Day One Monday, 13th of September 2010 Day One Monday, 13th of September 2010
7.30am Registration and refreshments8.30am Chairperson’s opening remarks
Mr Richard Weeden, Managing Editor, African Energy News Review
Co-generation – the big picture8.45am Opening keynote: Co-generation – the strategic energy choice
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Global co-generation trends
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The role of co-generation in the energy efficiency global plan
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How to provide valuable power in a tight market
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A relatively short pay-back period – how is this achieved?
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An investment magnet – looking for green investments
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Africa’s role in the co-generation
Mohammed Abdelrahman, Energy Specialist
NEPAD Secretariat, South Africa 9.15am Keynote address: The urgent need for policy on PPA’s and
what this means for the market
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What is the current status of power purchase agreement (PPA)
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A closer look at bilateral contracts in Africa
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Risk and its requirements for reaching a mutually beneficial PPA
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Focusing policy decisions on long-term interests of the continent
Ms Nelisiwe Magubane, Director General - Electricity, Department of energy
9.45am Policy outlook: Regulating the public and private sector
appropriately in the co-generation arena
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Plotting the way forward for a successful utility operation
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Assuming the private sector participation in the energy debate
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The realities of adopting private sector players
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The role of the regulator in putting together PPAs
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COFIT – how do we implement and orchestrate?
Simphiwe Makhathini, Head of Regulatory Reform – Electricity
NERSA, South Africa
Mr Simphiwe Makhathini, Head - Regulatory Reform of Electricity, NERSA
10.15am Morning refreshments and networking10.45am Panel session: Making the business of generating electricity in Africa easy
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Governments role in driving the move to increase co-generation
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Embracing a policy framework for the provision of private power
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Examining African policy on COFIT and REFIT
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Managing the economic environment for consistent policy
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The regulators role in protecting IPPs interests
Ms Ria Govender, Executive Manager - Director General Office, Department of energy Mr Norbert Kahyoza, Commercial Manager, Energy & Water Utilities Regulatory Authority Mr Benon Mutambi, Director - Economic Regulation, Electricity Regulatory Authority Mr Bernard Osawa, Director - Renewables, Electricity Regulatory Commission Mr Melis Teka Nega, Renewable Energy Advisor, SNV, Ex-Head of Energy Regulatory Department, Ministry of Energy & Mines
11.30am Business case: the wheeling of private power – opportunities, costs & benefits
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Offering opportunities for PPAs between willing buyers & sellers
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Involving the utility in private sector business – is this necessary?
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The utility’s role as the owner of transmission and distribution
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Current hurdles faced in construction of PPAs
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The potential benefits available in private sector PPAs
Mr Dave Long, Consultant, Energy Intensive User Group
12pm Case study: Successfully regulating electricity from the sugar industry – how Uganda did it
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How regulation contributed to the success of Kakira Sugar Works
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Kinyara Sugar Works and the co-generation developments
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Regulating the Sugar Corporation of Uganda’s projects
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Drawing up PPAs in the sugar sector
Mr Benon Mutambi, Director - Economic Regulation, Electricity Regulatory Authority
12.30pm Case study: Meeting energy demands through co-generation –
regulating electricity in Kenya
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Constructing sustainable power purchase agreements for co-gen
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Agreeing the most effective feed-in tariffs for co-gen energy
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Mobilising interest of private power into the national grid
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Effectively licensing IPP
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Governing co-gen outside the renewables space
Mr Bernard Osawa, Director - Renewables, Electricity Regulatory Commission
2pm Case study: Ethiopia – the realities of co-generation from a sugar perspective
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The prevalence of sugar in the Ethiopian co-gen space
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Effectively regulating bagasse generation
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The renewables criteria – where does bagasse generation fall?
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Power purchase agreements and feed-in tariffs in the bagasse
generation arena
Mr Melis Teka Nega, Renewable Energy Advisor, SNV, Ex-Head of Energy Regulatory Department, Ministry of Energy & Mines
Investment in co-generation2.30pm New investors, new opportunities – a closer look at the
lending landscape
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What does it look like?
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A closer look at alternative payment terms
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Is co-generation an investment focus?
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CDM in Africa – does it make good business sense?
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Sector risks and who carries it
Speaker to be advised 3pm Speed networking and afternoon refreshments3.30pm Panel session: New finance and funding methods for cogeneration
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Governments role in the financing process
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Can the sale of surplus power be a source of finance?
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Collective funding – ensuring your industry is sustainable
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Speculation – a driver or inhibiter of IPP development in Africa
Mr Paul Eardley-Taylor, Director of Investment Banking Coverage and Head of Energy, Utilities and Infrastructure, Standard Bank Dr Zuko Kubukeli, Executive Director, Evolution One Fund Mr Anand Naidoo, Head - Power & Energy, ABSA Capital
4.15pm Keynote address: The economic pendulum – for or against
investment in co-generation
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Economic and policy reform as a signal for investor confidence
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How can co-generation help high energy prices?
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Limited infrastructure – is this the area of opportunity?
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Demonopolisation – IPP’s are opening the investment door
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A closer look at investor challenges that still remain
Speaker to be advised 4.45pm Chaiperson’s closing remarks and end of day one |
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 Barbara Hogan Minister of Public Enterprises
Department of Public Enterprises
South Africa
 Nelisiwe Magubane Director General – Electricity
Department of Energy,
South Africa
 Antonio Saide Chairman
National Directorate of Renewable Energies,
Mozambique
 Mohammed Abdelrahman Energy Specialist
NEPAD Secretariat,
South Africa
 Bernard Osawa Director – Renewables
Electricity Regulatory
Commission, Kenya
 Mike Eyre Technical Director
IPSA Group,
United Kingdom
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