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Energy Management and Load Shedding Resilience for Operations

A plant that stops four times a week does not have a maintenance problem, it has an energy planning problem. Delegates build load profiles, cost diesel against battery and tariff options, and set out a schedule that protects critical production when the grid drops away.

What you will be able to do

  • Build an accurate site energy baseline from meter data, invoices and production output.
  • Rank plant loads by criticality so that limited backup capacity is allocated deliberately.
  • Calculate the true cost of diesel generation per kilowatt hour, including maintenance and fuel logistics.
  • Compare battery storage, generation and demand shifting against a realistic load shedding stage schedule.
  • Design production schedules that move energy intensive work into cheaper and more reliable periods.
  • Present an energy cost reduction case to management using figures the finance team can verify.

Course outline

  1. 01Reading tariffs, demand charges and time of use
  2. 02Building an energy baseline from real data
  3. 03Load criticality and essential circuit mapping
  4. 04Diesel generation cost modelling and fuel control
  5. 05Battery storage sizing and payback arithmetic
  6. 06Production scheduling around load shedding stages
  7. 07Energy monitoring, targets and management reporting
  8. 08Building and defending the investment case

Who should attend

Plant managers, production managers, energy managers, maintenance engineers and facilities managers in manufacturing, mining, retail and logistics. Finance managers responsible for approving energy and generator spend will also find the costing sessions useful.

Dates, venues and fees

DatesVenueDaysFeeCalendar
17 to 21 Aug 2026Harare5US$1,800
24 to 28 Aug 2026Kampala5US$1,800
31 Aug to 4 Sep 2026Dar es Salaam5US$1,800
7 to 11 Sep 2026Pretoria5R18,000
14 to 18 Sep 2026Cape Town5R18,000
28 Sep to 2 Oct 2026Online5US$900
5 to 9 Oct 2026Mozambique5US$1,800
12 to 16 Oct 2026Cairo5US$1,800
19 to 23 Oct 2026Accra5US$1,800
26 to 30 Oct 2026Lusaka5US$1,800
2 to 6 Nov 2026Kigali5US$1,800
9 to 13 Nov 2026Nairobi5US$1,800
16 to 20 Nov 2026Durban5R18,000
23 to 27 Nov 2026Johannesburg5R18,000
7 to 11 Dec 2026Mauritius5US$1,800
14 to 18 Dec 2026Dubai5US$1,800
21 to 25 Dec 2026Lagos5US$1,800

Fees are per delegate. South African venues are priced in rand; other locations and online in US dollars. Fees exclude 15% VAT where applicable. Group bookings of three or more delegates from the same organisation qualify for a reduced rate; contact us for a quotation.

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