The procedure for connecting to the power grid today
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To obtain access to the electric grid, the energy transmission or energy production organization issues technical specifications to each consumer, with the exception of consumers living in multi-apartment buildings. To obtain access to the electric grid for consumers living in multi-apartment buildings, the energy transmission (energy production) organization issues technical specifications to the authorized representative of the condominium facility management body, OSI, PKSK.
Documents required to obtain technical specifications
Technical specifications for connection to electric grids are issued to the consumer on the basis of an application in any form and a questionnaire to the application for issuance of technical specifications for connection to electric grids in the form according to Appendix 3 to the Rules for the Use of Electric Energy. Consumers with an installed capacity of electrical installations of 5 megawatts or more attach to the questionnaire a diagram of the consumer's external power supply developed by a specialized design organization licensed to engage in design activities.
Terms for obtaining technical specifications
After receiving an application in any form from the consumer, the energy transmission or energy production organization issues technical specifications for connecting newly commissioned or reconstructed electrical installations:
1) for technically uncomplicated objects - within 5 (five) working days;
2) for technically complex objects - within 10 (ten) working days.
Technical specifications for connecting to the networks of a natural monopoly entity or increasing the volume of a regulated service are issued for the regulatory period of design, construction and are submitted by the architecture and urban planning authorities to the state urban planning cadastre.
After the technical specifications have been fulfilled, an act of delimitation of balance sheet ownership of electrical networks and operational responsibility of the parties is drawn up between the consumer and the energy transmission organization in accordance with Appendix 1 to these Rules with a diagram of the consumer's connection.
For multi-apartment residential buildings, an act of delimitation of balance sheet ownership is drawn up between the energy transmission organization and the body managing the condominium facility.
For the power supply of construction sites, temporary technical conditions are issued to the consumer for the construction period.
In accordance with paragraph 7-1 of Article 24 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Natural Monopolies", if the standard construction duration is exceeded by more than three years, the validity period of temporary technical conditions is extended for the construction period, subject to the submission of supporting documents on the start of construction.
Failure to submit supporting documents on the start of construction, technical conditions are considered invalid after three years from the date of issue.
Technical conditions are issued if there is a technical possibility of connecting to the electrical networks of the energy transmission organization or electrical installations of the energy producing organization.
The procedure for issuing technical conditions from the designed networks is determined in accordance with the Rules for the organization of construction and the passage of permitting procedures in the field of construction, approved by order of the Minister of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated November 30, 2015 No. 750 (registered in the Register of state registration of regulatory legal acts under No. 12684).
There is no fee for issuing and reissuing technical specifications.
If the consumer does not agree with the requirements specified in the technical specifications
In case of disagreement with the requirements specified in the technical specifications, the consumer applies to an expert organization for an energy assessment. When an expert organization applies to an energy transmission (energy production) organization, at the request of the consumer, the energy transmission (energy production) organization provides all the requested information. The consumer, based on the conclusion of the energy assessment on the unreasonableness of the requirements specified in the technical specifications, re-submits an application in any form to obtain technical specifications to the energy transmission (energy production) organization. In case of repeated refusal to change the requirements specified in the technical specifications, the consumer appeals the actions of the energy transmission (energy production) organization in the manner established by the civil legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
State control over the implementation of procedures for connecting to power supply networks
There are regulatory legal acts, such as the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Electric Power Industry", the Rules for the Use of Electric Energy, which regulate the procedure for connecting to power supply networks. The Department of KAENK in Kostanay Region monitors compliance with these regulatory legal acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the field of electric power. In addition, the "Procedure for Connecting to Power Supply Networks" is one of the indicators of the Global Competitiveness Index of the World Economic Forum (GCI WEF) - a global study and an accompanying rating of countries in the world by economic competitiveness, formed from 103 indicators that are calculated based on the results of publicly available statistics and the results of a global survey of company executives. In order to improve Kazakhstan's performance in the WEF GIC rating, as well as within the framework of the implementation of the Comprehensive Action Plan to improve the indicators in this rating:
— monthly monitoring of the implementation of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the field of electric power industry in terms of issuing technical specifications and concluding an electricity supply agreement, as well as the reliability of the quality of electricity supply to consumers is carried out;
— legal explanatory work is carried out on a monthly basis on measures taken by the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan aimed at improving entrepreneurial activity in the country, the reliability and quality of electricity supply to consumers and improving Kazakhstan's position in the WEF GIC in terms of the indicator "Connection to the power supply system".
In case of violation by energy transmitting (energy producing) and energy supplying organizations of the procedure and conditions for connecting to power supply networks, residents of the city and region (consumers) can appeal their actions to the Department of KAENK for Kostanay region, which is located at the address: Kostanay, st. Gogolya 75, 3rd floor, office 320, work phone 50-02-60 or via the E-otinish information system.