New administrative regulations adopted for connecting consumers to power grids
07/09/2021 18:10
New administrative regulations adopted for connecting consumers to power grids
07/09/2021 18:10
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- The Cabinet of Ministers of Uzbekistan adopted a resolution "On approval of the Administrative Regulations for the provision of public services for connecting legal entities and individuals to power grids."
The regulation envisages:
- general rules aimed at simplifying the process of connecting consumers’ electrical appliances to the power grid;
- the procedure for submitting applications for sealing and concluding a power supply contract through EPIGU, public service centers or PO "Electr" (hereinafter referred to as the online platform) at the choice of the applicant;
- the procedure for the development and provision of technical specifications and a draft contract for the turnkey delivery of construction and installation and commissioning works for connecting electrical installations to power grids, depending on their capacity;
- the procedure for carrying out the corresponding turnkey work to connect consumers to the electrical network with a connected capacity of up to 50 kW and more than 50 kW.
In accordance with the regulations:
- the number of stages for connecting consumers with a connected capacity of up to 50 kW is reduced from four to one and from four to two for consumers with a connected capacity of more than 50 kW;
- a payment mechanism is being introduced for connecting consumers with a connected capacity of up to 50 kW by signing an "offer" agreement;
- all stages of connecting consumers to the power grid are carried out through digitalization through an online platform, Public Service Centers, EPIGU;
It has been established that until 1 January 2022, the connection of consumers’ electrical appliances to the power grid will be carried out in accordance with the current administrative regulations for the provision of state services for connecting legal entities and individuals to the power grid, approved by a resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers from 31 March 2018.
From 1 January 2022, the connection of legal entities and individuals to the power grid will be carried out in accordance with the regulations through the centers of public services, EPIGU and the online platform.
In connection with the above, the Ministries of Energy, Justice, Development of Information Technologies and Communications, Antimonopoly Committee, Uzenergoinspection, JSC "Territorial Electric Networks" were instructed to develop and approve, on the basis of the requirements of the regulations, a technical document on the mutual integration of the online platform and EPIGU by 1 October 2021
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