Category Archives: Wheeling

Infographic overview of electricity wheeling in South African Municipalities.

This guideline describes the process and requirements for third party energy providers to wheel electrical energy on a Local Municipality’s distribution grid. This guideline will be regularly reviewed and amended to keep abreast with the rapid developments in the wheeling space, and as the municipality’s technical capacity is built through engagements with the wheeling industry.

As renewable energy costs decline and companies strive to decarbonise their power supply, there is a growing call for municipalities to facilitate wheeling of electricity across their distribution networks. This paper explores how municipalities can calculate use-of-system charges for providing access to their networks for wheeling (Dippenaar et al, 2022).

A discussion paper describing current approaches to wheeling within municipal boundaries.