Author Archives: Sinalo Thuku

This session covers the critical design phase of municipal energy projects, including generator plant design and distributor network design—ensuring technical feasibility, compliance, and alignment with project requirements.

This session outlines the purpose and value of contracts in municipal processes—focusing on risk mitigation, conflict prevention, and maintaining compliance. It also explores key agreements, legal requirements, and their links to broader authorisation processes.

This session provides an introduction to the financial and billing aspects of energy projects, including tariff structures, metering and billing processes, and budget and quotation considerations

Municipal Processes Steps 1, 2 & 3

This presentation unpacks the key elements governing the energy sector, covering relevant Acts and Standards, general rights and obligations, and NERSA licensing/registration requirements. We’ll explore project feasibility considerations, provide an overview of ERA Section 34 determinations, and touch on other essential regulatory provisions.

Presentation: Overview of LT1MW Process

This presentation provides an overview of the Guide on Processing Embedded Generation Greater than 1 MW or Larger, developed to assist municipalities in managing applications for embedded generators of 1 MW and above.

This document is used to evaluate the grid impact study results and check all necessary supporting documents for compliance are supplied.

Grid Impact Data Requirements.

This presentation explains the importance of short-circuit current analysis in ensuring safe and reliable power system operation. It covers analysis methods, contributions from different types of embedded generators, and where to evaluate these contributions to prevent equipment damage, minimise outages, and protect personnel.