Romania

Getting Electricity in

Romania

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 Romania.

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  • Name of Utility: ENEL Distributie Muntenia
  • City: Bucharest

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No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Submit application with ENELand await letter and technical conditions

The customer submits the application with ENEL for technical conditions. In the answer, ENEL writes if the connection is confirmed or not and recommends doing a technical study.
Agency: ENEL Distributie Muntenia 		21 calendar days RON 128.6
2 Hire electrical design firm to conduct a technical study and get study approved by ENEL

The customer has to hire an electrical contractor that will do a technical study. The study could also be done by ENEL. The study will give the different technical options for the connection works. After the study is finished, the electrical contractor goes to ENEL with the study to get the best technical option approved. ENEL approves the best option and informs the customer about their choice.
Agency: Electrical Contractor/ ENEL Distributie Muntenia 		30 calendar days USD 3,051.7
3 Submit documents for conclusion of connection contract, receive contract and pay estimate

Once ENEL has approved the study, the customer gets the technical connection approval together with the proposal of connection contract. After the conclusion of the connection contract, the customer gets the estimate for the connection cost including the component related to the cost of the connection installation (material and labor force), as well as the component corresponding to the work inspection and activation of the installations for use.
Agency: ENEL Distributie Muntenia 		19 calendar days RON 38.6
4 Obtain design of works, get design approved by ENEL and conclude execution contract with ENEL and await end of connection works carried out by electrical contractor

The customer hires an electrical contractor (can also be the same firm as under procedure 2) to make the design of the connection. The design needs to be approved by ENEL. After the design has been approved, the customer goes to the municipality to pay 1% of the utility's invoice. This is the fee to obtain the construction permit that the customer has to submit for the connection works. The construction permit can be obtained by the electrical contractor on behalf of the customer. Depending on the municipality, 5-20 permits need to be obtained before at other agencies/stakeholders and then submitted to the municipality in order to obtain the construction permit for the connection works. At some municipalities, a geodesic assessment has to be submitted as part of the application package. After the construction permit has been obtained, ENEL concludes a contract (execution contract) with the electrical contractor (that was hired by the customer) and the works start. At the same time, the electrical contractor makes a file about the internal wiring of the warehouse that confirms that the internal wiring was done accordingly to safety standards. The customer pays the cost for the connection works directly to ENEL and not to the electrical contractor that he hired.
Agency: Electrical Contractor 		120 calendar days USD 43,103.1
5 Receive final inspection of works by ENEL

At the end of the works, ENEL comes to inspect the works. In the technical study (procedure 2), the whole time plan and different steps of the connection works are laid out. The electrical contractor has to call ENEL towards the end of the works and usually ENEL comes immediately to do the inspection.
Agency: ENEL Distributie Muntenia 		1 calendar day no charge
6 Submit internal wiring file, conclude use of land contract

At the end of the works, the customer submits the internal wiring file to ENEL for verification. The customer has to go with a notary to ENEL to conclude a contract of “use of land” with ENEL. They have to meet the director responsible for the grid. This contract is stating that the land is in use by ENEL, but not owned by ENEL. Without this contract, there would be no connection.
Agency: ENEL Distributie Muntenia 		30 calendar days no charge
7 Supply contract and receive meter installation by ENEL

The customer concludes the supply contract with ENEL. 48 hours after the signature of the contract, ENEL comes to the warehouse to install the meter and electricity starts flowing. When the connection to the network is done, the overall grid in the neighborhood needs to be interrupted. This is announced in the newspaper. There is no waiting time.
Agency: ENEL Distributie Muntenia 		2 calendar days no charge
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