Latvia

Getting Electricity in

Latvia

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 Latvia.

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  • Name of Utility: Sadales Tikls
  • City: Riga

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No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Submit application at Sadales Tikls and await estimate and technical conditions

A filled in form “Application for Connection to Electricity Network” has to be submitted at any Sadales tikls AS Customer Service Centre. Any Customer Service Centre provides detailed information on the procedure of the document submission and getting a new connection. In order to speed up the connection procedure the application may be sent by mail. The application form and the attached Agreement on the Procedure of Establishing Connection with Electric Facilities and Construction Design are also available electronically on Sadales tikls AS homepage at www.st.latvenergo.lv and can be printed out and filled in. The application form contains information on the additional documents to be submitted together with the form. A document confirming the right of the person to sign the application; a copy of the Registration Certificate; a copy of the Tax payer Certificate; a copy of location map (land boundary map or location layout); a copy of the document confirming the title to real property or the rights to use the respective property; a copy of construction plan approved by Construction Board; and other documents as the case may be need to be attached to the application. An external inspection is necessary to prepare an estimate, however no one from the customer's party is usually present. After the application has been registered according to the "Regulations On System Connection for Electricity System Participants", Sadales tīkls AS estimates the potential costs of establishing the connection and informs the customer. Sadales tīkls AS drafts the technical regulations for the installation of the electrical installations. There is no internal inspection, however the customer submits a certificate on the internal wiring to the utility before the final connection.
Agency: Sadales tikls AS 		14 calendar days no charge
2 Hire electrical design firm and obtain topography of land and design of connection and get design approved by the utility Sadales Tikls and other people/agencies

The customer needs to hire an electrical design firm that prepares the design of the external connection works (electrical installation designer, certified expert-electrician). The electrical design firm is getting the design approved by the utility and by other stakeholders, for example the people living in the area of the connection and all other parties that are affected by the connection. This approval process is done entirely by the design firm as it involves technical knowledge. The customer is not involved in the approval process. In order to have the design approved, the customer needs to have a topographic assessment of the area which is obtained by the electrical design firm. The design of the connection and the approval go hand in hand with the utility, it is happening at the same time, as the utility is being consulted during the process of the design.
Agency: Electrical design firm 		60 calendar days LVL 1,000.0
3 Await completion of external construction works by the utility's subcontractor

After the connection agreement has been concluded and the connection payment made, Sadales tīkls AS organizes the connection construction works up to the borders of the belonging of the customer's electrical installation. The utility hires an electrical contractor. In order to do so, the utility is organizing a public tender to award the external connection works to a private firm. The utility usually has all material on stock and gives the material to the firm that does the connection works. The utility can have material for a better price, as they buy the material in large quantities and keep stock for about a year. The customer is paying the cost for the works and the material directly to the utility. Once the connection works are finished, the electrical contractor makes some tests of the connection and sends the results to the utility for approval.
Agency: Sadales tikls AS 		30 calendar days LVL 24,000.0
4 Sadales Tikls conducts final inspection of the connection constructed and installs and seals the meter

After completing external connection works, Sadales tīkls AS sends the supply contract and the Act on the user's electrical installation construction to the customer. The customer confirms that the internal wiring of the warehouse conforms with existing technical standards and, if he agrees with the terms of the contract, signs and sends both documents to the Sadales tīkls AS. After a few days, the controlling engineer/electrician from Sadales tīkls AS inspects the constructed electrical network connection, installs the meter and seals the meter chains and connects the customer’s electrical installation to the electrical network.
Agency: Sadales tikls AS 		3 calendar days no charge
5 Customer signs contract on electricity supply with Sadales Tikls AS and an agreement on the use of the distribution network

After the customer's electrical installation is connected to the electrical network, the customer has to sign a contract of electricity supply with Sadales tikls. Smaller companies (turnover <7 million Lats and <50 employees) have to sign one agreement with Sadales tikls AS for distribution services and the supply of electricity.
Agency: Sadales tikls AS 		1 calendar day no charge
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