Côte d'Ivoire

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Côte d'Ivoire

Listed below are the procedures, time and cost required for a business to obtain an electricity connection for a newly constructed building.

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  • Name of Utility: Compagnie Ivoirienne d'Electricité (CIE)
  • City: Abidjan

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No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Submit application for a new connection with the local Compagnie Ivoirienne d'Electricité (CIE) customer office and await estimate

The application has to be submitted in person. The following documents have to be attached: the certificate confirming the security of the internal wiring, a topographique excerpt or the building permit to justify the quality of the land owner.

Agency: Compagnie Ivoirienne d'Electricité (CIE) 		14 calendar days no charge
* 2 Obtain conformity control of the internal wiring at government agency SECUREL

Before applying for a new connection, the customer has to ask for an internal inspection at LBTP/Securel to obtain a certificate of conformity. SECUREL is a government agency that was created to check the internal wiring in buildings of new customers.

Agency: SECUREL 		11 calendar days XOF 200,000.0
* 3 Compagnie Ivoirienne d'Electricité (CIE) carries out external inspection of the site

CIE is coming to the site to do an external inspection to determine the cost of the connection and to do a technical study that details what works have to be done. Someone from the customer’s party has to be present.

Agency: Compagnie Ivoirienne d'Electricité (CIE) 		3 calendar days no charge
4 Hire electrical contractor, bring material for testing, await completion of external connection works, receive inspections

For a requested load of 140kVA, in general an additional transformer needs to be installed. The customer would hire an electrical contractor to buy the material and to install the transformer. The contractor of the client brings the material to CIE for an inspection/testing. Transformers of 160kVA are usually available at the utility. There would be no waiting time to buy a transformer. The customer would have to pay the full cost for the transformer and the installation. The electrical contractor would also do the final connection. The utility is supervising the work of the electrical contractor. Basically, the utility would pass by every day to check and supervise the works executed by the contractor.

Agency: Electrical Contractor 		19 calendar days XOF 19,768,097.8
* 5 CIE installs the meter and conclude supply contract with Compagnie Ivoirienne d'Electricité (CIE)

The customer would conclude a supply contract with CIE. To conclude a supply contract, the customer would have to submit the certificate of conformity of the internal wiring and the number of the new connection or the estimate of the new connection. CIE installs the meter.

Agency: Compagnie Ivoirienne d'Electricité (CIE) 		14 calendar days no charge
* Takes place simultaneously with another procedure.
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