Overview of the draft Regulations
on Provision of Energy Data
Mr. J Subramoney
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Table of contents
1.Background- White Paper on the Energy Policy of the RSA
2.Background- Integrated Energy Plan for the RSA, 2003
3.Background- Energy Security Master Plan -Liquid Fuels
4.Background- National Energy Summit, 2007
5.Background- National Energy Act, No.34, 2008
6.Key Challenges faced by the directorate
7.Applications and Objectives of the Regulations
8.Categories of data providers
9.Categorising of data
10.Provision of Energy Data
11.Data collection methods
12.Uses of Data
13.Publishing and sharing of data
14.Way Forward
Background- White Paper on the Energy
Policy of the RSA
The White Paper on the Energy Policy of the RSA, 1998 made the
following recommendations with regard to statistics and
information-
 Government will ensure that the necessary resources are made
available to establish structures and systems, and put in place
legislation to facilitate the specification, collection, acquisition,
storage, maintenance and supply of energy data, and energyrelated data, according to the requirements of integrated energy
planning and international standards. Government will facilitate
the establishment of information databases.
 Government will provide information to the public at a
reasonable price. The provision of this information will not
compromise the commercial position of parties supplying data to
government.
Background- Integrated Energy Plan for the
RSA, 2003
The Integrated Energy Plan identified the following the
following gaps with regard to energy data-
 The modelling processes required large amounts of
accurate energy and other (eg economic growth,
exchange rates, population growth, sector inflations)
data. Some data were not available (eg the provision
of energy data is not currently mandatory) and some
available data were inconsistent. Data quantities
vary from source to source, and energy balances are
not well disaggregated. The exception is electricity,
which is well described by Eskom
Background- Energy Security Master Plan Liquid Fuels
The Energy Security Master Plan proposed the following-
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Making it compulsory to provide specified
information for energy modelling purposes
The need for publication of the key outputs from
the modelling process to be published as an
energy outlook
The publication of monthly and quarterly
publications of key energy information
It also recommended that the approach used by
the US Department of Energy in the form of the
EIA, be adopted in South Africa
Background- National Energy Summit, 2007
The following key comments on energy data were
made at the National Energy Summit
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A centralised place to house the data is
required.
A regulatory framework to enable the collection
and provision of energy data needs to be put in
place.
National Energy Act, No.34, 2008
The National Energy Act empowers the Minister of Energy to
establish mechanism to ensure Provision of energy data and information…from any person
 Connection to any data and management system or any other
system within the public administration.
 Collect collate and analyse energy data and information
 Manage energy data and information
 Avail energy statistics and energy information to the public
The Minister may permit sharing of information with any other
Entity within or outside the boarders of RSA
Key Challenges
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DoE relies presently on the voluntary supply of
energy data and this poses challenges in
receiving data timeously
Data sources are not always aware of the
importance of collection of energy data and
often lack capacity
Quality of data is sometimes questionable
Confidentiality issues of commercially sensitive
data also create problems in the supply of data
DoE does not have a centralised data storage
system
Applications and Objectives of the
Regulations
ApplicationThese Regulations shall apply to all providers of data
according to defined categories
Objectives To enable the Minister of Energy to effectively collect, collate
and publish quality and timely energy statistics
 To provide the type, manner and form of energy data
 To provide for the form and manner of the link between the
energy database and information system to any other within
the public administration
Categories of data providers
Data providers are categorised as follows
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Electricity generating, oil refining, and gas producing entities,
which operate in a highly concentrated industry; and require a
license from the National Energy Regulator of SA (e.g.
Eskom)
Entities which operate in sectors or sub-sectors that are highly
fragmented (e.g. IPP)
Entities which operate in highly concentrated sectors or subsectors and whose operations or processes are energy
intensive (e.g. Mine)
Formally established and recognised industry associations
which represent a collective of entities operating within the
same industry (e.g. SAPIA)
Entities involved in retail activities or are classified as SMME
Government departments and other organs of state
Categorising of data
Data has been classified according to the following
categories-
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Data relating to import, export, quality,
sources, prices, volumes and reserves of all
primary energy carriers excluding renewable
energy sources.
Data regarding but not limited to the capacity,
costs, and technologies of renewable energy
sources
Data relating to production capacity, utilisation,
availability, total output, technology and input
costs of energy transformation inputs and
infrastructure
Categorising of data
Data has been classified according to the following
categories-
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Data regarding externalities which have an
impact on any of energy value chain
Data regarding macroeconomic and SocioEconomic data, energy policies and legislation
Any other data that maybe required
Provision of Energy Data
Data to be collected shall be obtained through
the following manner-
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Through connection to any data and information
management system, or any other system within
the public administration
By means of forms, surveys, questionnaires and
any other appropriate and generally accepted
manual or electronic data collection methods
By StatsSA and other organs of the state on behalf
of the Department
Data collection methods
The methods used to collect may include the following Use of Forms or questionnaires
 Use of Survey
 Use of electronic media
If a form is used as a method of collecting data,it will typically require
the following information-
• the type of data to be provided
• the definition of statistical units
• the periods and intervals for which the data is being
collected as well as the frequency of data provision
• the manner in which the data must be submitted to the
department
Uses of Data
All data sourced and collected may be used for the
purposes of conducting analysis required for energy
planning and policy formulation.
Publishing and sharing of data
Official energy statistics must protect the confidentiality of the
information provided by the data providers and be—
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relevant, accurate, reliable and
timeous;
compiled, reported and documented in a scientific
and transparent manner
objective and comprehensive;
disseminated impartially; and
in accordance with national and international
standards
Way Forward
Activity
Timeline
Obtain and Review inputs from DoE, StatsSA and Nersa on the
regulations and make changes to the draft regulations where
appropriate
December 2009
Submission to the Minister for approval to release the Regulation for
public comment
January 2010
Gazetting of Regulations for public comment
February 2010
Obtain and Review inputs from public
March 2010
Send draft final Regulation to the State Law Advisers
April 2010
Incorporate recommendations from State Law Advisers
April 2010
Submission to Minister for approval and gazetting of final regulations
April 2010
Gazetting of Final Regulations
May 2010
Way Forward
Activity
Timeline
Document all our methods, processes, and policies
April 2010 March 2011
Memorandum of Understanding with StatsSA– Joint Working Group –
Focus on meeting all requirements to have our statistics be regarded as
official statistics
April 2010 March 2011
Joint Energy Statistics Task Team – review energy statistics
April 2010 March 2011
Collection of Energy data for energy balances, JODI, APPA, SADC and
for integrated energy planning
April 2010 March 2011
Energy Statistics Methodology Manual
April 2010 March 2011
Improve analysis of our energy data and publish energy Data and
Information
April 2010 March 2011
FIFA World Cup 2010
June –July 2010 -