The Integrated Energy Plan
Input from City of Cape Town for
public workshop
City of Cape Town
Oct 2013
Outline
Information on Cape Town metro demand, particularly
with regard to electricity
Municipal mandates which cover areas related to IEP
objectives – Cape Town’s response to these mandates
Cape Town’s policy commitments and implementation
programmes which have a bearing on the IEP
Challenges
Proposals to the IEP
National petrol and diesel
consumption (2007)
National electricity consumption
(2007)
Remainder
country
56%
Metros and
larger towns
44%
Metros and
larger towns
53%
National petrol consumption (2007)
Metros and
larger towns
58%
Electricity consumption – City of Cape Town
BAU
2007
2013 = 19% below BAU
= 2% below 2007
CAPE TOWN’S ENERGY FUTURES STUDY
 Comparison between BAU and Optimum Energy
Future
 Strategy/Policy development
 Prioritisation of programme areas and projects
Energy interventions
and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Business as
usual
Optimum
Energy Future
1
Electricity efficiency
2
Transport efficiency
3
Renewable electricity
supply
Optimum Energy Future interventions
do not compromise energy service
delivery.
Total end-user expenditure
(excluding transport infrastructure)
BAU
Optimum Energy Future
2034
Total end-user expenditure are significantly lower for Cape Town’s
Optimum Energy Future (excluding transport infrastucture costs)
IEP objectives and municipal mandates
Cities are DRIVERS of change – drivers of policy and implementation
8 Key IEP Objectives
Related Municipal Mandate or Function in terms
of Constitution and legal framework
1: Ensure the security of supply
2: Minimise the cost of energy
3: Increase access to energy
4: Diversify supply sources and
primary sources of energy
5: Minimise emissions from the
energy sector
6: Promote energy efficiency in the
economy
7. Promote localisation and
technology transfer and the creation
of jobs
8: Promote the conservation of water
 Electricity distribution: supply electriity to
households and business, tariffs, social grants
 Public transport/Non Motorized Transport and
roads: provision of mobility services to residents
 Housing delivery: location, thermal performance
 Spatial planning and Urban design: location of
business and housing and related mobility costs to
households
 Development planning/building approval:
implementation of EE regulations (SANS 204) and
other efficiencies
 Air quality and Environmental Management:
protection local air quality, global climate, water
resources
 Local economic development: development local
economy and job creation
 Fiscal efficiency: delivery of all services in most
efficient way
Cape Town energy policy and work underway
City of Cape Town initiatives/implementation
1. Energy efficiency:
 Electricity Savings Campaign Cape Town + Eskom lighting retrofit
 Energy Efficiency Forum for commercial sector + Eskom IDM
 National Building Regs Part XA Energy Efficiency regs for new build
 Resource efficient development Policy - initiated
 Mass roll out of high pressure SWHs
 Public building and lighting retrofit programme – EEDSM + LG budget.
 Internal Energy Management Protocol
 Eskom efficient lighting campaign last couple of years has achieved some 80%
penetration
 All new RDP houses incorporate ceilings – greater thermal efficiency
 Ceilings retrofit programme (Green Fund, Jobs Fund)
2. Renewable energy:
 Rooftop PV – commercial + public + residential sector – pilot/testing of meters/setting
tariff
3. Spatial planning, mobility and transport:
 Transport for Cape Town : integrated transport authority
 Substantial increase in public transport investment: BRT, rapid bus lanes, trains
 Urban edge and Densification policies - reducing travel demand
 Low carbon development strategies : City Centre, Greater Tygerberg area, etc
Challenges – national and metros
working together will help
• Electricity consumption reduction is a National Priority – the role of
metros in achieving this needs to be supported by NATIONAL
• Reality of revenue impacts of electricity consumption reduction on metro
budgets – new revenue models needed
• Current business model of electricity depts – how sustainable is it?
• Eskom consumption data – need access to this at metro scale
• Investment in public transport – hugely expensive
• Basis for national fiscal share to cities: National Treasury indicators and
targets:
 electricity consumption;
 public transport passenger km figures;
 transformation of rural to urban land;
 Renewable Energy onto urban grids
 SWHs installed
The IEP from a metropolitan
energy development perspective
• Take metro consumption realities into account in
Demand Forecasting : local energy picture should
be a part of the Energy Overview
• Integrate the role of metros and local
government in realising of the IEP objectives
• Include local government representation in the
IEP intergovernmental committee