Is the South African electricity tariff model conducive to an energy efficient economy?South Africaenergy efficiencydecouplingpower tariffsEnergy conservation has emerged as the most prudent means of deferring capacity expansion of utility generation and power delivery infrastructure. This is particularly ...
South Africa’s1998 Energy Policy White Paperand the newElectricity Regulation Amendment Actpromote access to affordable electricity. However, they’ve been implemented very slowly. Affordable electricity needs to be taken seriously. The question is whether the country’s electricity ...
There are three possible solutions. Either taxpayers or electricity customers, or a combination, will have to pay Eskom's debt. There has also been loose talk of using funds from the Unemployment Insurance Fund and the Government Employees Pension Fund but no plan has emerged. The longer governm...
“Electricity basic services support tariff (free basic electricity) for... DME (Department of Minerals and Energy) Integrated Energy Plan for the Republic of South Africa (2003) DME (Department of Minerals and Energy) White Paper on Renewable Energy (2003) DME (Department of Minerals and ...
Rolling blackouts are costing South Africa dearly. The electricity crisis is a barrier to growth, destroys investor confidence and handicaps almost every economic activity. It has raised input costs for producers and retailers, ...
Apart from the obvious advantages like identifying electricity-guzzling appliances and the automatic managing of the complicated South African tariff system, the AMI is also the first step towards a true Smart Grid that will strengthen demand side management. A stable flow of information will ...
South Africa's demand for electricity will exceed Eskom's peak installed capacity by 2007. The all important Demand-side management (DSM) techniques employed also focus on the domestic sector. One area that has not been investigated adequately are the losses due to the standby power. It refers...
In South Africa, electricity is provided as a public service by municipalities. The combination of (a) rising electricity rates, (b) decreasing photovoltaic technology costs, and (c) a progressive tariff system (under which wealthier households support low tariff rates for indigent residents) leads...
Those being retrenched were given a one month notice period on September 2. South Africa is home to about 80 per cent of the world’s proven platinum reserves, but the industry has been struggling with rising costs – particularly related to labour costs and electricity tariff hikes – and ...
energy policy efficiencyfeed-in tariffs (FITs)renewable energy sources (RES) supportThe efficiency of fiscal support for electricity generation from renewable ... S Papadelis,V Stavrakas,A Flamo - 《Energies》 被引量: 9发表: 2016年 Feed-in tariff designs for California: Implications for project...