Who can benefit? Any entity that can prove sufficient electricity demand savings typically in two bands: 1. 1kW to 100kW from standard products like lights, boilers, showerheads - typically retail outlets, factories, warehouses, guest houses, Residential estates etc 2. 50kW-5MW from technology upgrades and process optimisation What can I do about Energy Efficiency? You have cut costs to the bones, and incentivised the blood out of your sales team to increase revenues, yet the competition is still fierce so there is little room for investment. -Wrong ! How do I go about it? Engage an ESCO to take you through the process of applying for and accessing Eskom funds to replace inefficient Technology Products How much funding is available? Eskom funds up to 85% of the cost of replacing standard product. Energy Efficiency is not just the right thing to do, but makes Economic sense too. | For Water Flow Monitoring,Wastage & Leak_detection, click here . For Energy Efficiency - read on The right thing to do now makes economic sense too Energy Efficiency is recognized as one of the most cost-effective ways of meeting the demands of sustainable development, and a key tool to enhance clean energy development. South Africa’s Energy Efficiency Strategy sets a target for energy savings of at least 12% by 2015. This translates to targeted savings of 15% each required of the industrial and commercial sectors. To achieve these ambitious yet achievable targets, Eskom will pay for your Energy Efficiency conversions. Why Industry? Industry is the sector that accounts for 41% - the largest portion of energy useage in South Africa  But how to go about it? Eskom recommends engaging ESCOs to access the funding from Eskom's IDM* initiatives: "Industry partners are essential to achieving IDM objectives: International experience in the power generation sector has shown that energy efficiency goals cannot be achieved without the assistance of companies in the private sector. These Electricity Services Companies (ESCO's) operate by establishing a three-way partnership between themselves, the electricity supplier and the consumer. They make use of their knowledge of the technologies and programmes in the Demand Side Management (DSM) process to determine the best way of obtaining results at consumer premises. *ESKOM IDM : Integrated Demand Management |
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Savings from Energy Efficiency - the hidden revenue stream Your High-Bay lights are inefficient and your electricity bills are rocketing? - "..but it costs a fortune to replace older technologies with modern energy efficient ones" you say. Not any more - to meet the eight goals of SA's Energy Efficiency Strategy, Eskom has put funding programmes in place to ensure that it is cost effective for you to replace inefficient technologies now, rather than waiting for them to expire. The two Energy Efficiency improvement Programs of interest to Commerce and Industry are: 1. Standard Product > for customers with projected demand savings of 1kW to 100kW, a load factor of more than 5% and 3,5 hours per day, and energy savings of at least 2 MWh per annum. Typically retail outlets, factories, guest houses, Residential estates etc > provides specific rebates for efficiency improvements derived from the implementation of approved technologies designed to act as replacements for less energy efficient technologies. > Target technologies include: Energy Efficient lighting, Water Heating and Low Flow showerheads >project approval time-frame should take no more than four weeks >rebate amount the least of 85% of cost or rebate calculator, capped at R500 000 per project site, paid to the electricity customer or owner of the premises, from notifying Eskom of
completion to receipt of the rebate, should be completed within 6 weeks >Customers to ensure conformance to all applicable laws, specifications and regulations. Deviation from Standard Product specification will be for customer’s account. 2. Standard Offer The Standard Offer is a mechanism used by Eskom for acquiring demand-side savings under which Eskom shall pay for verified energy savings using a pre-determined and pre-published rate in c/kWh for the implementation of an approved technology. The Standard Offer will:
Any energy user (customer), Project Developer or Energy Service Company (ESCo) that can deliver verifiable energy savings, from 500kW to 5MW, can propose projects, and if successful, shall be paid the fixed amount per kWh over a period of three years. Achieved savings will be verified by an authorised, independent measurement and verification (M&V) organisation. It should be noted that the Standard Offer does not replace the existing Eskom IDM application process. An ESCo may elect to propose a project either through the existing IDM process or using this Standard Offer process. The rate / kWh for energy savings will be fixed per technology group as per the National Energy Regulator of SA’s (NERSA) requirement. The main salient feature of each contract is a payment of seventy percent (70%) of the measured and verified savings in respect of each particular contract after commissioning and verification of savings, and the outstanding balance paid thereafter at a rate of three payments of 10% each per year, for three years, with adjustments made to the final payments to compensate for any anticipated savings not achieved.
How long is the process? The contract negotiation typically takes about 2 weeks The approval process is estimated around 6 to 8 weeks. Installation can take 3-12 months Sound Complicated? This is what Eskom suggests on how to go about receiving funding from Eskom's IDM* initiatives: "Industry partners are essential to achieving IDM objectives: International experience in the power generation sector has shown that energy efficiency goals cannot be achieved without the assistance of companies in the private sector. These Electricity Services Companies (ESCO's) operate by establishing a three-way partnership between themselves, the electricity supplier and the consumer. They make use of their knowledge of the technologies and programmes in the Demand Side Management (DSM) process to determine the best way of obtaining results at consumer premises. *ESKOM IDM : Integrated Demand Management is dedicated to ensuring short-term security of electricity supply through coordinating and consolidating the various initiatives aimed at optimising energy use and balancing electricity supply and demand. | Enquiry form |