Resources

• Integrated Resource Plan for Electricity 2010-2030 - Final Report
  [Relatórios Científicos]

  25 Mar 2011The current iteration of the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) for South Africa, initiated by the Department of Energy (DoE) after a first round of public ...

• Idasa calls for “informed participation” in climate change policy-making
  [Notícias e Avisos]

  28 Fev 2011Idasa’s submission to February’s National Climate Change Response Green Paper, on behalf of the Electricity Governance Initiative of South Africa (EGI-SA) which it co-ordinates, points ...

• Submission by WWF-SA
  [Submissions]

  21 Jan 2011This is a submission by WWF-SA (Living Planet Unit) in response to the request for public comments on the draft Electricity Regulations on New Generation ...

• Submission to the Department of Energy
  [Submissions]

  21 Jan 2011Submission to the Department of Energyconcerning theDraft Electricity Regulations on New Generation Capacitypromulgated for comment in Government Gazette No. 33819dated 30 November 2010, in Notice ...

• Public comments on the draft Electricity Regulations on New Generation Capacity
  [Notícias e Avisos]

  21 Jan 2011Letter Compiled by the Southern African Faith Communities'Environement Institute (SAFCEI) to the Department of Energy SAFCEI would like to provide some comment on the proposed ...

• Prospects for renewable energy in SA
  [Artigos]

  17 Jan 2011In October the South African government announced a R150 billion, 5 000-MW solar park to be built in the Northern Cape. Analysts have questioned why ...

• Energy - the great policy disconnect in SA
  [Relatórios Científicos]

  17 Jan 2011Several processes are underway to address the energy challenges of South Africa's future. There is an imperative to quite literally, keep the lights on, but the ...

• Submission on Integrated Resource Plan for Electricity
  [Submissions]

  10 Dez 2010Revision 2 of 2010Submission prepared by:Hilton Trollip, Senior Research Consultant htrollip@idasa.org.zaSmita Nakhooda, Senior Research Consultant snakhooda@idasa.org.zaGary Pienaar, Senior Researcher gpienaar@idasa.org.zaElectricity Governance Initiative of South AfricaEconomic ...

• Government Gazette - Electricity Regulation Act No. 4 of 2006
  [Artigos]

  30 Nov 2010REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICARegulation Gazette No. 9430 Vol. 545 Pretoria, 30 November 2010 No. 33819Electricity Regulation Act No. 4 of 2006Electricity Regulations on New Generation ...

• IRP2: Oral submission to the Department of Energy’s Public Hearings
  [Submissions]

  29 Nov 2010Cape Town, 29 November 2010Gary PienaarEconomic Governance Programme The significance and extent of the implications are undoubtedly clearer to those participating in these public hearings, ...

• Clean Energy, Good Governance, and Electricity Regulation
  [Relatórios de Conferência]

  20 Out 2010Electricity regulators in the rapidly growing emerging economies of India, South Africa, Brazil and Mexico face similar challenges. Clean energy options are supporting their efforts ...

• Analysis of the IRP 2010 Input Parameters
  [Relatórios Científicos]

  19 Out 2010By Abigail Knox Idasa leads a consortium of South African civil society organisations and research institutes in the local chapter of the Electricity Governance Initiative ...

• Electricity Governance Initiative’s Newsletter
  [Boletins Informativos]

  19 Ago 2010The Electricity Governance Initiative’s latest newsletter has assessment reports from South Africa, Brazil, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, as well as an overview of the next steps ...

• Much at stake for South Africans in electricity choices
  [Artigos]

  12 Ago 2010In Keeping the Lights On? A Review of the Draft Assumptions Underpinning South Africa’s Integrated Resource Plan 2, Gary Pienaar and Smita Nakhooda note that ...

• Electricity Governance Initiative Policy Update - The Integrated Resource Plan 2
  [Relatórios Científicos]

  10 Ago 2010The Integrated Resource Plan (IRP 2) for the electricity sector that is presently under development is a critically important process. The IRP will determine whether ...

• Nersa holds hearings into energy efficiency and DSM rules
  [Artigos]

  05 Ago 2010By: Christy van der Merwe5th August 2010 Power utility Eskom and other energy sector participants on Thursday expressed concern over a lack of consultation in ...

• Comments on the Draft NERSA EE DSM RUles
  [Submissions]

  20 Jul 2010Idasa welcomes the Department of Energy and NERSA’s efforts to revisit the rules for energy efficiency and demand side management through this process. The potential ...

• NERSA Consultation Paper
  [Relatórios Científicos]

  30 Jun 2010Revision of Regulatory Rules for Energy Efficiency and Demand Side Management (EEDSM) including Standard Offer Programme (SOP)June 2010 The first Energy Efficiency and Demand Side ...

• Submission on the Draft Integrated Resource Plan
  [Submissions]

  11 Jun 20102 Assumptions Idasa's engagement on this issue builds on its ongoing work on the Electricity Governance Initiative South Africa. Its objective is to raise awareness ...

• Clean Energy in the Spotlight as Global Electricity Regulators Arrive in South Africa
  [Press Releases]

  19 Mai 2010From 19-21 May, electricity regulators, stakeholders, and experts from South Africa, India, Mexico and Brazil are meeting in Cape Town to explore the challenges of ...

• Electricity Governance Initiative of South Africa
  [Press Releases]

  22 Fev 2010See the pictures from the release here. The Electricity Governance Initiative of South Africa report – The Governance of Power: Shedding a Light on the ...

• Presentation to NERSARevised Eskom MYPD2 application
  [Discursos]

  01 Fev 201028 January 2010 Introduction Idasa does not at this stage express a firm view as to: the necessary extent of infrastructural development required to meet ...

• Tackling the elephant
  [Notícias e Avisos]

  01 Fev 2010RICHARD CALLAND, SALIEM FAKIR AND LEONARD GENTLE JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – Mail & Guardian Dec 18 2009 12:41 As global climate change negotiations in Copenhagen ...

• Eskom - we need to have a public conversation
  [Artigos]

  02 Dez 2009By Richard Calland and Gary Pienaar   Discuss this on our blog here ... Picking holes in the governance of electricity supply, and energy policy more generally, ...

• Accountability in the electricity sector
  [Artigos]

  15 Out 2009This brief provides a comparison of two processes, examining the public consultation process that was followed and comparing the extent to which issues raised by ...

• Conflicting policies for renewable energy in SA
  [Artigos]

  15 Out 2009In January 2009, while the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) was making its finishing touches to the Renewable Energy Feed-in Tariff (REFIT), the ...

• GOVERNMENT GAZETTE - Electricity Regulation Act, 2006
  [Artigos]

  05 Ago 2009GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 5 AUGUST 2009DEPARTMENT OF ENERGYNo. R. 721 5 August 2009ELECTRICITY REGULATION ACT, 2006ELECTRICITY REGULATIONS ON NEW GENERATION CAPACITY

• Electricity Governance Initiative Launched
  [Artigos]

  02 Fev 2009The Electricity Governance Initiative (EGI) is a joint project of the World Resources Institute in Washington and the Prayas Energy Group in India. In co-operation ...

• Improving Governance in Electricity Sector
  [Notícias e Avisos]

  01 Out 2008The Electricity Governance Initiative (EGI) has launched a new effort in South Africa with the aim of improving governance of the electricity sector. The initiative ...