Morocco

Getting Electricity in

Morocco

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 Morocco.

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  • Name of Utility: Lydec
  • City: Casablanca

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No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 The client applies for electricity connection and awaits estimate of connection fees from Lydec

Along with the application, the client needs to submit the following:
• certified copy of the plans
• copy of lease or purchase agreement
• 3 sketches of the electrical installation signed and stamped by a Lydec accredited (along with copy of accreditation card)
• Copy of national ID or residency card or passport (for individuals) ; copy of the commercial register or trading license (for companies)
• Establishing shot (« plan de situation ») showing the expected location of the unit substation and indicating the capacity of the transformer that the client expects to install, along with the expected subscribed capacity

Agency: Lydec 		14 calendar days no charge
* 2 The client obtains external inspection by Lydec

Lydec’s technical service inspects the site to check the expected location of the substation and the method of connecting the warehouse to the Medium-Voltage (MV) network. Lydec then prepares an estimate of the connection fees.
Agency: Lydec 		1 calendar day no charge
3 The client hires a private firm accredited by Lydec to design and carry out the external works

If the client’s needs are over 50 kVA and their expected consumption more than 170,000 kWh a year, the client is advised to buy their energy from the medium-voltage network and transform it at their site. Otherwise, a direct connection to the 220/380 V low-voltage network is preferred.
In order to obtain approval of the electrical construction project, the client’s electrician accredited by Lydec to work on the MV network, will need to submit the following documents to the utility::
• 4 copies of the engineering civil part of the project and of the electrical equipment of the substation
• 4 copies of the drawings for the protection of the substation part (if a MV transformer is needed)

When the client has paid at least 50% of the fees, and after they have received approval of the plans, Lydec will send the client’s electrician a validated copy of the plans. After the full amount has been settled, Lydec will allow the latter to start the civil engineering and electrical equipment works that Lydec will also supervise.

To make sure the substation works properly at turn-on, Lydec supervises the works to check they are carried out according to the rules. When these are finished, Lydec completes the turn-on in the presence of the firm in charge of the external works.

The client or their electrician will need to buy the material for the external works themselves. Any excavation permit however, is obtained by Lydec directly from the city administration ("Commune Urbaine") or the Ministry of Public Works.

Agency: Registered electrician/ electrical contractor 		33 calendar days MAD 594,765.8
4 The client obtains a certificate of control of the Low-Voltage (LV) works from a body approved by the Ministry of Labor

When the works are completed, a (private) control office accredited by the Ministry of Labor checks the LV installation, including the entire internal wiring, and issues a certificate necessary to obtain a final electricity connection.
Agency: Control office 		7 calendar days MAD 6,000.0
5 The client signs a supply (subscription) contract and obtains part of the works and final electricity connection by Lydec

No official application form is necessary for subscribing to electricity. The client needs only submit the following to Lydec, on paper, by fax, or by e-mail:

• Completion certificate of the building
• Certificate of control of LV installation (obtained from body approved by Ministry of Labor)
• Application request for subscription to MV network
• Subscribed capacity (in kVA)
• Personal and professional information
• Contact details

The (meter) current transformer is provided by Lydec.
Once the subscription file is submitted and all corresponding fees have been settled, Lydec will provide the client with the metering equipment and the client will be able to sign a supply contract.
Turn-on of electricity is done only upon signing of a supply contract and submission of a completion certificate of the building.

Agency: Lydec 		8 calendar days MAD 10,246.0
* Takes place simultaneously with another procedure.
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