The technology assessment of demand side bidding in the South African context

 

 

H.K. Grover^I; M.W. Pretorius^II

^IGraduate School of Technology Management, University of Pretoria, South Africa
^IIGraduate School of Technology Management, University of Pretoria, South Africa tinus.pretorius@up.ac.za

 

 

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ABSTRACT

South Africa is currently in the grip of a severe power supply capacity constraint. January 2007 saw blackouts throughout the country, and worse was expected in the months to come. As a measure of immediate remedy Eskom has turned to demand side bidding (DSB), a methodology whereby the demand side has an opportunity to sell back flexible load to the supply side. This paper assesses DSB with the aim of evaluating and gauging the current and potential future standing of DSB as a technology product within the South African context.

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OPSOMMING

Suid-Afrika ervaar tans 'n ernstige vraagstuk in elektrisiteitsvoorsiening. Vanaf Januarie 2007 kom gereelde kragonderbrekings voor, en volgens alle aanduidings lê die ergste nog voor. As 'n korttermynmaatreël beoog ESKOM 'n strategie van aanvraagbestuur en spesifiek aanvraag-bie, 'n metodologie waarvolgens verbruikers die geleentheid kry om elektrisiteit aan die verskaffer terug te verkoop. Hierdie artikel assesseer die metodologie ten einde die huidige en toekomstige gebruikers-moontlikhede daarvan as 'n tegnologieproduk binne Suid-Afrikaanse konteks te bepaal.

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* This paper was presented at the IEEE Africon 2007 Conference in Windhoek, Namibia. The paper is reproduced with kind permission of Africon and IEEE.
1 The author was enrolled for an M Eng (Engineering Management) degree in the Department of Technology Management, University of Pretoria.