NTCSA aiming to launch electricity market platform on April 1

The National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA) has indicated that it is aiming to have the initial phase of the South African Wholesale Electricity Market, also referred to as the SAWEM, operating by April 1 next year, should it have received regulatory approval to do so. In a presentation to the Portfolio Committee on Electricity and Energy, NTCSA’s Andrew Etzinger reported that it had applied to the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) for a Market Operator licence.