Paraguay

Getting Electricity in

Paraguay

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 Paraguay.

This information was collected as part of the Doing Business project, which measures and compares regulations relevant to the life cycle of a small- to medium-sized domestic business in 185 economies. The most recent round of data collection was completed in June 2012.

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  • Name of Utility: Administracion Nacional de Electricidad (ANDE)
  • City: Asuncion

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1 Before submitting the official application the customer's electrician submits a request for a feasibility study with ANDE (consulta previa tecnica)

The electrician of the customer first submits a request for a feasibility study with ANDE and awaits the preparation of an estimate. No site inspection is necessary to prepare the feasibility study. The electrician has to be registered with ANDE. For connections of electricity loads > 100kVA ANDE requires that the electrician has to be of a qualification level A or B. 5 different levels exist and A and B are the highest qualification levels. Level A electricians are electrical engineers with a university education (ingenieros electricistas). Level B are civil engineer with a university education (ingenieros civiles) but also some electricians with technical educations but a lot of practical experience with more sizeable connection works.
Agency: Administracion Nacional de Electricidad (ANDE) 		25 calendar days no charge
2 The customer's electrician submits the official service application with ANDE

Once the feasibility of the project has been established, the electrician submits the official application which has to include the following documents:
• Application for service signed by the responsible electrician
• Photocopy of the property title (only document that requires notarization)
• Photocopy of the national identification form of the owner of the property.
• Photocopy of the carnet of the responsible electrician.
• Receipt of the payment for the connection.
• Sketch of the location of the property.
• Signature of the owner or his authorized person for the contract.
• Receipt of the transformer purchase.
• Certification of the successful testing of the transformer.
• Certificate specifying the transfer of property of the transformer.
• The results of the feasibility study
• Security Deposit in the amount of one month of future consumption. The deposit is returned without interest at the end of the contract.

The supply contract is signed at the same time as the application is submitted. A work order is issued and the customer awaits the connection works. An internal wiring inspection is not necessary. The utility ensures that the internal wiring of the customer is in order by requesting the responsible electrician to sign the application for the connection.

Agency: Administracion Nacional de Electricidad (ANDE) 		7 calendar days PYG 5,431,971.3
3 The customer or his electricians purchases the necessary material for the connection works and installs it

The electrician buys the transformer and installs it. A direct connection to the low voltage grid is not possible because the load of 140kVA exceeds the allowed limit of 100kW. ANDE will prefer the installation of a dedicated transformer because the demand will represent the highest demand in the area and therefore determine the infrastructure needed. The customer pays for the transformer but will be reimbursed by ANDE for a total of 50% of the cost via his monthly consumption bill. The ownership of the transformer is transferred to ANDE.

Actual installation works are not more than one day. The transformer can be bought from specialized local dealers. They usually have them on stock.

Agency: Private firm 		14 calendar days USD 5,500.0
4 ANDE inspects the transformer, does the connection works and installs the meter

The transformer and meter are installed in the same step and the electricity usually starts flowing right away. There is no connection fee as such.
Agency: Administracion Nacional de Electricidad (ANDE) 		7 calendar days no charge
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