Luxembourg

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Luxembourg

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: Creos Luxembourg S.A.
  • City: Luxembourg

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No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 The client obtains a certificate on the availability of electrical capacity from Creos Luxembourg S.A.

In order to obtain a building permit the client needs to first obtain a certificate from the Luxembourg City government control confirming the availability of the requested capacity.
No inspection is required to issue the certificate.


Agency: Régie de la ville de Luxembourg - Service électricité 		12 calendar days no charge
2 The client orders a private unit substation for the external works from a local store

Normally the works consist of a private 20/0.4 kV unit substation.
The electrical installation can be either in an outside construction or in a construction inside the building if access from the outside is possible. This is the most common approach.
Usually the client orders the substation from a local store ahead of the time. The stores are familiar with the usual type of substations that can be authorized with no problem. For reasons merely technical the substation should be operational and physically present during final connection so that it can be connected to the cables.

Moreover, many clients order their substation even before submitting an application for connection.


Agency: Local retailer 		104 calendar days EUR 26,875.0
* 3 The client obtains an excavation permit from the local government control

The following documents need to be attached to the application:
• Construction permit
• 4 copies of the cadastral extracts, installation plans, ground-plan and electrical plans of the substation + worksheets for transformer and 20-kV panel
None of the documents needs be notarized.

The application can be submitted to the electrical services of Luxembourg City government control either in person or by mail. The form can be downloaded online, but has to be submitted in hard copy. The application form has to be submitted by the client, the building’s owner (if tenant), and by an authorized electrician. This condition is required for an electrician to be able to intervene on the utility’s Low-Voltage (LV)/ Medium-Voltage (MV) network.
Usually clients resort to local firms that possess the required authorizations and are familiar with the local regulatory environment.
The estimate of the connection fees is paid by direct deposit to one of the government control’s bank accounts. This is the most common option. Payment in cash is also possible.

External works

The substation needs to be physically present in order for the technical staff to connect it to electricity. An inspection of the MV panel, the transformer, and the main LV panel is carried out by the electrical services of the local government control during final connection or just before.

Internal installation is not inspection. Usually the mere possession of an authorization is an enough guarantee that the electrician carries out the works in accordance with the regulations. The client can, of course, request an inspection of their internal wiring from an independent control body, but this is optional.

The electrical services are in charge of all the works, except for the civil engineering part (excavation) that the client will need to carry out.


Agency: Régie de la ville de Luxembourg - Service électricité 		10 calendar days no charge
4 An authorized electrical contractor submits an application for final connection, awaits estimate, and obtains part of the external works from Creos Luxembourg S.A.

Given that external works occur in a public domain, the client needs to request an excavation permit.
The application for an excavation permit can be submitted in parallel with the application for connection.


Agency: Régie de la ville de Luxembourg - Service électricité 		4 calendar days no charge
* 5 The client signs a supply contract with an electricity supplier and obtains final connection from Creos Luxembourg S.A.

The following documents need to be attached to the application:
• Construction permit
• 4 copies of the cadastral extracts, installation plans, ground-plan and electrical plans of the substation + worksheets for transformer and 20-kV panel
None of the documents needs be notarized.

The application can be submitted to the electrical services of Luxembourg City government control either in person or by mail. The form can be downloaded online, but has to be submitted in hard copy. The application form has to be submitted by the client, the building’s owner (if tenant), and by an authorized electrician. This condition is required for an electrician to be able to intervene on the utility’s Low-Voltage (LV)/ Medium-Voltage (MV) network.
Usually clients resort to local firms that possess the required authorizations and are familiar with the local regulatory environment.
The estimate of the connection fees is paid by direct deposit to one of the government control’s bank accounts. This is the most common option. Payment in cash is also possible.

External works

The substation needs to be physically present in order for the technical staff to connect it to electricity. An inspection of the MV panel, the transformer, and the main LV panel is carried out by the electrical services of the local government control during final connection or just before.

Internal installation is not inspection. Usually the mere possession of an authorization is an enough guarantee that the electrician carries out the works in accordance with the regulations. The client can, of course, request an inspection of their internal wiring from an independent control body, but this is optional.

The electrical services are in charge of all the works, except for the civil engineering part (excavation) that the client will need to carry out.


Agency: Régie de la ville de Luxembourg - Service électricité 		1 calendar day EUR 7,525.0
* Takes place simultaneously with another procedure.
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