PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON MINERALS AND ENERGY

PROGRAMME FOR 1st TERM 2008

DATE	TIME	VENUE	AGENDA
Jan			Committee period to be used for planning, training and oversight
Tues 12/2			State of the Nation Address
Wed 13/2	10:00 – 13:00	V 227	DME update on Legislative programme 2008/9
Wed 20/2	10:00 – 13:00	V 227	Committee analyses of SONA and how it relates to its portfolio, for example electrification targets, security of energy supply, etc
Wed 27/2	10:00 – 13:00	M 201	Budget Speech (NA)
Wed 5/3	10:00 – 13:00	M 46	Committee analyses of the Budget speech and how it relates to the portfolio Briefing on Energy Security Master Plan
Wed 12/3	10:00 – 13:00	S 12A	Brief on gas pricing - progress
Wed 19/3	10:00 – 13:00	S 26	Briefing by South African Petroleum Industry Association: Biofuels
Wed 26/3	10:00 – 13:00	M 46	Preparatory discussion on DME budget vote and strategic plan

PROGRAMME FOR 2^ND TERM 2008 (May – June)

Budget Vote: Minerals and Energy

• Committee training on analysing the Budget
• Input from stakeholders: oil industry, electricity, energy, mining industry and organised labour on budget vote
• Departmental brief on Budget Vote
• Committee discussion in preparation for development of report on budget
• Consideration and adoption of report

Tabling of report

Oversight visits:

• Visit to the mines (Chamber of Mines)
• Visit to Oil companies – continued
• Gas Pipelines - Mozambique

Legislation:

• Electricity restructuring/Nuclear bill

PROGRAMME FOR 3^RD TERM 2008 (JULY – SEPTEMBER)

Committee training:

• Committee period: minerals and energy issues

Oversight:

• Visit to entities
• Visit to Bolivia – oil and gas
• Visit to Nigeria - oil

Legislation:

• Energy bill

PROGRAMME FOR 4^TH TERM 2008

Consideration of annual reports:

• Committee preparations on annual report
• DME brief on annual report
• Committee engagements with stakeholders on annual report
• Committee engagement with state owned entities on annual report
• Committee discussion on report on annual report
• Consideration and adoption of annual report
• Tabling of report on annual report

ISSUES TO CONSIDER FOR AGENDA:

Legislation Update

MPRDA – Way Forward

Gas Pricing, Task Team – follow-up

State Diamond Trader – progress

Electricity restructuring, EDIR – status

Draft Regulations, Electricity Regulations – brief

Biofuels strategy – brief

Energy security Master plan

Energy efficiency strategy

Renewable Energy – public hearing

INEP universal access targets – update

Beneficiation – progress

Nuclear policy and strategy – update

Training – all areas minerals and energy portfolio.

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APPROVED:

Mr GQM Doidge: NA House Chairperson, Committees

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