Ann: Maiden Gas Reserve and Exploration Progress Update, page-5

Hey Ed1, private companies can already compete in the electricity space. They uptake has been painfully slow, and none more slower than KKO;

Generation Licences under the Electricity Regulation ActOn 17 January 2023, the DMRE announced further amendments to Section 3 of Schedule 2 of the Electricity Regulation Act 4 of 2006 (the "Act"), following earlier changes to the Act in 2021 that raised the generation licence threshold from 1 MW to 100 MW.The most significant amendment exempts any generation facility, irrespective of its size or capacity, with a point of connection on the transmission or distribution power system (and irrespective of whether or not that generation facility has energy storage) from the requirement to apply for and hold a licence the operation of any generation facility, with or without energy storage, in circumstances where:a) the generation facility supplies electricity to one or more customers by Wheeling (i.e. the transfer of electricity from the point of connection of the generation facility to the grid to a point of consumption through a third party transmission network), and the generator has entered into a Connection agreement with an entity that holds a transmission or distribution licence in respect of the power system over which the electricity will be wheeled; orb) the generation facility has a point of connection to the grid but does not import or export any electricity onto or from the transmission or distribution power system.This move enables investment in larger, utility-scale plants that will take advantage of economies of scale and represents a significant move towards the liberalisation of the South African energy market.