Premier
In the light of recent announcements about the Provincial Energy Plan and taking into account the Municipal Energy Resilience Project (MERP) announced in 2020:
- (a) How much has been spent on consultants or contractors to date and (b)(i) which consultants or contractors were employed and (ii) what was each consultant or contractor paid for services rendered;
- (a)(i) which municipalities benefited from the investment provided in terms of the MERP and (ii) how much megawatt of power was produced by the MERP, (b) what was the cost of each megawatt of energy produced and (c)(i) how many emergency energy packs will be provided in the current financial year and (ii) where will they be distributed?
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- (a) How much has been spent on consultants or contractors to date:
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I have been informed by the Department of Economic Development and Tourism that:
The following table displays the amount spent on consultants since 2019/20 the financial year.
|
Financial Year |
Expenditure |
|
2019/20 |
R5 186 673* |
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2020/2021
|
R 14 197 893 ** |
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2021/2022
|
R17 037 132 ** |
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2022/2023 Not yet audited
|
R 7 334 288 |
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Total |
R 43 755 987* |
* The green economy ecosystem support contract in 2019/20 included water, waste, electric vehicles, utility scale energy, energy services and green economy finance.
** The green economy ecosystem support contract in 2020/21 and 2021/22 included both water and energy support.
(b)(i) which consultants or contractors were employed and (ii) what was each consultant or contractor paid for services rendered?
The table below provides the details on the consultants utilised by DEDAT:
|
Financial Year |
Name of consultant |
Amount Paid |
Services rendered |
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2019/20 |
GreenCape |
R 5 186 673 |
|
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2020/2021 |
J Maynard |
R 4 716 266 |
|
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Vally Padayachee and Associates (Pty) Ltd |
R 2 162 200
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GreenCape |
R 7 319 426 |
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2021/2022 |
J Maynard |
R 4 720 946 |
|
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GreenCape |
R 8 822 637 |
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|
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2022/2023 Not yet Audited |
Sustainable Energy Africa |
R 1 026 935 |
|
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Sustainable Energy Africa |
R 1 193 840 |
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Pegasys |
R 1 530 995 |
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Pricewaterhouse Coopers |
R 817 967 |
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Through the MER Fund, the following consultants were appointed by several Western Cape municipalities:
|
Municipality |
Foundational Study |
TPA* Funding |
Revised TPA Funding |
Expenditure |
Appointed Consultant |
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Stellenbosch |
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|
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Mini IRP/Energy Master Plan |
R900 000 |
|
R900 000 |
CSIR |
|
|
Updating EMP |
R300 000 |
|
R300 000 |
GLS Consulting |
|
|
Cost of Supply Study |
R1 200 000 |
R 938 126 |
R 450 000 |
Neil Lyners and Associates and BBE Energy |
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Mossel Bay |
|
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|
|
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Cost of Supply Study |
R500 000 |
|
R500 000 |
CVW Consulting Engineers |
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Swartland |
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|
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Updating of EMP |
R 400 000 |
|
R 400 000 |
De Villiers & Moore |
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Overstrand |
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New Cost of Supply Study |
R650 000 |
|
R650 000 |
Neil Lyners and Associates |
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Bitou |
|
|
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|
|
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Cost of supply study |
R650 000 |
|
R650 000 |
GLS Consulting |
|
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Updating EMP |
R700 000 |
|
R700 000 |
GLS Consulting and Neil Lyners and Associates |
|
George |
|
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Updating of EMP |
R400 000 |
|
R400 000 |
CVW Consulting Engineers |
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Witzenberg |
|
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|
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Updating EMP |
R747 500 |
|
R747 500 |
Neil Lyners and Associates |
|
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Cost of Supply Study |
R1 014 000 |
|
R1 014 000 |
CVW Consulting Engineers |
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Cape Agulhas |
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Updating of EMP |
R 1 000 000 |
R 340 199 |
R 287 269 |
Motla Consulting Engineers |
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|
Cost of Supply Study |
R 1 500 000 |
R 322 150 |
R 322 150 |
Motla Consulting Engineers |
TPA: Transfer Payment Agreement
(2)(a) (i) which municipalities benefited from the investment provided in terms of the MERP, and
The following municipalities benefitted from the MERP:
|
Project |
Municipality |
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Municipal wheeling revenue impact assessment |
Initially George and Overstrand – to be distributed to and used by all municipalities |
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Wheeling use of systems agreement |
Initially George – to be distributed to and used by all municipalities |
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Profiling the future energy demand of private sector high electricity users |
All WC municipalities |
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SSEG framework & tariff support |
All WC municipalities |
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Pioneering project pre-feasibility studies |
Mossel Bay, Stellenbosch, Drakenstein and Saldanha Bay Municipalities |
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Pooled buying project |
Drakenstein, Stellenbosch, Mossel Bay, Saldanha Bay Municipalities, and the City of Cape Town. The initial mechanism includes consideration of scaling up for the inclusion of other WC municipalities as and when appropriate. |
|
MER Fund beneficiary municipalities |
Mossel Bay, Swartland, Overstrand, George, Witzenberg, Stellenbosch, Bitou and Cape Agulhas |
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Municipal Independent Power Producer Procurement (MIPPP) pioneering project TA support |
Stellenbosch Municipality
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Support towards adoption of Council resolution for MIPPP |
Drakenstein Municipality |
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Support on Green Hydrogen development & co-ordination |
Saldanha Bay Municipality |
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Unpacking the MER detail and how this is aligned to local realities and existing opportunities. This was done through multiple DCF & DCF Tech, PCF, MinMay, TIME, Municipal MER Forum, Municipal CFO Forum, Municipal SCM Forum and other meetings. |
All district al local municipalitie |
(ii) how much megawatt of power was produced by the MERP,
A total of 199 MW small scale embedded generation (SSEG) systems have been registered by Western Cape municipalities (note that this excludes the City’s latest figures for which we have not received an update since September 2022 due to their system upgrade and excludes some municipal registration figures for the last quarter, which are still awaited). 138 MW of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement (REIPPPP) Bid Window 4 projects are operational in the Western Cape and 280MW of Bid Window 5 projects located in the Western Cape have reached legal close.
- what was the cost of each megawatt of energy produced
The megawatts reported above are based on the SSEG installed in residential and commercial properties and on wheeling projects by the private sector, with the costs being unknown.
(c)(i) how many emergency energy packs will be provided in the current financial year?
The WCG has budgeted to provide 100 000 load shedding packs in the 2023/24 financial year.
(ii) where will they be distributed?
The selection criteria for the packs are still under discussion and will affect the distribution approach.
