THE City has drafted an energy strategy entitled ‘Our Shared Energy Future: The 2050 Energy Strategy for the City of Cape Town’, and it wants your input.
About
The energy system is rapidly changing. These changes affect every aspect of the energy system, including energy generation and supply, energy distribution and energy use, among others.
Business-as-usual in the energy sector is no longer viable, especially with the energy crisis that South Africa is currently facing. The City of Cape Town recognises this, and wishes to enable and support the development of a resilient energy system, which is critical to the health and well-being of city residents, and the functioning of the economy.
The aim is to achieve energy security for a prosperous Cape Town by ending load-shedding over time and navigating the changing energy system to the benefit of all. This is possible by coming together to build a resilient energy system where all residents and businesses have access to reliable, affordable, and carbon neutral energy services.
To achieve this, it proposes the following commitments and enablers:
Commitments:
- Commitment 1 – Harness New Energy Supply: Meet Cape Town’s energy demand with a reliable and cost-effective supply of increasingly carbon neutral energy from multiple energy suppliers, with new energy sources introduced to the benefit of residents and businesses.
- Commitment 2 – Alleviate Energy Poverty: Support indigent households and communities in informal settlements to access a range of safe and cost-effective energy services to meet their daily needs for improved well-being and increase economic participation.
- Commitment 3 – Optimise Energy Use: Businesses, households, and municipal services use energy efficiently and manage the demand for electricity to allow for greater use of renewable energy and contribute to balancing the electricity distribution grid.
Enablers:
- Enabler A – Operate a Future-fit Utility Business: A municipal electricity utility with enhanced asset management of energy infrastructure that adapts its business model and systems to provide financially sustainable energy services in an increasingly competitive and distributed energy system.
- Enabler B – Action by Residents, Businesses and Partners: All stakeholders in the energy system have the knowledge needed and are supported to take action that contributes to the achievement of energy security in Cape Town.
In terms of section 17 of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act, Act 32 of 2000, you can submit comments to the municipality in respect of the draft strategy.
Access the documents:
- Draft Energy Strategy:
https://resource.capetown.gov.za/documentcentre/Documents/City%20strategies%2c%20plans%20and%20frameworks/Draft_Energy_Strategy.pdf
- Energy Strategy Summary:
https://resource.capetown.gov.za/documentcentre/Documents/City%20strategies%2c%20plans%20and%20frameworks/Draft_Energy_Strategy_Executive_Summary.pdf
- Advert:
https://resource.capetown.gov.za/documentcentre/Documents/Forms%2c%20notices%2c%20tariffs%20and%20lists/HYS_ENERGY_STRATEGY_English.pdf
You can also access the documents at:
- City libraries
- Subcouncil offices
Comment period
Submit your comments from 12 June – 31 July 2023.
Submit your comment
Comments may be submitted via the following channels:
Online
Submit your comments online: https://www.capetown.gov.za/_layouts/15/WebFeedback.SharePoint/webfeedback.aspx?id=%2073b63417-f744-41cc-aaf8-eaf1a3daf91b
Delivery
Deliver your comment by hand to:
Sustainable Energy Markets Department
Fourth floor Energy Head Office
Bloemhof Complex
Bloemhof Street
Bellville
7530
