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Connecting electricity to a house or plot can take a long time – at least a month and a half, a maximum of up to two years. Although legally you must obtain permission within 30 days from the date of application. The very connection of a site or a house to the power grid usually takes up to six months, although it can be connected in a week and a half, or it can take several years. It all depends on the situation, and partly on your perseverance.
How to get permission to connect electricity
The procedure is the same, whether you want to connect a piece of land without a building or a permanent building (private house) or temporary residence (dacha). First, find the address of the energy sales company in your area. It is easier to do this on the Internet by writing in the search line “address of the energy sales campaign” and add the name of the district. There are situations when the site stands on the border of the service areas of two energy sales organizations. Then the application is submitted to the one whose post is closer.
A completed application and a package of documents are sent to the found address. In each region, the list of documents may vary slightly, but basically you will need:
- Application for connection (one of the forms and a sample of filling are shown in the photo below).
- A photocopy of the passport, the details of which are indicated in the application.
- A copy of the certificate of ownership.
- Photocopy of TIN.
- A list of all energy-consuming devices that will be connected to the network, indicating their power.
- Load calculation.
- Plan of the site and the house on a scale, on which to indicate the location of the nearest power poles. If there are pipelines on or near the site (gas, water supply, sewerage, etc.), they must be on the plan. On the plan of the house, indicate the places where the electrical installations will be installed.
Documents can be submitted by mail or in person. If you decide to bring the application in person, go to the reception to the secretary, submit a completed application for connection in two copies with all the documents, on the second (it will remain for you) ask to put the date of acceptance of the documents. With this method of filing, you will definitely be answered within the legally required 30 days.
You can send an application by mail. In this case, you need to wait about 45 days, taking into account the time for mail delivery. If there is no answer, send a second request or go and apply in person. This happens infrequently, but there are also such situations: the letter was lost somewhere, sorted, etc.
The photo shows an example of a completed application. This is just one of the samples, the forms change at least once or twice a year, so you will need to find the currently valid type of form and fill it out.
What will be the answer
In a letter from Energosbyt, you will receive two copies of the contract for connecting to the power grid, signed by representatives of the campaign, and the “Technical conditions for connection” (TS).
You need to carefully read what was sent to you, if everything suits you, sign the contract and send one copy back.
The contract stipulates the term for bringing electricity to the site. The default is 6 months. This is the maximum period allotted by law for the implementation of all work. In fact, the connection time depends heavily on how far the pole is from the site. For urban environments, “nearby” means at a distance of no more than 300 meters, for rural areas – less than 500 meters.
If the distance is within these limits, you can be connected faster – in a couple of months. If far away – the period can be much longer than six months. Although after this period you can make claims. Regardless of when you connect the electricity to the site, start construction when it is convenient for you.
Sometimes the contract is vague wording, without specifying the date. For example, this: “Connection of section No. … will be made within 6 months, but subject to modernization or repair (construction) of a step-down transformer substation.” Having signed an agreement containing something like this or similar text, you can wait for years: until the organization starts building or upgrading the substation. Only after that you can connect your site to the power grid within 6 months.
How much does electricity cost
According to Resolution No. 2011 adopted in 129, if the power consumption is up to 15 kW, and the distance from the site to the nearest pole is 300 and 500 meters (depending on the type of settlement), the cost of connecting electricity will be 550 rubles.
If the load or distance is greater, the connection is at commercial rates, and these are completely different amounts. For example, in Moscow and adjacent regions, for connecting 1 kW of power, you need to pay from 10 thousand rubles. That is, if you need 16 kW, then this is 160-200 tr. and more. At commercial rates, the connection fee is also considered if the distance to the pole in rural areas exceeds 500 meters, and in urban areas – 300 meters.
Therefore, it is advisable to find out where the nearest connected power pole is before buying a plot. It depends on how much money it will take to connect electricity to a house or plot. Agree, 550 rubles and hundreds of thousands – the difference is more than tangible.
Sometimes, even if you need 15 kW and the pole is within the specified limits, you are told that some work must be paid separately. No one has the right to demand payment from you. Even if you need to increase the capacity of the equipment or upgrade the network. If your requests fit into the conditions specified above, the cost of connecting electricity to the land or house will be 550 rubles.
What then
After the permit and technical conditions are obtained, it is necessary to develop a project for the electrification of the site. In principle, you can draw up a wiring plan around the house yourself, but if the house is large, with utility and technical rooms, with electricity output to the installation area of a pumping station or a water pump, it is better to order a project in a specialized organization. And the best option is in the energy sales organization where you applied for connection. There will be much less problems with acceptance.
If you draw up the project yourself, it will need to be coordinated with the energy supply organization. If the requirements are met, they will approve it, if there are violations, they will indicate what needs to be changed. After making changes, submit the project for signature again. Only having a ready-made signed project in hand, you can begin to implement it.