Building South Africa’s Competitive Electricity Market: The Role of Trading, Transmission and Market Reform.
Date: 12 May 2026.
Time: 14h00 to 16h40.
Format: Online event.
Platform: Zoom Webinar 1000.
Cost: Free-of-charge, all welcome.
Hosted by: EE Business Intelligence.
Supported by: Presidency, Eskom Renewables, NOA Group, EXSA, Red Rocket, Krutham, SAETA and SAIPPA.
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Presenters
Opening address: Saul Musker, Director: Strategy & Delivery Support, Office of the Presidency.
Presenter 1: Khutso Sekgota, General Manager: Business Development, Eskom Renewables.
Presenter 2: Andrew Taylor, Co-Founder and Head of Trading, NOA Group.
Presenter 3: Davide Pasi, Business Development Director, Red Rocket.
Presenter 4: Wayne Cowie, CEO, Energy Exchange of Southern Africa (EXSA).
Wrap-up: Peter Attard Montalto, Managing Director and Global Lead for Capital Markets, Political Economy, and Just Energy Transition (JET), Krutham.
Synopsis
This EE Business Intelligence webinar will examine the key findings and recommendations of a recent SAETA report, Policy to Power: Ten Actions to Deliver Green, Accessible and Secure Electricity, to explore what they mean for South Africa’s electricity market reform process, the development of competitive electricity trading, and the practical steps required to unlock large-scale private investment while maintaining security of supply and affordability.
South Africa’s electricity reform programme has moved rapidly from policy debate to implementation. But the critical question now is whether the country can successfully execute the reforms required to deliver a competitive, secure and affordable electricity system.
After more than a century of monopoly control, the sector is transitioning toward a multi-market electricity system underpinned by wholesale market trading, bilateral contracts, and expanded private investment in generation.
Success now depends on effective execution, institutional coordination and clear sequencing of reforms across government, regulators and market participants.
Priority actions needed to translate legislation and policy commitments into a functioning electricity market include, finalising the Electricity Pricing Policy, strengthening regulatory capacity, accelerating transmission expansion, clarifying Eskom’s future role, and establishing the South African Wholesale Electricity Market (SAWEM) alongside bilateral electricity trading.
Electricity traders are emerging as a key mechanism connecting generators, customers, financiers and networks, with trader-linked projects already accounting for a significant share of privately contracted generation reaching financial close in recent years.
Format
This will be a 2½ hour webinar conducted on the Zoom Webinar 1000 platform, which can accommodate up to 1000 concurrent participants/attendees. Saul Musker of the Office of the Presidency will provide a 15-minute opening address to contextualise the topics. Thereafter, four expert presenters will each have 20-minute slots to present on various aspects of the subject of the webinar, followed by a 15-minute wrap-up by Peter Attard Montalto of Krutham, and a 30-minute open discussion and Q & A session.
Programme
14h00 – 14h05: Welcome and housekeeping: Chris Yelland, EE Business Intelligence.
14h05 – 14h20: Opening address: Saul Musker, Office of Presidency.
14h20 – 14h40: Presenter 1: Khutso Sekgota, Eskom Renewables.
14h40 – 15h00: Presenter 2: Andrew Taylor, NOA Group.
15h00 – 15h10: Comfort break.
15h10 – 15h30: Presenter 3: Davide Pasi, Red Rocket.
15h30 – 15h50: Presenter 4: Wayne Cowie, Energy Exchange of Southern Africa (EXSA).
15h50 – 16h05: Wrap up and key takeaways: Peter Attard Montalto, Krutham.
16h05 – 16h35: Q & A session: Moderated by Chris Yelland.
16h35 – 16h40: Thanks and closure: Chris Yelland.
Register to attend the webinar here