MINUTES

MINUTES
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
HELD ON 31 st March 2011 AT 13:00
AT SAINT GOBAIN CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS,
MIDRAND
1. WELCOME
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Ken Cram welcomed all present. The following new members were handed their
Certificates:
Silver Solutions: Peter Mashamaite and Jasper Seroka
Lolly’s Olifant Construction: Cate and Stanley Olifant
OPG Lighting: Malcolm Ras
Another new member, Solid State Lighting Systems (Julian Osrin) based in Cape
Town sent their apology.
2. ATTENDANCE
The following members attended:
Alpha Power Solutions Eric Solot
Aurecon Dieter Krueger
Cambridge Energy Efficiency Solutions Seboka Maphiri
Controllec E. Moisel, Mark Stacey
Demand Control Systems Gerard MacCallum,
Demand Control Systems Warren MacCallum
Electrosense Ken Cram, Chairman
Fortune CP Mumsey Leola
Giel Faber Giel Faber
Igoda Consulting Engineers Rolf Niemand
Lolly’s Olifant Construction Cate Olifant, Stanley Olifant
OPG Lighting Malcolm Ras
Robmet Meters Ian Robinson
Saint-Gobain Construction Products Lisa Reynolds
Silver Solutions Peter Mashamaite
Silver Solutions Jasper Seroka
Steinhoff Properties Jacques Bester
Twin Peak Technologies Moses Mofokeng
Voltex Lighting Ray Nixon
Voltex lighting Lee-Ann Cameron
WSP Energy Dave Fleming
Zamori Eng Serv & Facility Managers Dries Schoonbee
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3 APOLOGIES received from:
Energy Management SA (Pty) Ltd Gavin Smith
Energy Resource Optimizers Anton Potgieter
Ideax Africa Energy Munyaradzi Makumbe
MaNoa Holdings Asanda Makanda, Esmé Bluff
Motla Engineering Jaco Alberts
ORE Energy Products Lester de Vries
S&W Consulting Shane Wessels
Sheba Consulting Tony Hearn
Specialised Solar Systems Carlos Smith
Solid State Lighting Systems Julian Osrin
Strike Technologies James Calmeyer
Structatherm Howard Harris
It was established that 19 members attended, and proxies were received from ten of
the twelve apologies. This was sufficient to provide a quorum and the meeting was
declared to be legally constituted.
4 AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION
. The Chairman offered an opportunity for anybody to raise any issue about any one
of the proposed changes to the constitution. There was no discussion and no
questions were asked.
The Chairman then called for a vote to accept the constitutional amendments as a
package.
The vote for the amendments was unanimous. There were no abstentions and no
vote against.
The amendments have thus been accepted and the new version of the Constitution
will be posted on the website.
5 FINANCIAL AND MEMBERSHIP REPORTS
The following documents had been distributed with the Agenda:
� Income and Expenditure statement for end March 2011
� Latest Membership List
Mr Krueger reported that Membership had grown further to 91 members.
Cash in the bank as at today’s date was some R84 000. No forecast to the end of the
year was made yet due to the inaccuracies thereof at thisearly stage.
36 members had paid until end March.
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6 FEEDBACK FROM ESKOM IDM: ANDREW ETZINGER
6.1 Eskom restructuring
Mr Etzinger reported that all of Eskom was currently being restructured. This
includes the General Managers of IDM (Integrated Demand Management).
Nosipho Maphumulo has been moved to Customer Services and Lawrence
Padachi will run the Project Management Office, which was previously Nosipho’s
role.
Also, Monkwe Mpye will now look at ESCO development as well as Youth
Development. It was agreed that SAAEs should contact Monkwe to address us
on this important function and to present his strategy.
6.2 Annual Performance
The performance of the DSM department during the past year (at 330 MW) was
higher than the regulatory target by about 10%. Currently funding of R1,8bn was
available, but funding was not a problem since more could be made available if
needed. What was a constraint was sufficient viable and attractive proposals for
projects.
