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Doing Business tracks all procedures, the time and cost required for a business to obtain an electricity connection for a newly constructed building, including an extension or expansion of the existing infrastructure. To ensure that the data are comparable across economies, respondents in the 140 economies covered were presented with a standard case study:
An entrepreneur would like to connect his newly built warehouse for cold meat storage to electricity. The internal wiring up to the metering point has already been completed by the electrician employed by the construction firm, and the entrepreneur would now like to obtain the final electricity connection from the local distribution utility. The electrician working for the entrepreneur estimates that the warehouse will need a 140 kVA (kiloVoltAmpere) connection.
Based on the case study, distribution utilities in the main business city of each economy were asked to describe the procedures for obtaining an electricity connection, along with the time and cost of completing them. From their responses, a list of procedures was drawn up and verified through e-mail and telephone interviews with independent professionals such as electricians, electrical engineers, electrical contractors and construction companies.
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New! Getting Electricity - A Pilot Indicator set from the Doing Business Project examines the process a private business must go through to obtain an electricity connection for a newly constructed building. The report covers 140 countries. (PDF, 257KB)
