SA companies want to generate their own power

[WollieVerstege]

I am not an expert, this is not gospel, but as far as I understand the promulgated rules, we're currently in this situation:

Wheeling power - licence needed from NERSA, Eskom permission needed or Muni permission.
Reselling power - permission needed - IPP in place, NERSA etc.

Self consumption < 100MW - none needed.
eg Business Park - self use, mining, industrial etc

This is actually the problem I am sitting with. If the business park consists of multiple free hold properties, then wheeling and/or reselling rules come into play, so going to big and hoping for better economies of scale goes out the window as you cannot sell on to the people around you. Even Sectional Titles have issues.

 

[itareanlnotani]

This is actually the problem I am sitting with. If the business park consists of multiple free hold properties, then wheeling and/or reselling rules come into play, so going to big and hoping for better economies of scale goes out the window as you cannot sell on to the people around you. Even Sectional Titles have issues.

I'd speak to a lawyer, but you may be able to get around it by not selling the electricity, and including it in the rent.

Then have a variable management fee which "weirdly" coincides relatively closely to the units electricity usage.


Won't work if different ERF's though, but should work for something like a Mall or Biz Park with single erf.

 

[WollieVerstege]

I'd speak to a lawyer, but you may be able to get around it by not selling the electricity, and including it in the rent.

Then have a variable management fee which "weirdly" coincides relatively closely to the units electricity usage.


Won't work if different ERF's though, but should work for something like a Mall or Biz Park with single erf.

Yeah, sounds like a possible plan. Unfortunately CoCT is one of the few municipalities that actually work, so would not want to hassle with them.
We are in exploratory talks with the CoCT though to see if we can get some sort of exemption where the electricity is not wheeled across the municipal infrastructure.

 

[PaulMurkin]

Why is it always goodbye Eskom in these articles? I don’t believe that all these companies are installing solar and a massivly expensive multi-million Rand battery pack to save a few bucks. Probably only their partial daytime electricity requirements are covered by solar, the rest (night, rainy or cloudy days, etc.) comes from Eskom or the municipalities just as before.

They aren't, like many companies, they are either shutting down or withdrawing from SA (the latter is usually true for international companies)

 

[system32]

Eskom wants 20.5% increase for 2022/2023 and load shedding (aka no power) no wonder companies are installing alternatives.

Remember companies get SARS incentive to install Solar.

Home owners get no incentives.

 

[Corelli]

Yip companies locally are generating their own

Old Mutual shaded parking now replaced with solar

Vodacom now have effectively a solar roof at Century City, Cape Town

Neelsie student centre at Stellenbosch (Did you know that Stellenbosch doesnt get load shedding anymore.

 

[Lupus]

I know that you still have to register when you want to build a private 100MW solar farm, but when do you need to register? Just before you complete the build? Or before you start? It might be there are a lot more projects in the pipeline, they just haven't been registered yet. I mean as far as I know they can't decline registration as long as you are within the parameters?

What if you stop at 99?