# Energy Exemptions

- Link: https://dearsouthafrica.co.za/energy-exemptions/
- Published: 2023-03-10T13:01:53+02:00
- Author: dearSA

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### The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) has published the draft block exemption regulations for Energy **Suppliers** 2023 and similar exemptions for Energy **Users** under the Competition Act.

    - Minister of the DTIC, Ebrahim Patel, said that the new regulations would exempt
      certain agreements or practices by energy suppliers and users in South Africa
      in a bid to boost the uptake of new energy generation.
    - This is in direct response to the electricity supply crisis, with the changes
      coming under the new freedoms allowed by the declared national state of disaster.

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### The exemptions include agreements relating to:

 * Joint procurement of backup or alternate energy supply for purposes of supply
   to the national grid – including power purchase agreements;
 * Sharing of backup or energy generation capacity, including energy generation 
   equipment;Joint negotiation and purchase of energy related to product and service
   supply;
 * Joint financing of backup and alternative energy supply to the national grid;
   
   Joint purchasing of shared backup and alternative energy generation capacity;
 * Energy use, saving and optimisation initiatives to limit operational downtime
   and reduce energy demand;
 * Joint procurement and the sharing of security services for purposes of securing
   shared sites.

However, despite these exemptions encouraging businesses to work together on energy
solutions, the department doesn’t want businesses to get too close.

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