Montenegro

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Montenegro

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: Elektroprivreda Crne Gore (EPCG)
  • City: Podgorica

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No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Hire electrical contractor and build external connection

The process of applying for an electricity connection starts already before the actual construction of the warehouse. The customer has to apply for techncial conditions with the electricity distribution utility, receive an external site inspection by the utility and hire an electrical design firm to do the design of the external connection and submit an application for an electrical and energetic approval at the electricity utility. After the customer has received the electrical and energetic approval, he/she can apply for a building permit at the municipality. The duration for the aformentioned described procedures is a few months. Once the building permit is obtained, the customer will construct the warehouse and the external connection, including the transformer station. The meter is to be installed within the metering cabinet on the border between customer and public land or outside the customer building. Since June 2009, the cabinet with the meter is to be provided by the electricity distribution utility. However, this has not yet been fully implemented.

Agency: Electrical design firm 		25 calendar days EUR 21,150.0
* 2 Electrical contractor obtains excavation permit

The electrical contractor obtains the excavation permit from the municipality and police department after the construction of the warehouse and during the external connection works.

Agency: Municipality 		2 calendar days EUR 4,000.0
3 Submit request for testing committee at the municipality and await technical acceptance test

Once the external connection is installed, the customer submits an application at the municipality to set up a testing committee. The committee is comprised of representatives of the municipality and the electricity utility. The committee comes to the warehouse location and makes a technical acceptance test/control of the transformer station. The municipality is forming the team and informing the customer of the date of the control. The Chief Republic Electrical inspector is also attending the technical acceptance test and has the main role for this procedure. The customer must present all technical documentation and certificates during the test.

Agency: Municipality 		9 calendar days EUR 450.0
4 Submit application for connection contract with EPCG and await contract (license for connection)

The customer has to submit all testing documents, the certificate of the electrical authorized firm that did the internal wiring, proof of ownership, tax identification number and building permit at the utility.

Agency: EPCG 		30 calendar days no charge
5 Sign supply contract and await final connection

After the customer has signed the connection contract, he/she has to conclude a supply contract. The supply company (part of EPCG joint stock company) is automatically notifying the distribution utility about the supply contract. The distribution company is coming to the warehouse to do the final connection and to install and open the meter.

Agency: EPCG 		7 calendar days no charge
* Takes place simultaneously with another procedure.
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