Understanding embedded generation in the municipal & customer care context.

This course provides the information needed to understand how the small-scale solar market is reshaping the energy industry in South Africa without compromising municipal service delivery, providing a reasonable business case for commercial and residential municipal customers, whilst supporting the supply of additional energy to the grid to support mitigation of energy supply shortages.

Course outcomes for Municipalities

• Information on SSEG and how it impacts municipal operations.
• The various standards and regulations that are applicable.
• A resource pack of documents and templates endorsed by SALGA/AMEU.
• Understand what is required to customise the documents and templates for your own municipality.
• Navigating the online SSEG application system.
• Ability to determine the way forward to develop a policy, and implement SSEG application and approval processes, as well as record keeping within your municipality.
• Identify the level of future assistance required to implement SSEG in you municipality.

Course outcomes for Municipal Customers and EG installers:

• Information on SSEG and what municipalities will require in future.
• The various standards and regulations that are applicable.
• Documentation that will be required and how they are developed for the municipality.
• Be knowledgeable on the aim of SSEG municipal requirements to understand what EG installers need to do and what customers that must comply need to know.
• Know what a contractor needs to comply with.