Question NW3282 to the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy
07 November 2023 - NW3282
Paulsen, Mr N M to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy
What (a) progress has been made with discussions and/or plans to fast-track Small-scale Embedded Generation applications by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa and (b) are the relevant details in this regard?
Reply:
Small-Scale Embedded Generation (SSEG) project are “behind the meter” solutions and not subject to regulator approval, but simply require a generator to register with the Regulator. The financial viability of SSEG projects is subject to a generator securing a concomitant power purchase agreement with a prospective buyer of the electricity produced.
Where the electricity is required to be wheeled, the wheeling agreements are subject to approval by the respective distributor (Municipality or Eskom) through whose distribution infrastructure the energy is evacuated from the point of production to the point of consumption.
To assist municipalities/Eskom to structure and price wheeling agreements, a National Wheeling Framework has been developed and is currently being reviewed by NERSA