Slovenia

Getting Electricity in

Slovenia

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 Slovenia.

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  • Name of Utility: Elektro Ljubljana, d.d.
  • City: Ljubljana

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No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Submit application with Elektro Ljubljana and await estimate

An application can be submitted in person, by mail and by e-mail. The following approvals and contracts are needed in the process of connecting a new customer to the power grid:

• approval of warehouse project (Statement that the warehouse matches requirements of the power connection conditions),
• connection approval (Detailed technical specification; metering, rights and obligations of utility and investor-owner),
• connection contract.

The customer has to send applications for each of those approvals and contract at the same time to the utility to the same department. In addition, the customer has to request at the same time the technical conditions from the utility. The customer is sending an application to ask for the “power connection conditions”. The technical conditions are needed to get information about the location, the point of ''hook up'', the nearest substation, and the distance. This information is necessary to design the connection. Documents to be attached to apply for those approvals and the technical conditions are (varies for each one): Location, electrical power needed, project documents and ownership documents. The documents do not need to be notarized. There are no extra costs associated. The customer gets the approvals by mail or can come and pick them up. There is no external inspection. If the external connection work is done by a private electrical contractor, an inspection by the utility is done during the connection works. The customer can apply for the internal inspection at this point by submitting an extra form.
Agency: Elektro Ljubljana 		25 calendar days no charge
* 2 Conclude supply agreement

The customer has to submit a separate application for the supply contract. The utility is sending an offer back and the customer signs the contract. The contract for the new connection and the supply contract must be signed before the physical connection works start. The separation of these two functions is regulated in the EC Directive (2003/54/EC and 96/92/EC).
Agency: Elektro Ljubljana 		1 calendar day no charge
3 Receive external connection works and installation of meter by Elektro Ljubljana

Transformers usually have enough capacity to accommodate an additional load of 140kVA inside and around the motorway ring (the area where warehouses usually locate). Therefore, no extra transformer needs to be built for the new customer and the warehouse is connected via simple hook-up to the next utility distribution transformer (usually 200 meters distance). Either the utility or an outside company is in charge of the external works including designing the details of the external connection works. Both are possible (works carried out by the utility or by an electrical contractor), however it is more common to have the utility carrying out the connection works. The material is provided by the utility or the electrical contractor that would carry out the connection works. The meter gets installed at the same time as when the connection is done. It is installed either by the authorized electrical contractor or the utility that carries out the connection works.
Agency: Elektro Ljubljana 		10 calendar days EUR 19,273.0
* 4 Receive an internal inspection by a registered company

An outside company that is registered for supervision confirms with a statement that the internal wiring is done according to regulations and standards. The utility is also authorized to inspect the internal wiring. The customer has to request the internal inspection with the application for connection to the network. Someone from the customer’s party has to be present.
Agency: Registered company 		8 calendar days EUR 1,200.0
5 Apply for final connection to power grid with Elektro Ljubljana

After all documents are obtained, the connection is made and the meter is installed, the customer has to apply for a final hook up to the power grid.
Agency: Elektro Ljubljana 		3 calendar days no charge
* Takes place simultaneously with another procedure.
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