(i) be established through a or Eskom customer in these tendering procedure which is processes. fair, equitable, transparent, competitive and (ii) provide for private sector participation.’ Electricity Regulation Act (2006), Regulator may, after Defines partial involvement of ‘The Section 35 (1) consultation with […] Eskom and municipalities municipalities that reticulate into regulation activities. electricity […] make guidelines and publish codes of conduct and practice, or make rules by notice in the Gazette.’ Electricity Regulation Act on New Power Effectively implies that local ‘“Independent Generation Capacity (2009), Producer" or "IPP" means government cannot hold a Definition IPP any undertaking by any direct or indirect controlling person or entity, in which the interest in an IPP. government of South Africa does not hold a controlling ownership interest (whether direct or indirect) […]’ The Electricity Pricing Policy GN N/A The electricity Pricing policy 1398 of 19 December 2008 is silent on these types of systems and does not indicate how they should be treated. The Renewable Code This code outlines grid The grid connection connection conditions to conditions in this code are comply with for all sizes of more relevant to a bigger renewable energy generators size of generation plants connecting to higher levels of voltage and not at low voltage levels. As a result, this code warrants much more stringent performance from these plants. The Distribution code The distribution code outlines This code is rather limited all requirements for: with regard to dealing with issues of embedded Metering renewable generation. It assumes that all renewable Connection conditions for embedded generators energy related issues will be but assuming it would be dealt with within the scope of thermal or hydro power the renewable energy grid code. stations.
(i) be established through a tendering procedure which is fair, equitable, transparent, competitive and (ii) provide for private sector participation.’ or Eskom customer in these processes. Electricity Regulation Act (2006), Section 35 (1) ‘The Regulator may, after consultation with […] municipalities that reticulate electricity […] make guidelines and publish codes of conduct and practice, or make rules by notice in the Gazette.’ Defines partial involvement of Eskom and municipalities into regulation activities. Electricity Regulation Act on New Generation Capacity (2009), Definition IPP ‘“Independent Power Producer" or "IPP" means any undertaking by any person or entity, in which the government of South Africa does not hold a controlling ownership interest (whether direct or indirect) […]’ Effectively implies that local government cannot hold a direct or indirect controlling interest in an IPP. The Electricity Pricing Policy GN 1398 of 19 December 2008 N/A The electricity Pricing policy is silent on these types of systems and does not indicate how they should be treated. The Renewable Code This code outlines grid connection conditions to comply with for all sizes of renewable energy generators The grid connection conditions in this code are more relevant to a bigger size of generation plants connecting to higher levels of voltage and not at low voltage levels. As a result, this code warrants much more stringent performance from these plants. The Distribution code The distribution code outlines all requirements for: Metering Connection conditions for embedded generators but assuming it would be thermal or hydro power stations. This code is rather limited with regard to dealing with issues of embedded renewable generation. It assumes that all renewable energy related issues will be dealt with within the scope of the renewable energy grid code.
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