The National Energy Regulator of SA (Nersa) has published a consultation paper with measures to encourage rapid and large scale implementation of energy savings, in line with government policy on energy efficiency. This is one of the short-term measures to address SA’s power supply constraints through reduction of electricity demand, instead of commissioning new capacity.
Nersa said the introduction of the government’s energy efficiency and demand-side management policy had necessitated the review of its energy efficiency and demand-side management rules.
The review follows a December Government Gazette notice in which Energy Minister Dipuo Peters said Nersa should develop rules for the implementation of energy efficiency and reduction of electricity demand through a financial incentive scheme and the installation of 1- million solar water heaters. The government wants to distribute these by 2014.
You can read the rest of the article by SISEKO NJOBENI, as published in Business Day, 2010/06/25, here
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