Transcript Slide 54

Peter Fowles
Opening Session
• Scene set by energetic Gumboot dancers
• Warm welcome by Deputy Mayor, Logie Naidoo
• Passionate presentation by DMM, Krish Kumar
– Accountants are necessary to keep engineers in
check!!
• Kevin Nassiep’s keynote address
– Role of SANERI and energy research & development
in making best use of our valuable energy resources
• Phinde Nzimande – call for AMEU support on
the road to EDI restructuring
• 61st Convention 2008 – invitation from Sy
Gourrah on behalf of BCM
Opening Session
• Vally Padayachee
– Valedictory address highlighting some
challenging and important issues to be
addressed in the future
• Induction of incoming President, Sandile
Maphumulo
1st Session – Day 1
• Gary Bailey – Game Plan 2010
– Positive look at the opportunities for South Africa
leading up to, during and after the largest marketing
event in the world. A critical opportunity for all South
Africans. Miss it and miss out. Some excellent Video
clips to make us smile and think.
• Michael Farr
– Experience of Citipower in ensuring the security of
supply to the Melbourne CBD for the 2006
Commonwealth games
• Clinton Carter-Brown and Peter Fowles
– Issues, risks and strategies suggested by the 2010
ESI Forum to help us prepare for the tournament. Still
a lot to do, but the project is in good hands.
2nd Session – Day 1
• Move to more technical issues
• Murray Cronje – Impact of CIE 140
– Look at performance criteria to be used in the
design of street lighting schemes
• Lenny Govender – partial discharge
detection on metal enclosed S/G
– Theory behind partial discharge and use of
acoustic emission tests
2nd Session – Day 1
• Luwendran Moodley and Alex Dierks
– both had a look at aspects of transformer
condition assessment, the process used to
determine the health of power system
transformer assets.
• Rossouw Theron
– An in depth look at Eskom’s type test
requirements for lightning surge arrester
ground lead disconnectors [GLD] using the
IEC 60099-4 specification
Social Activities – Day 1
• Ladies treated to a most enjoyable day at
uShaka Marine World
– Apparently some of them did not want to
leave
• Well attended Civic Reception at the
Durban City Hall hosted by eThekwini
Council
– Most enjoyable entertainment by a group of
very athletic young men and a delicious array
of food
1st Session – Day 2
• Network Planning
• Ed Bunge – modern network planning
methodology
– to meet Eskom’s future electricity demand with an
acceptable level of reliability.
• Anton Theron- universal access to electricity
business plan
– highlighted the need for R25 bn over the next five
years to meet Govt’s vision of UA by 2012
– timely reminder that we must pay attention to the
operational requirements arising from this massive
capital programme
1st Session – Day 2 [contd]
• Network Planning
• Clinton Carter-Brown – process to
enhance Eskom Distribution’s network
planning
– effective network planning builds on base data
and systems
– stressed the need for training & development
of planning and specialist support personnel.
2nd Session – Day 2
• Network Operations
• Machiel Jacobs - the approach and benefits of
Work Management in a value chain operational
business
– need to have an asset management strategy and a
specific tool as part of overall strategy to support your
business
• Shamal Sivasankar - took us through some very
useful lessons learnt from a number of global
case studies of large scale power emergencies
– Recommended the need in the South African context
of closer integration and collaboration in the industry
2nd Session – Day 2 [contd]
• Network Operations
• Peter Busch - application of RCM
methodology within Eskom Distribution
– Highlighted NRS 082 as the industry standard
• Greg Tosen – Operation Thegko
– Eskom’s process to coordinate and integrate
total systems capacity and reliability over next
36 months
– objective of implementing a robust emergency
response process
3rd Session – Day 2
• Sustainable Development
• Rob Higgo & Stuart van Zyl - Cogeneration
– A history of the development of cogeneration to
supplement Eskom’s generation base
– Target of 900 MW by 2011
• Roy Wienand – eThekwini landfill gas to
electricity project
– video clip provided some frightening statistics on
effects of global warming
– account of success story in implementing a project
utilizing carbon credit funding
3rd Session – Day 2 [contd]
• Sustainable Development
• Dr Yves Guenon – nuclear generation and
sustainable development
– World wants more energy for less CO²
– Use of energy will double by 2030
– RSA must get in queue for nuclear power plant
• Vally Padayachee – renewable energy sources
– provocative invitation to debate whether RSA has an
environment conducive for implementing RE systems
– RE viewed as unreliable source due to dependency
and climate variations
– White Paper, 2003 target of 1667 MW by 2013
Final Session – Day 2
• Safety Briefings
• Colin Smith – fatal incident case study
– Misunderstanding of meaning of word
‘decommissioning’
– Resulted as a result of failure to communicate and
adhere to operating regulations
• Robert Mallinson
– Incident at substation resulting from theft of copper
earth mat – need to CHECK, CHECK and CHECK
– Benefits of installation of CCTV system
– Advice to not let staff work in substations or on O/H
lines while lightning in the vicinity
Social Activities – Day 2
• Ladies were pampered at Mangwanani
Sibaya
– Foot and Hand Gift!!!
• Gala Dinner at ICC
– Much fun was had by all
1st Session – Day 3
• Asset Management
• Paul van Niekerk & Jaco van Niekerk
– international best practice of EAM
– Tangible benefits if implemented in a systematic way
• Nigel Waters - benchmarking
– can provide support for improvement in performance
in our industry
• Dean Griffin – physical asset management
– case study on physical asset management with a
focus on getting `back to basics’
– Look at AM as improving bottom line performance
and not just an expense
2nd Session – Day 3
• Industry Restructuring & Professional
Development
• Mbulelo Ncetezo – NERSA technical
requirements for distribution licencees
– Distribution Grid Code.
• Willie de Beer – sustainable REDs
– view that we have made significant progress
– need for benchmarking to understand the current
performance of the business
• Ivor Evans – regulation of the professions in the
built environment
– identification of engineering work
Final Session – Day 3
• Naude van Rensburg – building capacity
to service the REDs
– challenges in training for skills development.
• Russell Baloyi – South Africa’s
environment campaign
Thank you
• Thank you to all the presenters
• Thank you to all who have contributed to
an enjoyable and very interesting
Convention
Thank you
• Thank you to the team of staff from
eThekwini Electricity
• Leader : Rosemary Naidoo
– Assistants
– Rani
– Priscilla
– Preval
– Dayalan
Thank you
• Assistants Con’t
– Denise
– Nicholas
– Chris
– Nash
– Ronnie
– Douglas