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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
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 ...
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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
IPP Purchase Agreements: Department of Energy & ESKOM update, with DPE Minister & DoE Deputy Minister
20 Jun 2017
The Department of Energy (DoE) and Eskom were expected to present the final process and the date for signing the power purchase agreements with independent power producers (IPPs), but their presentation was simply an update on processes that the they were following. That was not the agenda item, and was ...
Energy
Department of Energy on its Annual Performance Plan, with Minister and Deputy Minister in attendance
2 May 2017
In her first appearance before the Committee, the newly designated Minister of Energy, Ms Mmamaloko Kubayi covered a wide range of important topics that were of concern to Members, particularly those related to the lack of trust and transparency from which the Department of Energy (DoE) was suffering. The meeting ...
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DOE on its Quarter 2 & 3 Performance, with Deputy Minister
7 Mar 2017
The Department on Energy adjusted total budget is R7.5 billion for 2016/17. The year-to-date budget at the end of Quarter 2 (1 April to 31 August 2016, which was six months), was R5.1 billion. Year-to-date the Department had spent R4.6 billion, leaving a variance of R438 million. The variances were: ...