Best Practices for Market-Based Power Rationing : Implications for South Africa

Best Practices for Market-Based Power Rationing : Implications for South Africa

This report summarizes South Africa's energy challenges, efforts to establish a low-carbon energy strategy through the Power Conservation Program; and several World Bank backed initiatives to help the country save energy, reduce greenhouse gas...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Energy-Environment Review
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCESS TO ENERGY ACCESS TO ENERGY SERVICES AFFORDABLE ENERGY ALLOCATION APPROACH AVAILABILITY BALANCE BARREL OF OIL BARRIERS TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY CALCULATION CARBON CARBON ACCOUNTING CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON EMISSIONS CARBON FOOTPRINT CLEAN ENERGY CLEANER ENERGY CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CO CO2 COAL COAL GENERATION CONSUMPTION PER HOUSEHOLD CONVERGENCE COST OF ENERGY DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY DEMAND MANAGEMENT DEMAND REDUCTION DEMAND RESPONSE DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT DIESEL DROUGHT ECONOMIC BENEFITS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE EFFICIENT LIGHTING ELECTRIC ENERGY ELECTRIC POWER ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION ELECTRIC RATES ELECTRIC UTILITY ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY CONSERVATION ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION ELECTRICITY COUNCIL ELECTRICITY DEMAND ELECTRICITY SALES ELECTRICITY SAVINGS ELECTRICITY SECTOR ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ELECTRICITY SYSTEM ELECTRIFICATION EMISSION EMISSION FACTOR EMISSION REDUCTION EMISSIONS END-USE ENERGY CONSERVATION ENERGY CONSUMERS ENERGY CONVERSION ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY MARKET ENERGY MARKETS ENERGY POLICY ENERGY REDUCTIONS ENERGY RESEARCH ENERGY SAVINGS ENERGY SECURITY ENERGY SERVICE ENERGY SERVICE COMPANY ENERGY SOURCES ENERGY SUPPLY ENERGY USAGE ENERGY USE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY FLUORESCENT LAMP FUEL FUEL SUPPLY GENERATING CAPACITY GENERATION CAPACITY GHG GREEN FIELD GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HEAT HIGH ENERGY INTENSITY HYDROPOWER INCOME INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY INVESTMENTS IN ENERGY INVESTMENTS IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY JOBS KILOWATT HOUR LOAD SHEDDING LOW-CARBON MARGINAL COST NATURAL GAS NEW PLANTS NUCLEAR ENERGY NUCLEAR POWER NUCLEAR POWER PLANT OIL PEAK DEMAND PEAK LOAD PENALTIES PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY ANALYSIS POLICY MAKERS POLLUTION POWER POWER CONSUMPTION POWER CRISIS POWER DEMAND POWER PLANT POWER PLANTS POWER PRODUCER POWER PRODUCERS POWER SECTOR POWER SHORTAGES POWER SUPPLY POWER SYSTEM RAINFALL REBATES RENEWABLE ENERGY RESERVOIRS SCENARIOS SOLAR WATER HEATERS SPOT MARKET SPOT PRICE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE ENERGY THERMAL POWER THERMAL POWER GENERATION TRADE SYSTEM UTILITIES VALUE OF ENERGY VARIABLE COST VEHICLE EFFICIENCY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/06/16279495/south-africa-best-practices-market-based-power-rationing-implications-south-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12507

Description
Summary:	This report summarizes South Africa's energy challenges, efforts to establish a low-carbon energy strategy through the Power Conservation Program; and several World Bank backed initiatives to help the country save energy, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and help South Africa cope with a power crunch. The Power Conservation Program has proved its effectiveness. The economic benefits of the program include the reduced need for dispatching expensive, oil-fired power plants. The national electric utility, Eskom, has maintained the Power Conservation Program as an option that can be expanded beyond the large industrial customer base, if further power shortages arise due to an imbalance between electricity supply and demand. The system is well understood among Eskom's staff, integrated into business processes, and it can be adjusted to accommodate a larger customer base, if necessary. It is an excellent hedging mechanism that can help Eskom to manage power system reliability if the reserve margins deteriorate in the future.