Uzbekistan

Getting Electricity in

Uzbekistan

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 Uzbekistan.

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  • Name of Utility: Uzbekenergo
  • City: Tashkent

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No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Submit an application for electricity connection to Tashkent City Electrical Network and await issuance of technical conditions

The customer submits an application for the electrical connection to the Tashkent City Electric Network Enterprise and waits for them to issue technical conditions. The technical conditions specify the point of connection and other technical arrangements. In this particular case, the segment of the cable, for which the customer is responsible, is identified.

There is no online application. The application can be submitted in person or by mail. Documents required for the application: application letter which specifies the required load, safety category of the electrical installation, various maps, timeline of the project design and electrical installation.

An external inspection by the Tashkent City Electrical Networks is necessary for the issuance of technical conditions, however presence of someone from the applicant’s party is not required.
Agency: Tashkent City Electric Network Enterprise OJSC 		14 calendar days no charge
2 Await completion of an electrical project design of the external connection by a private design firm

The customer presents the issued technical conditions to an electrical project design firm and await completion of the design of the external connection.


Agency: Project design institute 		20 calendar days UZS 2,066,610.0
3 Await an approval of the completed design by the Tashkent City Electric Network Enterprise

Once the connection design is completed it has to be submitted for approval to the Tashkent City Electric Network Enterprise.
Agency: Tashkent City Electric Network Enterprise OJSC 		14 calendar days no charge
4 Submit designed electrical project to Uzbekenergonadzor for concurrence with technical conditions

The project also has to be approved at Uzgosenergonadzor except for the projects below 10 kW. For the approval Uzbeknadzor also comes to inspect the site.
Agency: Uzgosenergonadzor 		14 calendar days no charge
5 Obtain an excavation permit at the Municipality for the Maintenance (Благоустройство) of the Tashkent City

If the connection passes through a road the electrical contractor obtains an excavation permit (ордер) at the Municipality for the Maintenance of the Tashkent City. They issue the permit where the time limit for finishing the works is specified. The permit should be brought to the City Road Inspection (ГАИ) for concurrence and to receive signs which could be put on the road while the works are in progress. If the works are not finished in time and the road is not restored in time there is a fine which should be paid to the municipality. If the road is small and on the outskirts the permit has to be approved by the regional department/municipality.
Agency: Department for Maintenance of Tashkent/ Road Police/ regional department 		7 calendar days UZS 120,000.0
6 Await completion of the external connection works by an electrical contractor

Once the project is approved the customer's electrical contractor starts the external connection works. The external works should be in compliance with the technical conditions and the designed project.

All costs related to external connection works are born by the customer including materials and labor. The customer buys all the necessary materials for the works: cables, meter, transformer substation, insulation, knife switches and etc.


Agency: Any electrical installation enterprise 		30 calendar days UZS 35,000,000.0
* 7 Await installation of the meter by specially licenced company

In practice there are two possibilities for the installation of the meter one can either hire one of 4 licensed companies which have certified and already sealed by the utility meters. This company installs the meter and prepares all relevant documents for the meter. In another case a certified meter has to be bought and then the special organization (Energonaladka)should prepare all the documents and seal the meter. The first option is more expensive (in the assumed case costs 2,000,000 LCU) but faster.
Agency: Licensed subcontractors 		1 calendar day UZS 2,000,000.0
8 Await and obtain an inspection from the Tashkent City Electrical Networks and State Energy Inspectorate (Uzgosenergonadzor) and obtain an exploitation permit

Once the external connection works are complete, the customer requests an inspection of the works during which various organizations such as State Energy Inspectorate (Uzgosenergonadzor), Tashkent City Electrical Network Enterprise, Regional Electrical Network (Районные Электрические Сети), and other organizations carry out inspection of the completed works on the same day. After the inspection they issue a document where they point out problems and faults in the completed works. It is common that there are problems. Once the faults are fixed they come once again to inspect the works and issue a final document certifying that all the works are in compliance with technical standards. At this point the State Energy Inspectorate (Uzgosenergonadzor) issues an operation permit. A message allowing for the power to be turned on is sent to Uzbekenergo.

Agency: State Inspection for Power Engineering Supervision of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Uzgosenergonadzor) 		7 calendar days no charge
9 Sign a contract with Uzbekenergo for electricity supply and obtain a final connection

The customer concludes a contract for power supply at Uzbekenergo and submits a request for a switch-on to the power supply department. In existence of a supply contract with Uzbekenergo, the electricity starts flowing immediately.

The actual final connection is done jointly with the customer's contractor in charge of the electric facilities and an employee of Uzbekenergo who turns on the knife switch.


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