Engineering Services

Please see attached below

Please see attached below

Electricity Service Delivery Plan.

Please note that this is not the final ESDP.

1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background to the Electricity Service Delivery Plan

The electricity industry is in the process of being entirely transformed in South Africa. This process commenced with the initiation of majority representative government in 1994. Eskom generates 98% of all electricity used in South Africa and do the transmission of 100%. Eskom also distributes 60% of electrical energy to 40% of customers in South Africa. Clearly Eskom performs a large function in this sector. The remaining function is performed by 415 Municipalities who distribute 40% of the electrical energy to 60% of consumers in South Africa. This situation resulted in fragmentation, viability problems (defaulting on Eskom bulk payments), multiplicity of tariffs, revenue collection problems, etc. in the Electricity Distribution Industry. Restructuring seemed necessary to gain efficiency.

The Amajuba District Municipality appointed Kwezi V3 to undertake the preparation of three Sector Plans for each of the three local Municipalities in the Amajuba District Municipality’s Area. The appointment for Integrated Waste Management Planning was only for Phase 1, the Status Quo investigation together with a guideline document for Municipal officials and an investigation on the potential for waste minimisation and recycling and the potential alternatives to the current treatment and disposal regime. Quotes had to be submitted for the second phase, the compilation of an Integrated Waste Management Master Plan. KV3 was subsequently awarded the contract.
The IWMP had to address the following:
• Relevant Legislation.
• A Gaps and Needs Analysis.
• A Waste Generation Model.
• Economic Analysis of Options concerning Landfill Sites.
• Collection Needs.
• Waste Transportation and Waste Transfer Needs.
• Identifying Recycling and Re-use Initiatives.
• Formulate a programme for the implementation of a Waste Information System, Capacity Building and possible Job Creation where applicable.
• Development of Goals and Objectives.
• Develop an Implementation Programme and Implementation Budget.
This is a draft report and contains the information as set out above and as agreed in the Terms of Reference. The information in the Status Quo, which was the first phase of the study, was used as basis to compile this Master Plan.