Taiwan, China

Getting Electricity in

Taiwan, China

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: Taiwan Power Company
  • City: Taipei

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No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Submit an application for electricity connection and await completion of the design.

Customer fills out an application form and sends it or takes to TPC’s branch and pays the fee for connection. The following documents are required: Application form, an indoors wires diagram, and the usage license or certificate approved by authorities of building. Then TPC will design the external line.

Before the external connection works can start the utility has to finish the design for the works.

Taipower charges Customer’s Contribution in Aid of Construction Costs. It includes power line design, construction, meter installation and check of the internal wiring, labor costs.
Customer’s Contribution in Aid of Construction Costs = Minimum charge for installation + charges for extension Lines.


Agency: TPC 		5 calendar days TWD 307,860.0
* 2 Await external inspection by TPC required for the preparation of the estimate

The external inspection for the preparation of an estimate is required. Once the engineer received the case, he will contact the applicant to schedule the inspection. Someone from the applicant's party has to be present for the inspection.


Agency: TPC 		1 calendar day no charge
3 Await completion of the external connection works by TPC’s subcontractor

The contractor hired by the utility will complete the external connection work. All material is available in more than 50% of the cases. The customer doesn’t have to buy any material for the external connection works.
The excavation permit is obtained by the utility. It is obtained from the agency of the government that is in charge of the roads.




Agency: TPC 		19 calendar days no charge
4 Await installation of the meter, internal wiring inspection by TPC and electricity starts flowing

The electrician who did the internal wiring submits a signed notification to the utility upon completion in which they guarantee it has been carried out according to the regulations. Then TPC will inspect the internal wiring after the external connection works are over.
According to Article 43 of "The Electricity Act", " The installation of user electricity devices by electricity enterprises shall comply with relevant regulations provided by the central competent authority and electricity supply may only be connected after said devices have passed inspection. For electricity equipment already installed by the user, inspection shall be carried out with the result thereof recorded at least once every three years. In the event that non-conformity is found, a time period shall be specified for the user to make rectification."
Taipower inspects the internal wiring and installs the meter after the external connection works are over.
If the internal wiring check is passed, the meter will be installed and the electricity will start flowing.

Agency: TPC 		2 calendar days no charge
* Takes place simultaneously with another procedure.
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