• The following words and phrases shall have the meanings indicated next to each of them unless the text explicitly states otherwise or the context requires a different interpretation:

  • 1-1 Ministry: Ministry of Water and Electricity.

  • 2-1 Authority: Electricity and Co-Generation Regulatory Authority.

  • 3-1 Service Provider: The natural or legal person licensed to generate, transfer, or distribute electrical energy or part of this activity in accordance with the provisions of the Authority's regulations and its executive bylaws. 

  • 4-1 Subscriber: The natural or legal person who purchases electrical energy from the service provider, and each energy meter represents a subscriber.

  • 5-1 Planned Areas:  Areas located within the approved urban boundary or areas for which construction plans are approved by the municipalities or any authorized entity.

  • 6-1 Unplanned Areas:  Areas that do not fall within the planned areas. 

  • 7-1 Areas Approved by the Service Provider (Network Scope): Electrified areas or plans for which electricity has been approved by the service provider.

  • 8-1 Electric Service Connection Tariff (Regulatory Tariff): The cost charged by the electric service provider for connecting the electric service to the applicant, as stated in Council of Ministers Decision No. 169 issued on 11/8/1416 AH or its subsequent amendments.

  • 9-1 Addition: The provision of electric service to additional construction areas based on a license from the municipality as independent units from the existing building. 

  • 10-1 Strengthening: The increase in the capacity allocated to an existing unit based on the subscriber's request due to an increase in their actual loads or the addition of non-independent constructions. 

  • 11-1 Parceling:  A limited parceling of the electrical capacity supplying an existing building into several different units according to the modification and/or parceling of the existing building.

  • 12-1 Distribution Network: All equipment and extensions that distribute electrical capacity from distribution stations to the subscriber at voltages less than 110 kilovolts.

  • 13-1 Transmission Network: All equipment and extensions located between the generation system and the distribution network that operate at voltages of 110 kilovolts and above. 

• The electrical service is provided to connection applicants primarily based on the following:

  •  1-2- A-  The electrical service is connected in accordance with the technical standards approved by the Authority.

  • 1-2- B-  The electrical service is connected in a loop or radial manner according to the planning regulations applied by the service provider. If the subscriber's location is within the approved urban area and the planning system applied in the region is a loop system, then the implementation of the loop system is the responsibility of the service provider. However, if the network planning system is radial, the subscriber must bear the actual costs of the loop system if they wish to implement it through the service provider, and they have the right to carry out the necessary additions at their own expense according to the specifications of the service provider by a contractor approved from the qualified contractors accredited by the service provider. 

2- 2- A- The standard low voltage in residential areas is 220/127 volts or 380/220 volts.

2- 2- B- The standard low voltage in industrial areas licensed by municipalities is 220/380 volts and 127/220 volts.

2- 2- C- The standard low voltage for commercial and agricultural purposes (located in areas licensed by the Ministry of Agriculture) is 220/380 volts and 127/380 volts.

2- 2- D- The standard low voltage in industrial cities established by the state (such as cities affiliated with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry) is 220/380 volts.

 In the case of requesting a voltage that is different from the standard voltages (220/127, 380/220), the service applicant shall bear the cost of the transformer in addition to the standard tariff. They have the right to secure the transformer themselves according to the specifications of the service provider, and the costs of installation, operation, and maintenance shall be the responsibility of the service applicant. 

In the event that a request is made for either of the two standard voltages (220/127 or 220/380 volts) in an area where the other standard voltage is predominant, the required work must be compatible with the transformer intended for installation; otherwise, the connection applicant shall bear the cost of the transformer in addition to the connection fees.

If the area where the service applicant is located is within the urban boundary, the electrical service will be provided to them at the appropriate voltage from the standard voltages, and they will be charged according to the electrical service connection tariff stipulated in paragraph (6-3) of Article "Second" of the Council of Ministers Decision No. 169 dated 11/8/1419 AH.

 If the area where the service applicant is located is outside the urban boundary and within the network range, the service provider shall include it in their annual connection plans, and the connection applicant shall bear the costs as stipulated in the Council of Ministers Resolution No. 169 dated 11/8/1419 AH.

 Electric service is provided to unplanned areas that have not been approved for electricity by the service provider at the standard tariff according to annual and five-year plans. Subsequently, the service provider, in coordination with the Ministry, will inform the latter of what has been implemented in practice for comparison with the plan. It is to be noted that the distance between the network and the service request location should decrease annually by an amount to be determined in light of the financial appropriations, taking into account the ministerial decision and Section 3418/1 dated 17/9/1420 AH issued by this Ministry.