City of Cape Town Update

Sarah Ward

11 August 2015

Electricity Consumption

Business as

usual forecast

2007

2015

24%

reduction

740 000 760 000 780 000 800 000 820 000 840 000 860 000 880 000 900 000 920 000 940 000 960 000 980 000

1 000 000 1 020 000 1 040 000 1 060 000 1 080 000 1 100 000 1 120 000 1 140 000 1 160 000 1 180 000 1 200 000 1 220 000 1 240 000

MW

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Aug-14 Sep-14 Oct-14 Nov-14 Dec-14 Jan-15 Feb-15 Mar-15 Apr-15 May-15 Jun-15 Jul-15

Actual 910 378 845 071 856 585 815 525 794 736 804 996 756 237 849 293 790 897 841 450 887 951 936 855

Baseline 1 188 46 1 090 40 1 092 30 1 074 32 1 030 92 1 026 94 994 593 1 077 08 1 055 25 1 141 36 1 173 15 1 210 04

2006/7 966 673 896 343 856 572 843 598 809 106 815 724 783 623 860 967 817 387 910 370 937 688 966 230

% Saving 23.4% 22.5% 21.6% 24.1% 22.9% 21.6% 24.0% 21.1% 25.1% 26.3% 24.3% 22.6%

MW

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City’s Accredited Service Provider Programme

• ADPs are vetted by City

team, with strict

standards and code of

conduct

• Promoting quality

products

• Expert advice, service

and installation

• Additional inspections

www.SavingElectricity.org.za

City’s Accredited Solar Water Heater Programme

Growth of local industry

as an

economic sector.

Potential growth into

export sector.

Local skills development.

Most jobs are in

installation.

R6,3 million would have

gone to Eskom – now retained

in Cape Town economy.

5 430 SWHs purchased

R98 million into local economic

development

155 job years created

13.9 GWh of electricity

saved

R25 million into residents pockets

Most will circulate in Cape Town economy.

Progress and economic benefits Feb 2014 to June 2015

Game Changer Work

1. Embedded generation uptake

– Conducive tariff environment

• National NETFIT programme; Tariff revision

– Conducive regulatory environment

• Allowing pro-sumers

– Installation standards and training

– Communication and marketing – extension of SWH programme?

2. Increased SWH uptake

– Accreditation programme

– Low income SWH programme (DoE)

– Rebate moving to insurance replacements of burst geysers?

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Game Changer Work

3. Rethinking Electricity Utility model

– Optimal supply mix study

– Sustainable tariffs

– City purchasing from IPPs

• Wind, Gas, Storage

• Regulatory barriers (single buyer, ministerial determinations,

NERSA generation license, legal opinions, interaction with

national)

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4. Load shedding

– Steenbras dam to

reduce load shedding

by 1 stage (in general)

– Demand response

strategy development

and implementation

– Commercial

curtailment scheme

pilots

– 10% reduction target…

agreement with

Eskom?

– Large scale curtailment

‘One City’ campaign

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Eskom and City of Cape Town supply map

Cape Town Energy2040 Vision and 5 year action plan

- stakeholder engagement

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City’s Consumption and Emissions

Cape Town Energy2040 stakeholder engagement

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Cape Town Energy2040

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Energy2040 – next 5 years (to 2020)

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2020

Thank You

For queries contact sarah.ward@capetown.gov.za)