. The overly compliance regulatory environment, as highlighted by CEF officials was noted. The Committee would engage the Department of Energy as part of finding a solution. . Committee was concerned about the high levels of skills constraints especially for the new and large projects. . Committee agreed to invite NEEA to parliament for a briefing of their role in promoting and guiding Energy Efficiency initiatives . The Committee also requested a report detailing how CEF dealt with incidents of fraud and corruption and further an indication of the extent of fraud and corruption within the group. . There were many projects which had been terminated before achieving desired results. CEF was asked to give a breakdown of all projects which were written-off and reasons why such decisions to disband or withdraw from those projects were taken. . The Committee sought to know from where will CEF get the E30 million investment needed for the Johanna Solar and Thin Film Solar Technologies Project as well as some of its foreign projects. . Concerns were raised with regard to the specific exclusion of maize from being a part of the feedstock for bio-fuels, including delays in the finalisation of blending values.