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Switzerland

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

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  • Name of Utility: EKZ
  • City: Zurich

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No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Submit application with Elektrizitaetswerke des Kantons Zuerich (EKZ) and await estimate

An application can be submitted online and by mail. Documents to be attached are the cadastre plan (“Kadasterplan” 1:500) and plans of the building. The documents do not need to be notarized. The estimate is paid at a bank and the customer has to show a proof of payment. The customer has to pay 80% of the quotation to EKZ.

Agency: Elektrizitaetswerke des Kantons Zuerich (EKZ) 		14 calendar days no charge
2 Await completion of external connection works by Elektrizitaetswerke des Kantons Zuerich (EKZ)

Material is on stock and available. The utility is providing the material and billing the customer for it (cable, cable isolation, meter, other smaller material). EKZ is doing the design and the physical works of the connection.

Agency: Elektrizitaetswerke des Kantons Zuerich (EKZ) 		24 calendar days CHF 46,520.0
3 Receive meter installation, internal inspection, flow of electricity

The meter is installed by the electrician of the contractor who built the warehouse. There is an internal inspection done by EKZ or another accredited agency ("akkreditierte Inspektionsstelle des Eidgenössischen Starkstrominspektorates") . The connection has to be installed before the meter can be installed. Electricity is flowing immediately if a supply contract is concluded. For a supply contract, the customer needs to conclude a use of network and supply contract. This is done at the time of conclusion of a new connection contract for customers with a consumption over 100,000kWh or at a later stage for customers with a consumption below that amount.

Agency: Private electrician/Elektrizitaetswerke des Kantons Zuerich (EKZ) 		1 calendar day CHF 59.0
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