Hungary

Getting Electricity in

Hungary

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 Hungary.

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  • Name of Utility: Budapesti Elektromos Művek Rt. (ELMű Rt)
  • City: Budapest

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No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Submit application with ELMŰ Hálózati Kft. and await estimate (preliminary grid connection contract)

The application can be submitted in person or by mail or e-mail with advanced electronic signature. Document that need to be attached is a map with the detail of location of withdrawal. The electrician who did the internal wiring has to sign a statement saying that the internal wiring was done in accordance with approved engineering plans and all relevant standards.
Agency: ELMŰ Hálózati Kft. 		20 calendar days no charge
* 2 ELMŰ Hálózati Kft. carries out external inspection of the site

An external inspection carried out by the utility is necessary for a technical study plan. It is required that someone from the customer's party is present. The preliminary technical-economic briefing concerns the preliminary technical contents of the external connection. There is no inspection of the internal wiring.
Agency: ELMŰ Hálózati Kft. 		1 calendar day no charge
3 Obtain external connection works by ELMŰ Hálózati Kft.

The utility is carrying out the design and the actual external connection works. The utility also obtains all necessary permits (from other utilities, municipality) on behalf of the customer.
Agency: ELMŰ Hálózati Kft. 		224 calendar days HUF 3,094,800.0
* 4 ELMŰ Hálózati Kft. carries out second external inspection

Before starting to build the cable line, the utility checks if the actual circumstances of the location of the warehouse fit to the electrical plans. This is an intermediate step after the design of the external connection and obtaining the permits, before the actual external connection works. The determination of the final technical content is done upon execution planning where the customer's presence is required.
Agency: ELMŰ Hálózati Kft. 		1 calendar day no charge
5 Sign Grid Usage contract, grid connection contract and supply contract, obtain meter installation, final connection and flow of electricity

The customer has to sign the grid usage contract, grid connection contract and supply contract. These three contracts are not necessarily signed in parallel. Upon connection, the grid charge becomes due and payable, while the date of conclusion of the supply contract is up to the customer. The first two contracts take only few hours (sample contracts to fill in) while the third one takes some days. The installation of the meter and the start of supply of electricity require all three contracts to be signed. The meter is not installed at the same time as when the connection is done. The utility (Measurement technology and meter controlling department) is installing the meter.
Agency: ELMŰ Hálózati Kft. 		8 calendar days no charge
* Takes place simultaneously with another procedure.
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