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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.

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  • Name of Utility: Telasi JSC
  • City: Tbilisi

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No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Submit an application for an electricity connection to Telasi and await technical conditions and project design

The application for an electricity connection is submitted in person at Telasi. A document certifying property rights or lending rights for the space/buildings where applicant’s electrical installation is located is attached to the application.

In few days after the application has been submitted Telasi comes to look at the site (see procedure 2). At the inspection preliminary specifications of the connection are discussed. After the inspection a connection fee has to be paid if it has been suggested that the connection is to 380/220 V. After the inspection technical conditions and a project design which outlines in detail specifications of the connection are issued and the connection contract is signed.
The technical conditions concern only the external connection. In general they may include instructions for construction of a new substation; lining of high-voltage and low-voltage cables; in a case of reconstruction works - participation of the customer in the required works.



Agency: Telasi 		16 calendar days GEL 14,225.0
* 2 Obtain an external review of the site carried out by Telasi

After the application is submitted in order to prepare technical conditions Telasi carries out an external review of the site. Somebody from the applicant’s party is required to be present during the review.

Agency: Telasi 		7 calendar days no charge
3 Obtain excavation permit at the City Department of Local Property (Городское управление местным имущесвом)

In case the connection is to low voltage Telasi obtains an excavation permit at the City Department of Local Property. In case the connection involves installation of a transformer customer receives the excavation permit in the same organization.

Agency: City Department of Local Property 		25 calendar days no charge
4 Await completion of the external connection works by Telasi or an electrical subcontractor

After the technical conditions are issued the external connection works can be compeleted by an electrical contractor and/or Telasi.
Before the contractor can start his work he needs to receive a number of permits for his work: from water agency (Водоканал), telephone agency, Mayor’s office and other institutions depending on the whether the connection passes any roads, etc. After the works are finished the electrical contractor prepares technical documents and most importantly a document certifying that the electrical installation is ready to be connected (акта о готовности объекта (электроприемников)) which is required by the utility for the final connection.
Inspections of the completed external connection works by the Energy State Inspectorate (Energonadzor) were cancelled.


Agency: Telasi/Private Subcontractor 		51 calendar days GEL 20,492.5
5 Await and obtain an inspection form Telasi of the external works and electricity starts flowing

After the external connection works are completed the electrical contractor submits to Telasi a document certifying that the electrical installation is ready to be connected (акта о готовности объекта (электроприемников)). Telasi employees come to the site to check external works. The inspection has to be requested by mail attaching a document certifying that the electrical installation is ready to be connected. Someone from the applicant’s party has to be present during the inspection. At this stage the meter is installed by Telasi. After this inspection if everything is in order a Telasi employee visiting the site fills out a document certifying that the completed works are in accordance with technical conditions (акт о соответствии работ) and delivers it to the department of Telasi in charge of turning on the electricity (диспетчерская служба). The electricity starts flowing. It is a common practice that a supply contract is not signed as according to the utility there is “an oral understanding” between the applicant and Telasi after the connection contract has been signed that electricity will be supplied at certain rates from the utility. If an applicant wishes, he can ask for the contract.

Agency: Telasi 		4 calendar days no charge
* Takes place simultaneously with another procedure.
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