Connection application shall be made by the resident of the place of use that is requested to be connected to the distribution system, natural and legal entities with ownership of the place of use or natural or legal entities authorised by these. The applicant who requests electrical energy allocation shall personally follow up and conclude all transactions, contracts and other actions with our company. In case they appoint a person as an agent, a notary certified letter of attorney which includes all the required authorisations shall be submitted.
Documents required to be submitted for the Connection Application are indicated as follows in the article 10 of the Regulation Regarding Electricity Market Connection and System Utilisation titled Connection Application:
(As per the provisional article 11 of the Law No. 3194, having obtained building license and having been built according to this license is not required for the buildings constructed before 12.10.2004. For the buildings constructed between 12.10.2004 and 26.7.2008 with building licenses and which are constructed according to these licenses, electricity may be connected temporarily until the occupancy permit is obtained, provided that one of more of the infrastructure services such as road, electricity, water, telephone, sewerage, natural gas are documented to be brought in the area, that all the technical requirements are met in line with the relevant regulation and that an application is made to our company. Accordingly, the connection shall be cut off in case a request is made to our company from the relevant municipality to cut off the electricity.)
In addition, the conformity certificate to be obtained from the inspection authority shall be submitted for the buildings subject to building inspection as per the Law No. 4708 Regarding Building Inspection before signing the Connection Agreement, the conformity certificate to be issued by the relevant engineer shall be submitted for the buildings that have been built/are being built by public institutions or organisations which are not subject to building inspection, the conformity certificate to be issued by the distribution company shall be submitted for other buildings which are not subject to building inspection (buildings which are not subject to license as per the article 27 of Law No. 3194 and detached buildings with maximum two storeys except the basement floor which do not exceed two hundred square meters in total built on a single lot) while installation check approval document to be issued by the distribution company, Earthing measurement form, completion of work document, Provisional acceptance certificate (for transformer, field distribution box and grid poles built by third parties) shall also be submitted.
Connection contract including ownership, rights of use and connection terms is signed, provided that energy permit has been given and all the required documents have been submitted. Connection contract remains in effect as long as the facility and equipment connected to the distribution system at the address indicated on the connection contract remain in place and new connection contract shall not be signed in case of user change at this facility. Connection fee shall be paid to Başkent EDAŞ by the applicant. Connection fee charged as part of the approved tariffs shall be collected from the users connecting to the distribution system just for once during the signing of initial connection contract and it is non-refundable.
In case the connection power increases more than 20% at the facilities belonging to the consumers other than residential subscribers, they apply to our company within 7 business days together with their renovation projects. The renovation project is reviewed by our company and the response based on the results of the review and the basis for implementation is given to the customer in written form within 15 days. In case the increase in connection power brings any kind of cost with it, actions are taken as per the relevant regulation and the costs associated with the actions are collected from the customer. Connection contract is revised to include the actions taken. The customers who fail to fulfil this obligation shall be subject to the relevant regulation provisions associated with the illegal electricity consumption
Energy permit involves the designation and determination of the connection point for the demanded energy for any kind of building, facility or for temporary needs (construction site, fair, expo, etc.) as well as the cross-section and standards of the cables/conductors for a time limited with 180 days as the validity period.
The following are the special applications and their descriptions other than the documents required to be submitted in the connection application:
For the customers who signed System Utilisation and Connection Contract with TEİAŞ to change their contracted power, signed and wet stamped information forms for all applicants who request power over 1250 kVA are required as per the Distribution Regulation's article 6/4.