The procedure for load increase to the existing electric network connection:
1. When a customer or a user needs to increase the load to the existing connection, a filled in form “Application for Connection to Electricity Network” (hereinafter – Application) is to be submitted at any Sadales tikls AS Customer Service Centre. Any Customer Service Centre provides detailed information on the procedure of the document submission and load increase. Additional information may be obtained by using Customer Service phone line 8020400.
2. In any case the customer has to submit the Application at any of Sadales tikls AS Customer Service Centres. In case the connection is to be done to the transmission network Sadales tikls AS cooperates with Augstsprieguma tīkls AS (High Voltage Network), transferring the documentation and informing the customer about it respectively.
3. In order to speed up the connection procedure the Application may be sent by mail. The Application form and the attached Agreement on the Procedure of Establishing Connection with Electric Facilities and Construction Design that can be printed out and filled in (on both sides of a sheet) are available electronically in this page.
4. The customer fills in the Application form for connection to the user’s electric network and submits it at any of Sadales tikls AS Customer Service Centres. The Application form contains information on the additional documents to be submitted together with the form. On submission physical entities shall present the passport/ driver’s license, legal entities – a document on signatory power. The Application is to be registered when it is fully and correctly filled in and all the required documents are attached.
5. After the registration of the Application pursuant to the “Regulations for Electricity System Users on Connection to the System” Sadales tikls AS fixes the feasible or real load increase costs and provides the customer with the respective information within the period of 7 to 30 days. Sadales tikls AS drafts the terms of reference for the installment of electric facilities. Information on average costs of network construction in previous years is available here.
6. When the project has been designed and approved Sadales tikls AS shortlists the tenderers to select the constructor for the connection and receive information on the real construction costs.
7. A connection contract is signed between Sadales tikls AS and the customer.
8. After signing the connection contract and paying the connection costs Sadales tikls AS organizes the required connection construction for load increase up to the borders of the user’s possessions. In case of need the user reconstructs the local network for his/her electric facilities within the borders of the possession.
9. Sadales tikls AS signs a contract with the winner of the tender on the connection construction.
10. The new connection is being constructed.
11. After the user has submitted “Deed on the Construction of the User’s Electric Facilities” the monitoring engineer/ electrician from Sadales tikls AS checks the constructed connection, affixes a seal on the meter and connects the user’s electric facility to the network.
12. On construction of the connection finished and the electricity supply network put into operation the user signs with Sadales tikls AS a new contract on electricity supply and use entitling the customer to use the increased load network from that moment onwards.
Application form for a new connection to an electric network (residential customer)
Application form for a new connection to an electric network (business customer)
Users agreement on electricity supply (residential customer)
Users agreement on electricity supply (business customer)
