World Bank2013-02-262013-02-262011-06https://hdl.handle.net/10986/12507This report summarizes South Africa's energy challenges, efforts to establish a low-carbon energy strategy through the Power Conservation Program; and several World Bank backed initiatives to help the country save energy, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and help South Africa cope with a power crunch. The Power Conservation Program has proved its effectiveness. The economic benefits of the program include the reduced need for dispatching expensive, oil-fired power plants. The national electric utility, Eskom, has maintained the Power Conservation Program as an option that can be expanded beyond the large industrial customer base, if further power shortages arise due to an imbalance between electricity supply and demand. The system is well understood among Eskom's staff, integrated into business processes, and it can be adjusted to accommodate a larger customer base, if necessary. It is an excellent hedging mechanism that can help Eskom to manage power system reliability if the reserve margins deteriorate in the future.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO ENERGYACCESS TO ENERGY SERVICESAFFORDABLE ENERGYALLOCATIONAPPROACHAVAILABILITYBALANCEBARREL OF OILBARRIERS TO ENERGY EFFICIENCYCALCULATIONCARBONCARBON ACCOUNTINGCARBON DIOXIDECARBON EMISSIONSCARBON FOOTPRINTCLEAN ENERGYCLEANER ENERGYCLIMATECLIMATE CHANGECOCO2COALCOAL GENERATIONCONSUMPTION PER HOUSEHOLDCONVERGENCECOST OF ENERGYDEMAND FOR ELECTRICITYDEMAND MANAGEMENTDEMAND REDUCTIONDEMAND RESPONSEDEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENTDIESELDROUGHTECONOMIC BENEFITSECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC PERSPECTIVEEFFICIENT LIGHTINGELECTRIC ENERGYELECTRIC POWERELECTRIC POWER GENERATIONELECTRIC RATESELECTRIC UTILITYELECTRICITYELECTRICITY CONSERVATIONELECTRICITY CONSUMPTIONELECTRICITY COUNCILELECTRICITY DEMANDELECTRICITY SALESELECTRICITY SAVINGSELECTRICITY SECTORELECTRICITY SUPPLYELECTRICITY SYSTEMELECTRIFICATIONEMISSIONEMISSION FACTOREMISSION REDUCTIONEMISSIONSEND-USEENERGY CONSERVATIONENERGY CONSUMERSENERGY CONVERSIONENERGY EFFICIENCYENERGY MARKETENERGY MARKETSENERGY POLICYENERGY REDUCTIONSENERGY RESEARCHENERGY SAVINGSENERGY SECURITYENERGY SERVICEENERGY SERVICE COMPANYENERGY SOURCESENERGY SUPPLYENERGY USAGEENERGY USEENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTSENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITYFLUORESCENT LAMPFUELFUEL SUPPLYGENERATING CAPACITYGENERATION CAPACITYGHGGREEN FIELDGREENHOUSEGREENHOUSE GASGREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONSGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTHEATHIGH ENERGY INTENSITYHYDROPOWERINCOMEINTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCYINVESTMENTS IN ENERGYINVESTMENTS IN ENERGY EFFICIENCYJOBSKILOWATT HOURLOAD SHEDDINGLOW-CARBONMARGINAL COSTNATURAL GASNEW PLANTSNUCLEAR ENERGYNUCLEAR POWERNUCLEAR POWER PLANTOILPEAK DEMANDPEAK LOADPENALTIESPER CAPITA INCOMEPOLICY ANALYSISPOLICY MAKERSPOLLUTIONPOWERPOWER CONSUMPTIONPOWER CRISISPOWER DEMANDPOWER PLANTPOWER PLANTSPOWER PRODUCERPOWER PRODUCERSPOWER SECTORPOWER SHORTAGESPOWER SUPPLYPOWER SYSTEMRAINFALLREBATESRENEWABLE ENERGYRESERVOIRSSCENARIOSSOLAR WATER HEATERSSPOT MARKETSPOT PRICESUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTSUSTAINABLE ENERGYTHERMAL POWERTHERMAL POWER GENERATIONTRADE SYSTEMUTILITIESVALUE OF ENERGYVARIABLE COSTVEHICLE EFFICIENCYWorld Bank10.1596/12507