ATC130503: Report of the Portfolio Committee on Energy on the Independent System And Market Operator Bill [B9 – 2012] (National Assembly – Section 76(1)), dated 30 April 2013:
Energy
Report of the Portfolio Committee on Energy on the
Independent System and Market Operator Bill [B9 2012] (National Assembly
Section 76(1)), dated 30 April 2013:
The Portfolio Committee on Energy, having
considered the subject of
the Independent System and Market Operator
Bill
[B9 2012
], initially classified by the Joint Tagging
Mechanism as a Section 75 Bill and subsequently re-classified as a Section
76(1) Bill, referred to it, reports the Bill with amendments [B9A 2012].
Recommendations
The
Portfolio Committee on Energy recommends that the National Assembly requests
the Minister of Energy, acting in consultation with the Ministers for Public
Enterprises, Finance and Cooperative Governance and Traditional affairs, to:
a)
Conduct
a due diligence study in order to determine the feasibility and implications of
the transfer of transmission assets and to submit a final report to the
National Assembly by 30 November 2013;
b)
Conduct
a cost benefit analysis of the possibility of incorporating the transmission
assets into the Independent System and Market Operator (ISMO)
c)
Further
conduct a cost benefit analysis of establishing a Transmission System Operator
(TSO); or any other arrangement suitable to the South African situation.
d)
Ensure
that the efforts on the restructuring of the entire electricity sector be
addressed as matter of urgency.
Report to be considered
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