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This document serves as a customizable template Supplemental Wheeling Agreement between the municipality and the offtaker.

This document provides a template Municipal Wheeling Policy that the municipality can customize according to their own municipal needs. The document also includes two appendices, namely the municipal wheeling requirements and application forms.

The COGTA Wheeling Framework guides South African municipalities in enabling third-party electricity wheeling, where private generators sell power to customers through municipal networks. It provides clear steps on legal, technical, and financial requirements, aligning with NERSA rules and national legislation. The framework ensures fair use-of-system charges and protects municipal revenue while opening the market to private investment.

National Treasury GCC O&M Agreement

Guide to managing the operation and maintenance agreement.

Renewable Energy Policy Municipal Template.

Municipal Own Generation Legal Landscape Report

Memorandum regarding Financing Structures

The report provides an overview the steps municipalities must take to facilitate electricity wheeling in their jurisdictions and provides an overview of the progress municipalities to wheel. (SALGA, 2023)

This spreadsheet assists municipalities determine the revenue impact of electricity wheeling. The model requires various inputs about the municipality, the electricity tariffs, the generator, and the offtaker. The model accounts for wind or solar generators connecting to Eskom’s network, and accommodates embedded solar generations. For all generator arrangements, the offtaker receiving wheeled energy must be a municipal customer. Developed by Sustainable Energy Africa as part of a Western Cape-funded project.