STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS. Bright Amisi - Ag Executive SABS Standards Division African Utility Week 16 March 2011

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1 STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS Bright Amisi - Ag Executive SABS Standards Division African Utility Week 16 March 2011

2 Overview SABS Standards and regulations Programme of work

3 SABS Agency of the dti Established in 1945 by the Standards Act to: develop, promote and maintain South African National Standards; promote quality in connection with commodities, products and services; and render conformity assessment services and matters connected therewith

4 SABS services Standards development Over SANS. Testing according to standards Over 90 laboratories Certification against standards 25 certification schemes Training on standards implementation

5 Standards Development 400 SABS Committees Member of 377 ISO Committees Member of 130 IEC Committees Holds several leadership positions in ISO and IEC Leading standardization body in Africa Holds SADCSTAN Secretariat Participation in Tripartite Standards Committee and AFSEC.

6 Access to standards Online purchase of SANS, ISO and IEC standards Standards search Free standards alert service Document previews enabling users to make an informed purchase Standards available in hardcopy and electronic (PDF or CD) format Subscription packages

7 SQAM Infrastructure

8 Why Standards

9 Standards development process South African National Standard (SANS) Publication Stage 5 Draft South African Standard (DSS) Committee Drafts (CD) and Final Committee Draft (FCD) Preparatory Stage 2 Working Draft(s) (WD) Committee Stage 3 Approval Stage 4 60 Days Home Grown 30 Days Adopted Standard Proposal Stage 1 New Work Item Proposal (NP) Consensus principle General agreement to be reached Conflicting arguments to be reconciled

10 Standards and Regulation Voluntary standards can encourage selfregulation. Mandatory standards are referenced in legislation Harmonised standards can neutralise cross border bottlenecks SADC, SADC/EAC/COMESA Facilitates market access allowing for smaller countries to benefit from economies of scale Encourages investment by reducing the chances of failure

11 Focus on Energy sector Departments of Energy and Trade Climate Change Strategy IPAP National Energy Strategy Gauteng Integrated Energy Strategy NRCS Regulated specifications Strategic Advisory Group on Energy Efficiency (SAG-E)

12 Standards energy map

13 Standards energy map (cont)

14 Technical committees SANS 60901:Single-capped fluorescent lamps - Performance specifications Regulated: Compulsory Specification (NRCS)

15 Regulations in progress Comparative energy labels Informs the consumer and enables comparison on energy performance Endorsement labels seals of approval given according to a specified criteria Energy labels can stand alone or complement energy standards

16 Technical committees TC 61 Rotating machinery TC 62 Electrical measurements TC 63 Batteries TC 64 Lighting and optics SC 64A " - Lamps and auxiliaries SC 64C " - Luminaires TC 65 Explosion prevention TC 66 Electric cables

17 Technical committees TC 67 Electricity distribution systems and components SC 67A - Components - hv switchgear SC 67B - Lv switchgear SC 67C - Electrical accessories SC 67D - Insulators SC 67E - Electricity distribution SC 67F - Installations

18 Technical committees TC 68 Security systems TC 69 TC 72 Power electronics Safety of appliances TC 75 Performance of household & similar electrical appliances TC 76 Acoustics, electro-acoustics & vibration

19 Wind turbines standards in progress IEC series, Wind Turbines Part 1: Design requirements Part 2: Design requirements for small wind turbines Part 3: Design requirements for offshore wind turbines Part 11: Acoustic noise measurement techniques Part 12-1: Power performance measurements of electricity producing wind turbines Part 13: Measurement of mechanical loads

20 Wind turbines standards in progress Part 22: Conformity testing and certification Part 23: Full-scale structural testing of rotor blades Part 24: Lightning protection Part 25-1 to 5: Communications for monitoring and control of wind power plants Part 14: Declaration of apparent sound power level and tonality values Part 21: Measurement and assessment of power quality characteristics of grid connected wind turbines

21 Thank You