Transmission Ten-Year Development Plan 2011-2020 - Eskom
Transmission Ten-Year Development Plan 2011-2020 - Eskom
Transmission Ten-Year Development Plan 2011-2020 - Eskom
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Foreword by Divisional Executive<br />
A reliable supply of electricity is essential for South<br />
Africa’s economy to grow and generate the additional<br />
job opportunities that our people so desperately<br />
need. A reliable <strong>Transmission</strong> network of adequate<br />
capacity to meet the country’s needs is a<br />
necessary condition for the provision of a reliable<br />
electricity supply to South Africa, and to support<br />
the Government’s initiatives to create jobs. The<br />
<strong>Transmission</strong> network does not only require regular<br />
preventative maintenance and timeous repair of<br />
faults to remain reliable, but it must be developed and<br />
extended as well to meet the increasing demands made<br />
upon it; or alternatively connect new loads and power<br />
stations should be connected to the network.<br />
The National Energy Regulator of South Africa<br />
(NERSA) has published, in the Grid Code; the rules<br />
governing investment in the <strong>Transmission</strong> network.<br />
<strong>Eskom</strong>, as the licensed <strong>Transmission</strong> Network Service<br />
Provider plans the network according to this Code<br />
and, subject to funding and other resource constraints,<br />
builds the network according to these plans. Where<br />
sufficient funds are not available to develop the network,<br />
a consistent set of rules is applied to prioritise projects<br />
and allocate funding in such a way that the maximum<br />
benefit is gained for South Africa.<br />
The <strong>Transmission</strong> <strong>Development</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> for the period<br />
<strong>2011</strong> to <strong>2020</strong> is the third such plan that is being<br />
published in the public domain. It follows on the second<br />
such plan published in 2010. The major focus of the<br />
plans continues to ensure that the new power stations<br />
<strong>Transmission</strong> <strong>Ten</strong>-<strong>Year</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> <strong>2011</strong>-<strong>2020</strong><br />
are integrated into the national power system and that<br />
there is minimum infrastructure to meet prescribed<br />
reliability criteria. Funding constraints mean that the<br />
time it will take to meet the full requirements of the<br />
Grid Code could be as late as <strong>2020</strong> .<br />
We estimate that, in nominal terms, an investment of<br />
R166 billion is required to the end of the financial year<br />
<strong>2020</strong>. This is a significant investment on its own if one<br />
compares it to what is needed for transport and water<br />
projects. These investments already consider constraints<br />
in funding and resource availability as they have ideally<br />
been accelerated. These investments will result in the<br />
reliability standards only being completely met in the<br />
period 2015 to <strong>2020</strong>.<br />
It is clear that electricity is the lifeblood of South Africa’s<br />
economy and hence there is a need for the country to<br />
understand what is required to ensure a reliable and<br />
secure supply and what investment levels are required<br />
to achieve it. We hope that this document will assist in<br />
this dialogue, and we welcome comments and queries<br />
on the content and format.<br />
We would also like to take this opportunity to thank<br />
the team that has worked and continues to work on<br />
the development of these plans. It is a difficult and<br />
complex process which requires extensive consultation<br />
and multiple iterations.<br />
Kind regards<br />
Mongezi Ntsokolo