Category Archives: Policy/Regulatory Information

The status of Embedded Generation (EG) in South African Municipalities is covered, with data per province and municipality where available. Total registered EG MW are also compared with other studies by Eskom and SAPVIA. (SALGA 2023)

This interim report provides feedback on the results of a research study assessing the compatibility of municipal electricity billing systems with the processing of embedded generation export tariffs and wheeling transactions.

A generic municipal policy document covering the overarching requirements and process of including SSEG onto the municipal network. This typically forms the primary municipal policy around SSEG and can be used for council submission.  The policy document refers to the more technically detailed Requirements for Embedded Generation document, which thus forms part of the policy. 

Specifies embedded generator sizes that are exempt from NERSA licensing requirements, and which are exempt but still need to register with NERSA (Note that this document is very similar to the 15 Dec 2022 Schedule 2, with one wording correction which does not affect embedded generator registration or licensing requirements).

This report highlights and clarifies the various legal and regulatory issues pertaining to the municipal legal framework applicable to embedded generation (Pinsent Masons, 2022).

A guide to the connection of embedded generation to a municipal distribution system: electricity supply by-law and policy requirements (Cliffe Decker Hofmeyr, 2019).

If you are considering installing a rooftop photovoltaic (PV) system, but you are not sure how to do it safely and legally, these guidelines will help you to: Make informed decisions about what type of PV system to install. Select the best service provider. Understand all the key requirements before, during and after installation.

This strategy guide provides a clear programme of action for local government to promote the development of energy efficiency (EE) and renewable energy (RE) in line with national policy direction and within local governance mandates (SEA & SALGA, 2021).

Where SSEG needs to be registered with NERSA  in terms of the ERA Schedule 2 (Licensing Exemption), this for is to be filled in and submitted to them. (NERSA 2019)

This industry brief by GreenCape clarifies the NERSA registration and licensing requirements for SSEG as of March 2020 (when the latest Schedule 2 – license exemption – of the ERA was gazetted). GreenCape 2021