Restructuring the South African electricity supply industry

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dc.contributor.advisorEberhard, Antonen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorMacKerron, Gordonen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorSteyn, Grovéen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-17T07:22:29Z
dc.date.available2014-10-17T07:22:29Z
dc.date.issued1994en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves 94-98.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractIn a post-apartheid South Africa, the electricity supply industry (ESI) will be under pressure to make up the backlog in electricity provision to poor households. Simultaneously, it will have to protect its financial viability in order to maintain a low-cost electricity supply to support a growing economy. This study analyses the current structure and governance of the ESI and proposes a significant restructuring to enable these challenges to be met. It is argued that the highly fragmented distribution sector of the ESI should be rationalised, and that the industry should remain in the public sector. Questions around the governance and regulation of the ESI are identified as critical to the future performance of the industry. By drawing on international experience, a distinction is made between the roles of politics and technical expertise in the governance of the ESL On the basis of this distinction, a new governance model is developed, which is based on a contract-plan mechanism, but which relies on the role of stakeholders and an independent regulator. In this way, this thesis attempts to establish in the governance system an appropriate balance between the equity concerns of a new democratic government, and the efficiency needs of a developing economy.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationSteyn, G. (1994). <i>Restructuring the South African electricity supply industry</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Energy Research Centre. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8448en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationSteyn, Grové. <i>"Restructuring the South African electricity supply industry."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Energy Research Centre, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8448en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationSteyn, G. 1994. Restructuring the South African electricity supply industry. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Steyn, Grové AB - In a post-apartheid South Africa, the electricity supply industry (ESI) will be under pressure to make up the backlog in electricity provision to poor households. Simultaneously, it will have to protect its financial viability in order to maintain a low-cost electricity supply to support a growing economy. This study analyses the current structure and governance of the ESI and proposes a significant restructuring to enable these challenges to be met. It is argued that the highly fragmented distribution sector of the ESI should be rationalised, and that the industry should remain in the public sector. Questions around the governance and regulation of the ESI are identified as critical to the future performance of the industry. By drawing on international experience, a distinction is made between the roles of politics and technical expertise in the governance of the ESL On the basis of this distinction, a new governance model is developed, which is based on a contract-plan mechanism, but which relies on the role of stakeholders and an independent regulator. In this way, this thesis attempts to establish in the governance system an appropriate balance between the equity concerns of a new democratic government, and the efficiency needs of a developing economy. DA - 1994 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1994 T1 - Restructuring the South African electricity supply industry TI - Restructuring the South African electricity supply industry UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8448 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/8448
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationSteyn G. Restructuring the South African electricity supply industry. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Energy Research Centre, 1994 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8448en_ZA
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.departmentEnergy Research Centreen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEnergy and Development Studiesen_ZA
dc.titleRestructuring the South African electricity supply industryen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMScen_ZA
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