Electricity Regulation Second Amendment Bill: Government Gazette 34870 (Notice 905 of 2011)

A circular distributed to AMEU Members on 9 January 2012 advised that the Department of Energy had published Government Gazette 34870 (Notice 905 of 2011) on 19 December 2011 in which it had invited comment on the Electricity Regulation Second Amendment Bill. A copy of the Bill is available here.

The bill proposes amendments to the Electricity Regulation Act 4 of 2006:

• To establish a national regulatory framework for the electricity supply industry; to make the National Energy Regulator of South Africa the custodian and enforcer of the national electricity regulatory framework; to provide for licences and registration as the manner in which generation, transmission, distribution, dispatch, reticulation, trading and the import and export of electricity are regulated; to regulate the reticulation of electricity by municipalities; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

Written comments were required by 27 January 2012. A copy of the AMEU submission is available here.