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transformation capacity at Malelane and Marathon
substations are in progress. The 400kV line projects
planned to be commissioned in 2010 have not been
completed.
North Grid
The planned Spitskop, Marang, Witkop and Spencer
transformer projects for 2010/11 are completed.
South Grid
There were no projects planned to be commissioned
in 2010/11.
As shown in Table 4 1 above, the number of
customer applications for grid connections processed
is fairly high. Acceptance rates have increased when
compared to last year. Furthermore, analysis and
consultation with customers is required to understand
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North West Grid
There were no projects planned to be commissioned
in 2010/11.
4.3 GRID CONNECTIONS APPLICATIONS
Table 4 1 outlines the number of Indicative Quotations
(IQ’s), Feasibility Quotations (FQ’s) and Budget
Quotations (BQ’s) that have been processed during the
period January 2010 to December 2010. These are as
a result of applications for grid connections, as per the
Grid Code.
Grid Indicative Quotations Feasibility Quotations Budget Quotations
Issued Issued Accepted Issued Accepted
Central 0 8 6 4 3
East 0 2 1 1 1
North East 4 9 4 3 2
North West 3 0 0 0 0
North 2 15 5 0 0
South 11 3 0 2 2
West 16 3 2 3 2
Total 36 40 18 13 10
% Acceptance 45% 77%
Table 4.1: Connection Applications Quoted and Accepted
opportunities to improve this performance. There
have been a high number of Indicative Quote
applications (most of the 36 applications above)
received to connect Renewable Energy Generation
onto the Transmission Grid.