Cape Town Energy Scenarios
SEA's role in this project is assisting in developing long-term electricity scenarios to test the City of Cape Town's draft Energy Strategy and utility business model, to inform City responses on safeguarding municipal financial sustainability.
PDG and their sub-consultants, Sustainable Energy Africa (SEA), were appointed through the urban development research panel to undertake a phased research project to build an understanding of the implications of a changing energy system and expected transitions within the municipal electricity utility on the City’s revenues over time.
The study is structured as three phases:
- What is likely to happen in the energy space between now and 2040?
- What will be the financial impact if we don’t make changes?
- To what extent can financial and tariff reform mitigate this impact?
Funder: City of Cape Town
Timeline: 1 June 2023 to 30 June 2024
Project Team: Zanie Cilliers, Megan Euston-Brown, Joel Nana