Tajikistan

Getting Electricity in

Tajikistan

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 Tajikistan.

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  • Name of Utility: Barki Tojik
  • City: Dushanbe

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No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Submit an application to Dushanbe City Electric Grid (Shabakhoi Barki) and await issuance of technical conditions by Barki Tojik (State Electric Company)

The customer submits the application for an electricity connection to the City Electric Grid (Shabakhoi Barki) stating the amount of power to be consumed and area where the building is located. The City Electric Grid after analyzing the application passes its Technical Proposal to the State Electric Company (Barki Tojik). Documents attached to the application: copy of owner’s passport and the permit from Hukumat. Barki Tojik prepares technical conditions
Technical conditions include the point of connection, allowed load, connection voltage and calculation of the connection fee. Five copies of the technical conditions are prepared and are submitted to the applicant, Dushanbe City Electric Grid, archive at State Agency at the Energy Supervision and Barki Tojik.

The time of the procedure includes a delay due to a moratorium on new connections from October 1, 2011 to April 1, 2012.
Agency: Barki Tojik/Dushanbe City Electrical Grid 		75 calendar days TJS 2,800.0
2 Await and obtain an external inspection from the State Agency for Energy Supervision at the Ministry of Energy

From May/June 2009 the State Agency for Energy Supervision at the Ministry of Energy inspects the site before the external connection works can start.
Agency: State Energy Supervision 		10 calendar days no charge
3 Obtain design of the connection and await an approval of the design by various organizations

Once the technical conditions are ready and the inspection from the State Agency for Energy Supervision is complete a design of the project has to be prepared by an electrical design firm.

When the design is ready the electrical specialist approves the plan at Shabakhoi Barki, Dushanbe City Electrical Grid, Ministry of Communications, Water Agency, Fire Department and possibly Railroad. («Шабакахои барки шахрии Душанбе», «Водаканал», «Министерство Связи»).
Agency: Project design organization 		24 calendar days TJS 6,500.0
4 Customer obtains an excavation permit at the Ministry of Transport

If the building is located on the outskirts of the city near big roads the excavation permit has to be obtained at the Ministry of Transport.
Agency: Ministry of Transport 		13 calendar days no charge
5 Await completion of the external connection works by a private electrical contractor

Once the plan is approved an electrical contractor hired by the customer can complete external connection works according to the technical conditions. At the end of the works the following documents are prepared by the electrical contractor: documentation on the running of the 10 kV cable (акт работ по прокладке кабеля 10 кВ), documentation on the testing of the transformer (протокол испытания трансформатора), documentation on the testing of 10 kV cable (протокол испытания кабеля 10 кВ) etc. The electrical contractor also installs a meter.

Once the external connection works are finished the completed by the electrical contractor high voltage side of the connection up to the meter point is the responsibility of the utility for maintenance purposes and from the meter point up to the building is the responsibility of the customer.
Agency: Electrical Contractor 		35 calendar days USD 8,000.0
* 6 Await and obtain an inspection of the meter from the Tajik Agency for Standards

Once the meter is installed the Tajik Agency for Standards checks whether the meter is installed in compliance with the technical rules.

Agency: Tajik Agency for Standards 		4 calendar days no charge
7 Await and obtain an inspection of the completed works by Barki Tojiik

Once the external connection works are completed Barki Tojik inspects whether the completed works (internal and external) are in line with the technical conditions and whether the laboratory testing and measurements are in order. They prepare specifications of any faults in an inspection report and give a time limit for fixing the faults.
Agency: Barki Tojik/Dushanbe City Electrical Grid 		3 calendar days no charge
8 Await and obtain an inspection of the completed works by the State Agency for Energy Supervision at the Ministry of Energy

Once the external connection works are completed the State Agency for Energy Supervision also inspects whether the completed works (internal and external) are in line with the technical conditions and whether the laboratory testing and measurements are in order.
Agency: State Energy Supervision 		3 calendar days no charge
9 Conclude a supply contract with Barki Tojik and await the final connection by Dushanbe City Electrical Grid

Once the faults are fixed a visit by an inspector from the State Agency for Energy supervision is requested by the electrical contractor so that the inspector can issue an order to turn on the substation. Once the order is issued by the Agency, the customer submits it to Dushanbe City Electrical grid (диспетчекская служба). The power is turned on and electricity starts flowing.

After normal functioning of the substation on at least 50% of the load an inspector from the Dushanbe City Electrical Grid fills out an acceptance report (акт приемки учета) where he specifies the type and the number of the meter and the transformer and records the first reading of the meter. Once the report is ready the customer concludes a supply contract with the Dushanbe City Electrical Grid.
Agency: Dushanbe City Electrical Grid 		22 calendar days USD 20.0
* Takes place simultaneously with another procedure.
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