Afghanistan

Getting Electricity in

Afghanistan

Below is a detailed summary of the procedures, time and cost required for a business to obtain an electricity connection for a newly constructed building in Afghanistan.

This information was collected as part of the Doing Business project, which measures and compares regulations relevant to the life cycle of a small- to medium-sized domestic business in 185 economies. The most recent round of data collection was completed in June 2012.

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  • Name of Utility: Kabul Electricity Department, Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherket (DABS)
  • City: Kabul

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No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Submit application to Kabul Electricity Department and await external site inspection

Customer has to submit the formal request to the Kabul electricity department, mentioning that construction works have started at the site, along with works completion date. The Kabul electricity department advice their responsible staff member to go to the site and see the feasibility. If there is possibility then accordingly they give connection. That is the main purpose to register with the Kabul electricity Department.

The external site inspection is carrying out by assigned technical members from different sections of Electricity Dept; they give date as per time schedule to the customers for site inspection. They conduct site visits in the city on a rotation basis, and give a specific date that when they will be visiting the customer’s requested site. Normally, they complete the round within 15 days.

Agency: Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherket (DABS) 		14 calendar days AFN 200.0
2 Receive site inspection from Kabul Electricity Department and await estimate

Customer has to be present for external site inspection. Customer can go and pick up the estimate letter from utility.

Agency: Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherket (DABS) 		10 calendar days no charge
3 Make payment to Kabul Electricity Department and await external connection works

Cost breakdown includes cost of distribution transformer, connection charges, labor, materials. Security deposit charged @ AF200/KVA.

Agency: Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherket (DABS) 		25 calendar days USD 20,437.6
4 Kabul Electricity Department conducts external works, meter installation and electricity starts flowing

All external connection works are done by the utility, and the installation of the distribution transformer is done by the utility as well. Materials are usually in stock.

Agency: Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherket (DABS) 		60 calendar days no charge
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