Part 1 Revenue Application: Multi-Year Price Determination ... - Eskom

Licensee mandates
Overview of Multi-Year Price Determination
2013/14–2017/18 (MYPD 3)
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A number of cost categories detailed above are incurred in each of the licenced areas. For
example, capital expenditure, operating expenses, depreciation and returns are applicable
for each licenced area. In addition certain unique activities are carried out within each of the
licensee functions. This is summarised below.
Table 56: Licensee mandates
Generation Transmission Distribution
Primary energy Construction of transmission
lines and infrastructure
Power plant construction Maintenance and operations of
Generation plant operations and
maintenance
Generation
transmission infrastructure
System operations and
Independent System and
Market Operator
Construction of distribution
infrastructure
Maintenance and operations of
distribution assets
Import of electricity Customer services
Grid code secretariat
Generation is responsible for providing reliable, available generating capacity with a target
EAF of 90%.
Primary Energy
Primary Energy is responsible for identifying, developing, sourcing, procuring and delivering
the necessary amounts of primary energy (water, coal, sorbent and biomass) of the required
quality to Eskom‟s power stations, at the right time and at minimum cost.