6.3 Performance contracting
6.4 IDC
A Workshop was held at the Midrand Conference Centre and the collated
recommendations from that exercise will be taken to the Investment Committee
tomorrow (1 April). the next step will be to ask for bids from ESCOs and other
contractors.
It happened on an occasion that if there is a shortfall in a project, (i.e. if Eskom
financing does not cover the entire costs) that sometimes the customer is
prepared to fund the balance. However, often this is not the case and the project
is lost. But recent discussions with the IDC have indicated that they will be
prepared to co-finance such projects.
How this will work is that if there is a project of, say, R10M and Eskom can put in
R6M, the balance of R4M could come from the IDC. The Client will pay off this
R4M to the IDC over time from savings achieved. This could be over the life of
the project, e.g. five years, but is negotiable.
Eskom will give the project evaluation to the IDC. When the NEC is signed, the
IDC will sign as well. They will also apply for Carbon Credits.
This new arrangement will apply to any Eskom IDM project, e.g. Standard Offer,
Standard Product or the normal ESCO programme.
The IDC contact is Ms Rentia van Tonder who can be contacted by e-mail at
Rentiat@idc.co.za.
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6.5 Standard Offer; Standard Product
There have been some teething problems in these programmes due to overlaps
between them. Current thinking is to decide which would be the most efficient
and effective route to follow in order to get the fastest turnaround time.
A marketing blurb has been done and is on the Eskom IDM website. There are
simple steps to follow, and we could make a link to this on our website.
Mr Etzinger asked that anybody experiencing any hiccups on these programmes,
or wishing to make suggestions, should please contact him.
6.6 Heat pump rebate
14 suppliers have now been registered. The delay was that SABS do not have
standards for heat pumps. Eskom specialists have looked at the quality of the
suppliers and on this basis have approved certain suppliers. A formal
accreditation process from SABS should be ready within about 3 – 4 months.
6.7 SWH rebate review
Currently these rebates are subject to revision. This will be announced in the
near future. The take-up of this programme is growing very fast. Of the 40 000
installed and applied for during the past three years, a total of 10 000 have been
done in February alone.
One issue receiving attention is that local content must be built into the rebate.
6.8 Downlighters workshop.
This workshop (that was held on 31 March) focussed on this lighting technology.
The next big wave after CFLs will be LEDs.
6.9 Demand Response Programme.
This used to be called Demand Market Participation with Key customers. Eskom
now want to expand this to smaller customers that would be able to participate by
means of aggregating sufficient capacity to qualify. A memo on this matter is
posted on the Eskom website. It is likely that this opportunity could stimulate a
whole new service industry of agents that could act on behalf of several smaller
customers to effect this aggregation and metering.
This system is currently working well in the US. At the “Right Price” anything can
be switched off. Mr Etzinger emphasised that the grid needs an additional
1600MW by January next year!
Eskom will contract this with an international agency that has done this
worldwide. They will then negotiate with indiviuduals to join. A two part tariff
system is being considered, consisting of a fixed chare as well as a running
charge.
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Demand shifting will have a place, but Energy Efficiency with a high load factor is
still the preferred project. Second prize would be load clipping during peak time.
Third prize would be load shifting, e.g. ripple control. These projects would do
well with the Demand Response Programme.
6.10 Discussion
Mr Eric Solot asked about a circular that he had received which required all
ESCOs (apparently) to re-register with eskom. The questionnaire is also quite
lengthy, requiring detailed and time-consuming information.
Mr Etzinger responded that he was not aware of such a request by the DSM
group but will enquire about it and inform the secretary for onward distribution.
7 CLOSING
The meeting closed at 13:00. The next meeting will be held on 26 May 2011.
The Chairman reminded members of the Industrial and Commercial Use of
Energy (ICUE) conference being held from 15 – 17 August in Cape Town. It is
intended to hold the August SAAEs meeting in Cape Town to coincide with this
event.
Accepted as a correct reflection of the meeting.
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Ken Cram (Chairman) Date
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