Turkey

Getting Electricity in

Turkey

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 Turkey.

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  • Name of Utility: Boğaziçi Elektrik Dağıtım A.Ş. (BEDAŞ)
  • City: Istanbul

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No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 The client hires an electrical engineer to prepare connection scheme, applies for electricity connection to, awaits estimate of connection fees from, and signs connection agreement with BOĞAZİÇİ ELEKTRİK DAĞITIM A.Ş. (BEDAŞ)

The customer hires one or many electrical engineers registered with the Chamber of Electrical Engineers (EMO) or an engineering company (with an engineer on the payroll who is registered with the Chamber of Electrical Engineers).

The Engineer prepares the electrical project based on the facility’s architectural project. Part of the electricity project, the engineer prepares a connection scheme (for both internal and external installations). For connection applications, this project is obligatory. The engineer will be in charge of the external works, and most of the time also carries out the internal installation.

BOĞAZİÇİ ELEKTRİK DAĞITIM A.Ş. (BEDAŞ) will check the network to see if at the point of connection a transformer is needed. If so, the client is required to install a transformer. Along with the application, the engineer submits the electricity project.

The client submits the following in addition to the electricity project to BEDAŞ:

• Letter of application
• Copy of ID card of Company Representative
• Company seal
• Rental contract / ownership documentation (land deed, certificate of occupancy)
• Technical Production Form (Description of the business)
• Consent License ( from shareholders for the tenants )
• Trade Registry Gazette
• Tax Registration Certificate
• List of authorized signatories
• Letter of authorization from public notary for the people managing the process, but not listed in the company's list of authorized signatories
• Requested capacity
• Invoice of payment of connection fees

The application for connection is evaluated by BEDAŞ, taking into consideration the requirements for expansion investment or new investment within the framework of the existing circumstances of the distribution system.

BOĞAZİÇİ ELEKTRİK DAĞITIM A.Ş. (BEDAŞ) comes and inspects the site. Accordingly:

• If the existing circumstances of the distribution system are suitable for connection, the connection scheme is approved and a connection agreement is signed between the utility and the client upon submission of required documents;
• If the existing circumstances of the distribution system are not suitable for connection (as in our case where a substation is needed), the client is advised about a reasonable period to complete the connection.
Agency: Boğaziçi Elektrik Dağıtım A.Ş. (BEDAŞ) 		37 calendar days TRY 4,202.3
* 2 The client receives external inspection from Boğaziçi Elektrik Dağıtım A.Ş. (BEDAŞ)


Agency: Boğaziçi Elektrik Dağıtım A.Ş. (BEDAŞ) 		1 calendar day TRY 195.0
3 The client obtains an excavation permit from Istanbul Municipality

The customer needs to obtain an excavation permit from Istanbul Municipality in order to carry out the works. The permit can be applied for after the electricity project has been approved. The customer needs to submit the approved electricity project, the occupancy permit, and state their address (no official document is needed).
Agency: Istanbul Municipality/ Zeytinburnu Municipality (depending on whether land is on main arterial road or not) 		8 calendar days TRY 200.0
4 The client receives external works by a private firm/ electrical engineer(s) registered with the Chamber of Electrical Engineers (EMO)

In the assumed area connections are generally made underground.

Physical implementation of both internal and external wiring is outsourced to the same Engineer or any other similar Engineers.

The external works consist of the construction of private substation and underground connection to a central substation. The Engineer(s) will need to purchase the material for the external connection.

Agency: Private firm/ Electrical engineer(s) 		18 calendar days TRY 82,500.0
5 The client submits Electricity Structural Project and awaits meter installation and final connection from Boğaziçi Elektrik Dağıtım A.Ş. (BEDAŞ)

Following the wiring and completion of implementation, the client is required to submit a post-implementation electricity project called “Electricity Structural Project.”

This is followed by BOĞAZİÇİ ELEKTRİK DAĞITIM A.Ş. (BEDAŞ) inspection of the internal wiring. Connection is made by the utility following its checking of the wiring (no inspection of entire internal wiring is done during the process, just of the interface).

The compatibility of the metering devices and the circuits of the client are tested, and the relevant parts of the meters and measurement circuits are sealed and first index read on the meter. Connection to the system is then recorded by the distribution licensee.
Agency: Boğaziçi Elektrik Dağıtım A.Ş. (BEDAŞ) 		7 calendar days TRY 3,127.5
* Takes place simultaneously with another procedure.
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