Guinea-Bissau

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Guinea-Bissau

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: Electricidade e Águas de Guinea-Bissau (EAGB)
  • City: Bissau

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No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Await completion of the consultation on the electrical connection with EAGB

The customer visits EAGB to discuss tentative technical conditions of the connection. The discussion is informal and is carried out to inform EAGB about the planned connection. During the consultation EAGB determines whether the connection will be to high or medium voltage.

Agency: EAGB 		3 calendar days no charge
2 Submit the project design to Direccao-Geral de Energia and await approval of the project design

After the electrical design project is complete the applicant has to put in a request to approve the internal wiring project at Direccao-Geral de Energia. The only document required for the approval is the project design itself. A few days after the inspection of the construction site is carried out (see next procedure) the approval is issued.


Agency: Direccao-Geral de Energia EAGB 		24 calendar days no charge
3 Await and obtain an internal inspection from Direcção Geral da Energia

The internal inspection of the warehouse is made by the DGE after the project has been approved. EAGB does not participate at this stage.

Agency: EAGB 		21 calendar days no charge
4 Submit an application for a connection to EAGB and await an estimate

The applicant has to bring a copy of the approved electrical project to the technical department (‘area tecnica’) of EAGB and request the connection. EAGB calculates the estimate (‘orsamento’) of the connection after the external inspection in the next procedure.


Agency: EAGB 		24 calendar days no charge
* 5 Await and obtain an external inspection carried out by EAGB

EAGB visits the site after the application for connection and the electrical project design is submitted in order to prepare the estimate of the connection fees. Someone from the applicant’s party has to be present during the inspection.


Agency: EAGB 		21 calendar days no charge
6 Await completion of the external connection works by an electrical contractor

The customer can choose either EAGB or a private electrical contractor to carry out all the connection works including the installation of a transformer. It is more common that the works are carried out by a private electrical contractor. If the works are carried out by the private electrical contractor the meter is also installed by the contractor.
If works are carried out by the utility someone from the applicant’s party has to be at the site all the time during the connection works.
Due to limited generation capacity there is a waiting time for electricity to start flowing hence the long time estimate for this procedure.


Agency: Electrical Contractor 		383 calendar days XOF 5,140,225.9
7 Await final connection by EAGB

After the works are completed by an electrical contract the utility comes on the site to inspect the installed meter and to provide the final connection.

Agency: EAGB 		2 calendar days no charge
* Takes place simultaneously with another procedure.
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