Electricity wheeling – the use of existing grid infrastructure to transmit power from independent producers to end users – is a vital mechanism for expanding access to renewable energy and improving grid resilience in South Africa. Yet, despite growing demand from the private sector and municipal stakeholders, wheeling remains constrained by fragmented legislation, underdeveloped tariff structures and limited implementation frameworks.
The 5th Annual Electricity Wheeling Conference will explore the evolving role of wheeling in South Africa’s just energy transition. Building on the outcomes and recommendations of the 2025 conference, the 2026 edition will highlight the ongoing work of the National Transmission Company of South Africa (NTCSA) in shaping a more open and competitive electricity market. It will also focus on regulatory alignment across municipal and national levels, tariff standardisation, infrastructure investment and the integration of digital technologies to support more efficient wheeling transactions.
Conference participants will hear from a diverse group of speakers, including representatives from government, Eskom, independent power producers, regulators, financiers and legal experts. Through panel discussions, case studies and strategic dialogue, the conference will highlight current barriers to wheeling uptake and identify solutions for scaling up this mechanism to support South Africa’s energy security, decarbonisation goals and economic development.
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The 2026 Conference will address technical, regulatory and market design challenges associated with the implementation and scaling up of electricity wheeling in South Africa. Drawing on industry feedback and recent developments, the following topics will be explored:
Aradhna Pandarum
Founder and CEO | Just Green Strategies
Katherine Persson
Managing Director: Assets | SOLA Group (Pty) Ltd
Senior Manager: Project Delivery Energy Council of South Africa
Renewables Lead | BDO South Africa
Head: Business Development ACES Africa
Consultant | Meridian Economics
CEO | FIBON
Head of M&A and Large C&I Yellow Door Energy South Africa
AMEU Strategic Adviser
Director | Harmattan Renewables
Operations Manager | Enpower Trading
Senior analyst Just Energy Transition and Infrastructure | Krutham
Chief Executive Officer | SOLINK
Acting Director of the Projects/Planning | Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality
CEO | Apollo Africa
Head of Commercial | SolarAfrica
Chief Executive Officer | ENERTRGA
Chief Engineer | eThekwini Municipality
Chief Executive Officer | Atlantis Special Economic Zone
0700 Registration and networking
0815 Opening remarks from the chairperson
Aradhna Pandarum | Founder and CEO | Just Green Strategies
0830 Keynote address Katherine Persson | Managing Director: Assets | SOLA Group (Pty) Ltd
Keynote speech:
0900 Dr. Enos N. Banda | Chief Executive Officer | ENERTRGA
Topic: Collector Grids
0930 Vasanie Pather | Senior Manager: Project Delivery| Energy Council of South Africa
Topic: Balancing the stakeholder interests of open access wheeling with the challenges inherent in the Electricity Distribution Industry (EDI) reform – options for a win-win
1000 Networking tea break
1030 Prof. Vally Padayachee | AMEU Strategic Adviser
Topic: Digital innovations in electricity wheeling: enabling virtual trading and enhancing market efficiency
1100 Nato Oosthuizen | Renewables Lead | BDO South Africa
Topics: Public-private partnerships for wheeling infrastructure: structuring, funding and risk allocation
1130 Frank Spencer | Consultant | Meridian Economics
Topic: Token Wheeling
1200 Amy Ledwidge | Operations Manager | Enpower Trading
Topic: From Policy to Practice: Turning Wheeling Reform into Measurable Outcomes
1230 Oliver Johnston | Chief Executive Officer | SOLINK
Topic:
1300 Dr. Sanjeeth Sewchurran | Chief Engineer | eThekwini Municipality
Topic: Opportunities and challenges when implementing wheeling within Municipalities
1330 Networking Lunch
1430 Panel Session
Aradhna Pandarum | Founder and CEO | Just Green Strategies
Katherine Persson | Managing Director: Assets | SOLA Group (Pty) Ltd
Vasanie Pather | Senior Manager: Project Delivery| Energy Council of South Africa
Prof. Vally Padayachee | AMEU Strategic Adviser
Nato Oosthuizen | Renewables Lead | BDO South Africa
Frank Spencer | Consultant | Meridian Economics
Amy Ledwidge | Operations Manager | Enpower Trading
Oliver Johnston | Chief Executive Officer | SOLINK
Dr. Enos N. Banda | Chief Executive Officer | ENERTRGA
Dr. Sanjeeth Sewchurran | Chief Engineer | eThekwini Municipality
1530 Closing Remarks from Chairperson
Aradhna Pandarum | Founder and CEO | Just Green Strategies
1540 Networking Tea Break: End of Conference
0700 Registration and networking
0815 Opening remarks from the chairperson
Aradhna Pandarum | Founder and CEO | Just Green Strategies
0830 Nico de Bruyn | CEO | Apollo Africa
Topic: Tariff reform and cost reflectivity: designing transparent, bankable wheeling tariffs
0900 Jarrod Lyons | Head: Business Development | ACES Africa
Topic: Wheeling and Carbon Markets: Battery Arbitrage and Emissions Trading
0930 John Taylor | Head of M&A and Large C&I | Yellow Door Energy South Africa
Topic: TBA
1000 Networking tea break
1030 Chanda Nxumalo | Director | Harmattan Renewables
Topic: Operating realities of renewables generation and how it is managed under the wheeling framework
1100 Lameez Omarjee | Senior analyst Just Energy Transition and Infrastructure | Krutham
Topic: Market reform in practice: role of traders and aggregators
1130: Avesh Padayachee | CEO | FIBON
Topic: TBA
1200 Roark Prinsloo | Acting Director of the Projects/Planning | Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality
Topic: Wheeling in action: lessons from municipal implementation
1230 Brandon Horn | Head of Commercial | SolarAfrica
Topic: The future of Wheeling in the C&I Sector: Fast-tracking opportunities
1300 Matthew Cullinan | Chief Executive Officer | Atlantis Special Economic Zone
Topic: Unlocking Access and Efficiency: Accelerating Electricity Wheeling through Market Reform and Infrastructure Investment.
1330 Networking Lunch
1430 Panel Session
Aradhna Pandarum | Founder and CEO | Just Green Strategies
Jarrod Lyons | Head: Business Development | ACES Africa
John Taylor | Head of M&A and Large C&I | Yellow Door Energy South Africa
Chanda Nxumalo | Director | Harmattan Renewables
Lameez Omarjee | Senior analyst Just Energy Transition and Infrastructure | Krutham
Avesh Padayachee | CEO | FIBON
Roark Prinsloo | Acting Director of the Projects/Planning | Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality
Brandon Horn | Head of Commercial | SolarAfrica
Nico de Bruyn | CEO | Apollo Africa
Matthew Cullinan | Chief Executive Officer | Atlantis Special Economic Zone
1530 Closing Remarks from Chairperson
Aradhna Pandarum | Founder and CEO | Just Green Strategies
1540 Networking Tea Break: End of Conference
Cost per person
NB: Price is in South African Rand. Price displayed excludes VAT.
