The document summarizes the agenda and discussions at the Africa Utility Week 2016 conference in Johannesburg. Over 1300 delegates attended to discuss key issues in the African energy and water sectors. Topics included renewable energy integration, skills development, regulatory frameworks, financing of large projects and small IPPs, regional power pools, water scarcity, aging infrastructure, and the need for greater collaboration between countries and stakeholders. Breakout sessions addressed topics such as smart metering, electricity theft, energy storage, standards and codes, and tariffs.

1. Africa Utility Week 2016
Joburg 4th September 2015
David Lipschitz
New focused program
And round
table sessions
Greater discussion
& involvement
1300 delegates
Comments
from this year
More
discussion
required
Debates
How to get people to feed the info
back into their companies?
Multiple streams
Sched
The problem of people wanting to attend
two events at the same time
Screens in the exhibition hall
so that exhibitors can take part
in the conference
Print both sides of the person's card
with the attendee's name
People
Lawyers
Gari
Nathan
GIZ, Tanzania
Wim
Sogo
Nigeria?
40,000
homeowner
system
Social
Dennis Goldman
Jodie
Community and
consumer education
Breakouts
The grid
Metering
And peak demand
management
Comms
Smart metering
Do we have the
skills in Africa?
Eg handling the
functionality
= power revenue
management
T&D
Rooftop arrays
What to do about the
R15 bn backlog?
Grand Inga on the
cards since 1990
Electricity theft
Energy storage
In T&D
Consortiums Stakeholder
engagement Social problems
Communications
Link the
benefits to
parties
The problem if
technology rivalry
Can PV systems
be base load?
Safety
Codes
NRS 097
Standards and
codes for EG
Tariffs
"Cost reflective tariffs"
It doesn't inspire
confidence
Regulatory process is a
black box process
People who make
submissions have no idea
how their submissions are
used
Especially TOU for
homeowners
Power pools
SAPP
CMAC in central Africa
Generation
Question p: Collocation of IPPs at
Eskom power stations
Eskom: Problem of ash dumps
Information overload Mbulelo, from Eskom
Skills
And capabilities in our
country & continent
What do we
have available?
Localisation of
infrastructure and
manpower
Energy think tank
Water
Scarcity
Salt water
Energy intensive
to desalinate
[can desalination happen with
EG instead of big dams?]
But what is the energy
is cheap or free?
Silting
Inefficiency
Lack of skills
Skills required to build each
type of power station
Water losses
Aging infrastructure
Pollution
Distribution
70% of people in Africa aren't on
water and sewerage grids
Long term planning Also integrated
energy plan
Droughts
Underground water
Energy & Water
Knowledge mismatch
Water is owned
by the people!
F&I&R Ted Blom
People aren't
working together
Little collaboration between
people sharing projects
Preparation, funding, feasibility stage financing available,
but clients don't know about it or don't know how to access it
Finance & Investment &
Regulatory frameworks
The playing field
Assessing risks
Who to build a "once in
a lifetime event"
Eg IPPs
Large projects
Small IPPs
Same transaction
fees as large
Scaleable EG
Why no ISMO in SA?
Retail wheeling
You can't play if you don't know
the rules of the game
Need case studies
Tariffs
And FITs
Marketing
Are the banks marketing what they
do to the right people?
Or are they just talking to each other,
Eg early stage finance
Botswana examples
Intra African Financing
DBSA, Standard Bank, Pta
bank, all African Banks
Problems eg
because of KFW
PPPs
And the World
Bank's influence
Generation /
Renewables
Policy
Lack
Integration
Need a
system
operator
Eskom isn't
independent
IRP
No platform where industry
meets with policy makers
Energy Storage
Gas
LNG
From Mozambique
200 North Seas (Ted Blom)
[check the figure]
How much Mozambique gas is available
to SA and how much will be exported to
other parts of the world?
Can Mozambique gas replace
the need for Fracking?
Integrated gas & solar, to
run 24 hours a dayEnergy Management
Metering
People, and
consortiums
Getting people & countries to
work together & share
Community
power stations
Impact on community
Economic
development
requirements
Social
Dealing with demand &
supply balance
Eg Kariba, commissioned in 1962
Drought, means 50%
reduction in generation
Other projects
not done yet!
The grid is changing to a
point where the end users are
controlling the grid
Check how EG
stabilizes the grid
Afternoon session
Keynotes
Day 1
Who is leading us through
Africa's transformation?
Day 2
Quenching the "Thirsty
Energy" Challenge
Day 3
ClosingHow about getting someone at the conference to
summarize his conference experience in a light,
motivational, and fun way?
A Brave New World
Neil Jacobs,
Mind Bullets
Power and Water CEO
panel Discussion: summary keynote
An innovation hub
Feedback
Structure of conference grid
& naming of tracks
5 x tracks
Generation
Renewables
The Grid
Water
Finance &
Investment &
Regulation
+ Energy storage track?
Possibilities
Redefining
energy access
Sustainable
Development
Goals
What does
access mean?
What do people need?
Discussion
Get rid of the words "base
load" and "utility"
Community
development
Lungile DBSA IPSA
Technical workshops
Or called
master
classes
CPD points
[CPD points for
non engineers?]
Industry awards
Thought
leaders,
experts
Judges
Passionate,
engaged, experts