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

The information appearing on this page 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 183 economies. The most recent round of data collection for the project was completed in June 2011.

  • Name of Utility: Société Tchadienne d'Eau et d'Electricité (STEE)
  • City: N’Djamena

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No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 The client submits application for electricity and awaits estimate of connection fees from Société Nationale d'Electricité (SNE)

The client can either write to the Commercial Department of the electricity company or submit the application in person (in which case the client will need to pay an application fee). The electricity company prefers the former option as it is more formal.


Agency: Société Nationale d'Electricité (SNE) 		22 calendar days XAF 1,500.0
* 2 The client obtains inspection of the site by Société Nationale d'Electricité (SNE)

The fees (material, connection, and subscription) are paid at this point in the case of a low-voltage connection. For a medium-voltage case they can be paid after the works have started (or ended). In any case, subscription fees have to be paid before the warehouse is supplied with electricity.
Staff from the electricity company inspect the site and carry out a technical study. This onsite visit is done by SNE only to ensure that the location is correct, to check the road number, the zone, and the door number to determine which electricity post and also water connection will be used for this client.
After the onsite visit and confirmation of the location, the request is transmitted to the Service Technique for study and establishing a cost estimate. This department will tell the client about all materials to be bought, where to buy them, and what quality to buy.


Agency: Société Nationale d'Electricité (SNE) 		1 calendar day no charge
3 The client buys the material for the external works, obtains testing of the material by Société Nationale d'Electricité (SNE), and the external works by a private contractor

SNE will send a technician to inspect the material bought by the client to ensure that the quality is in accordance to the list provided by SNE.

The client has a choice between hiring a private firm to do the works or asking SNE to carry them out. In the cases where an expansion of the network is needed, it is more common to hire a private firm to do the works.

Type of works: Works consist of installing a substation on the client’s plot and connecting it to SNE MV network. From a technical point of view, two types of substation are possible:

(a) Option 1 : A pre-fabricated transformer, such as a « type bocage » transformer. A new substation (160-kVA transformer) is installed on the client's property. The low-voltage connection to the warehouse is done in this same, private property. Connection to the utility's medium-voltage network is done in the public domain. The medium-voltage meter is incorporated within the substation.

(b) Option 2 : The “bocage” transformer is usually bought in Europe, and thus leads to delays in procurement. Another option is to build a concrete (“ciment”) transformer. It will take less time and cost less. Plus, from a technical point of view, it is preferred over option 1 because in excess heat the concrete transformer heats up less than the pre-fabricated one.


Agency: Private firm 		37.5 calendar days XAF 37,500,000.0
* 4 The client obtains an excavation permit from the municipality

When SNE does the works it does not have to apply for an excavation permit because it has a tacit agreement with the municipality (“voirie”) already.

When it is a private firm that does the works, then the client (or its contractor) will need to obtain an excavation permit to be able to connect the transformer to the utility’s network.


Agency: Municipality 		14 calendar days no charge
5 The client obtains final connection and turn-on of supply from Société Nationale d'Electricité (SNE)

SNE will pull a wire from the substation to the existing medium-voltage network and turn on the supply.

Agency: Société Nationale d'Electricité (SNE) 		7 calendar days XAF 541,671.5
* Takes place simultaneously with another procedure.
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