Sudan

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Sudan

Listed below are the procedures, time and cost required for a business to obtain an electricity connection for a newly constructed building.

The information appearing on this page 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 183 economies. The most recent round of data collection for the project was completed in June 2011.

  • Name of Utility: National Electricity Corporation
  • City: Khartoum

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No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Submit application at utility NEC and await estimate

After the certificate of occupation has been obtained, the customer submits an application for connection with the distribution utility. After the external inspection, the utility draws up an estimate and sends it to the customer. Documents to be submitted: Ownership proof certificate, registration certificate, letter to NEC.

Agency: NEC 		3 calendar days no charge
* 2 Receive external inspection by NEC

Engineers from the utility come to the site to carry out an external inspection.

Agency: NEC 		2 calendar days SDG 411.8
3 Obtain external connection works by NEC

Once the customer has paid, the utility sends engineers to carry out the external connection works. A transformer is most likely needed. The utility provides the transformer, the cable and other equipment.

Agency: NEC 		60 calendar days USD 49,000.0
* 4 Customer obtains excavation permit at the Ministry of Planning

The customer obtains the excavation permit at the Ministry of Planning while the utility is working on the external connection.

Agency: Ministry of Planning 		7 calendar days SDG 2,500.0
5 Sign contract for meter installation and supply contract, obtain internal inspection, final connection and meter installation

After the cables have been laid underground and the road has been closed again, the customer goes to the local department of the utility to sign a contract for meter installation. Meters are prepaid. The distribution utility sends engineers to carry out an internal inspection and the final connection and to install the meter. The engineers are from a different department than those that did the external connection.

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