency measures. There was overspending on the Administration programme and the Nuclear Energy programme. Only R82.77 million from ...
Energy
Energy Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
17 Oct 2017
The Committee considered and adopted the Energy Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report.
Some of the Findings and Observation were:
-In the previous financial year the Department had 76 annual targets and of these 39 were achieved
-In contrast, under the current financial year the Department had 77 targets and only ...
Energy
Department of Energy Annual Report, with Minister & Deputy
10 Oct 2017
Annual Reports 2016/17
The meeting to consider the annual report of the Department of Energy (DoE) got off to a controversial start when Members of opposition parties questioned if the meeting was legal or not, as they wanted an assurance from the Minister of Energy that the appointment of ...
Energy
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 ...