National Energy Regulator Act: Public Hearing for municipalities applying for average tariff Increase above guideline of 1.88%

16th May 2017

The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) is a regulatory authority established as a juristic  person  in  terms  of  Section  3  of  the  National  Energy  Regulator  Act,  2004  (Act  No.  40  of 2004).  NERSA’s  mandate  is  to  regulate  the  electricity,  piped-gas  and  petroleum  pipelines industries in terms of the Electricity Regulation Act, 2006 (Act No. 4 of 2006), Gas Act, 2001 (Act No.  48  of  2001)  and  Petroleum  Pipelines  Act,  2003  (Act  No.  60  of  2003)  and  the  Petroleum Pipelines Levies Act, 2004 (Act No. 28 of 2004).