Brazil

Getting Electricity in

Brazil

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 Brazil.

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  • Name of Utility: AES Eletropaulo
  • City: São Paulo

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No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Customer obtains ART - Anotacao de Responsabilidade Tecnica (Annotation of Technical Responsibility for the execution of the electricity connection)

This is a certification obtained from CREA (Professional Association for Engineers and Architects) and the fee schedule is a federal one and can be obtained online. The certificate can also be obtained online.
Agency: CREA (Professional Association for Engineers and Architects) 		1 calendar day BRL 83.0
2 Submit application to AES Electropaulo and await site visit

Customer needs to submit package of documents to the utility company. No need to notarize documents. There are no standard forms for this kind of connection. A simple letter must be written by the client, specifying all the details of the project, voltage, etc. After the customer submits the package with all documents required, Eletropaulo will register the information on the system, register the request, issue a technical note and have the process number. In 30 days at the most, AES will respond to the client, stating if there is a need to visit the site, reinforce the network and what is the cost for that.
Agency: AES Electropaulo 		30 calendar days no charge
3 Receive site visit from AES Electropaulo and await estimate

The site inspection will be done at the first visit after submission of the application. The character of the inspection will be only to determinate; (i) if the installation is in compliance to the conditions established by Eletropaulo on it's General Instruction Book (LIG BT 2005); (ii) if the property is ready for the wiring and; (iii) if the company should provide any other installation in the property. The estimate is prepared and the customer is informed via telephone that it is ready (this is supposed to be done, but in most cases, the customer calls after a few days of site visit to enquire if estimate is ready, and then visits the utility office to make payment.
Agency: AES Electropaulo 		18 calendar days BRL 36.2
* 4 Purchase and install equipment

In cases where transformer is required, the customer will have to purchase and install it.
Agency: Private electrical contractor 		7 calendar days BRL 24,000.0
5 Customer executes energy supply agreement with utility

The customer signs the electricity supply agreement
Agency: AES Electropaulo 		1 calendar day no charge
6 Receive external connection and electricity starts flowing

The property have to be ready for receiving the connection. The site must have installed the post for connecting cables, fuse box and the house main switch. The customer pays the connection fee together with the price of the energy in the first or following bill (not for Mooca). The bill is paid at a bank. The connection fee is a symbolic amount of R$36.17.
Agency: AES Electropaulo 		7 calendar days no charge
* Takes place simultaneously with another procedure.
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