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RESOLUTION OF THE CABINET OF MINISTERS OF THE AZERBAIJAN REPUBLIC

of February 2, 2005 No. 18

About approval of Instructions for use electric power

(as amended on 07-11-2024)

According to article 4 of the Law of the Azerbaijan Republic "About power industry" and for the purpose of ensuring execution of the fifth paragraph of Item 3 of the Presidential decree of the Azerbaijan Republic "About approval of the Agreement on the right to management of Bakelektroset joint-stock company of November 7, 2001 No. 597, considering the offer of the Ministry of Industry and Energy approved with the Ministry of Economic Development, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Justice the Cabinet of Ministers of the Azerbaijan Republic decides:

1. Approve "Instructions for use by the electric power" (are applied).

2. This resolution becomes effective from the date of signing.

Prime Minister of the Azerbaijan Republic

Artur Rasi-Zade

Approved by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Azerbaijan Republic of February 2, 2005 No. 18

Instructions for use electric power

1. General provisions

1.1. The basic concepts used in these rules have the following values:

- the state electrical power company (single state system of power industry) - consolidation of the transferring power networks of high voltage (is higher than 110 kilovolts) managed from the single center, their dispatching controls and the producers of energy subordinated to them;

- the power supplying company - the legal entity guaranteeing to the population and other consumers electric power supply on the basis of permission;

- the independent producer of energy - the legal entity belonging to the state, different industries of economy and the private organizations, supplying with electrical and heat energy of consumers by means of the state electrical power company or the power supplying companies through the power network belonging to them;

- the consumer of electrical energy - the legal entity or physical person buying electrical energy and using it by means of electroreceivers;

- the subscriber (the main consumer) - the consumer whose electrical units are connected to power supply networks of the power supplying company and signed sale and purchase agreements of electrical energy;

- the subsubscriber - the consumer whose electrical units are connected to the subscriber's power supply networks (the main consumer); 

- the household subscriber (population) - the consumer using electrical energy in the household purposes in apartments of residential buildings, hostels, apartment houses and also at dachas, in personal garages;

- the customer - persons owning the construction object intended for connection to power network or the parcel of land on which the construction object is located (will be located) on the property rights and other property rights;

- electrical units - the equipment necessary for production, storage, transfer and distribution of electrical energy, and the structures relating to it;

- power network - the electrical units consisting from jointly the operating transformer substations of different capacity, distribution installations, cable and air power lines;

- distribution installation - the electrical units delivering electrical energy to consumers, being part of the power supply network;

- border of balance sheet accessory - the split-off point determined by balance sheet accessory of the power supply network between the state electrical power company and the power supplying company, the state electrical power company and the independent producer of energy which is power supplying with the company and independent producer of energy which is power supplying with the company and the subscriber, the subscriber and the subsubscriber;

- the guaranteed rate - the rate established for each kilowatt hour of the electric power given to power network within the mechanism of support in the relation of the producers chosen by auction or direct attraction on the territories of renewable energy resources;

construction object - the buildings or constructions created or created in the course of construction activities;

the scheme of connection of the counter - the sequence of connection among themselves electric elements (the measuring transformers and wires) ensuring normal functioning of the counter;

the act on connection - the document confirming physical connection of construction object to power network;

coefficient of reactive capacity (tg ALPHA) – the relation of reactive capacity (or energies) to active capacity (or energies);

the subscriber responsible for reactive capacity, - the subscriber belonging to the production, railway, electrified urban transportation, utility and meliorative objects and other subscribers with electroinstallations of necessary capacity more than 150 kW (except household subscribers);

hours of maximum demand - hours during which in electric utility system the greatest number of the electric power is within a day consumed;

hours of minimum demand – hours during which in electric utility system the smallest quantity of the electric power is within a day consumed;

the active consumer - legal entity or physical person which in addition to electric power consumption makes the electric power to 150 kW (inclusive) from renewable energy resources.

1.2. These rules are constituted on the basis of the Laws of the Azerbaijan Republic "About use of energy resources", "About power industry", "About power" and other legal acts, and determine relations between the state electrical power company and the power supplying companies, independent producers of energy and consumers of electrical energy. Execution of these rules is obligatory for the state electrical power company and the power supplying companies, independent producers of energy and consumers of electrical energy irrespective of subordination, pattern of ownership, financing source.

1.3. The electrosupplying company on the basis of the sale and purchase agreement of electrical energy buys electrical energy from the state electrical power company, or the independent producer of energy and sells it to consumers.

Between the electrosupplying company and the subscriber the sale and purchase agreement of electrical energy shall be signed.

Sale and purchase agreements of electrical energy shall be signed according to the same agreements (appendices No. 1-5), attached to these rules.

1.3-1. Purchase and sale agreements of electrical energy between independent producers and energy consumers can consist in other form taking into account the single agreements attached to these rules.

1.4. Consumers (subsubscribers) connected to network of the subscriber (the main consumer) sign with him the sale and purchase agreement of electrical energy. In the sale and purchase agreement of electrical energy signed between the subscriber and the power supplying company, and appendix to this agreement the information about the subsubscribers connected to its network including the name of management, consumption of electrical energy, settlement electric counters, rate and other data are specified (appendix No. 9).

The power supplying company can sign sale and purchase agreements of electrical energy directly with the subsubscriber. If the power supplying company signs with the subsubscriber the sale and purchase agreement of electrical energy, expense of electrical energy the subsubscriber and the transit losses of electrical energy (technology expense) relating to it shall be subtracted from expense of the main consumer.

1.5. If from distribution installations which entrances belong to the consumer who is on balance of the power supplying company the electrical energy to two or bigger number of other consumers moves, the power supplying company is granted the right to directly sign with them sale and purchase agreements of electrical energy and to carry out calculations for electrical energy. Transfer of distribution installation of the consumer on balance of the power supplying company is performed according to the current legislation.

1.6. Connection to power network of construction objects of the state electrical power company, the companies of power supply, independent producers of energy, consumers is performed according to the "Rules of connection of construction objects to power network or receipt of additional energy (capacity)" approved by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Azerbaijan Republic of November 3, 2023 No. 399.

1.7. The procedure for the choice of the electric power producer in the territory of renewable energy resources, and also features and conditions of the agreements signed with the electric power producer chosen by auction or direct attraction in the territory of renewable energy resources is established by the President of the Azerbaijan Republic.

1.8. Specifications of connection to network of construction objects of the independent power producer in the field of renewable energy resources are determined by the agreement of connection signed between the independent power producer and the state electrical power company or which is power supplying with the company, and in this case connection to network is performed according to requirements of this agreement.

1.9. The state electrical power company, the power supplying company and the subscriber responsible for reactive capacity, shall support coefficient of reactive capacity in point of connection to power network within maximumАЛЬФА (tg max) and minimumАЛЬФА (tg min) of values, specified in appendix No. 10 to these rules АЛЬФА ЗНАК МЕНЬШЕ ИЛИ РАВНО ЗНАК МЕНЬШЕ ИЛИ РАВНО АЛЬФА(tgmin tg tgmax).

2.

It is excluded according to the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Azerbaijan Republic of 03.11.2023 No. 401

3. Commissioning of electrical units

3.1. No. 401 is excluded according to the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Azerbaijan Republic of 03.11.2023

3.2. Before commissioning of construction objects  of the state electrical power company, the power supplying companies, independent electric power producers, consumers, including subsubscribers, they shall pass acceptance tests and are accepted by the customer with the act of the mounting organization. Concerning electrical units beyond the limit of capacity, established by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Azerbaijan Republic, the customer shall provide these installations, and also the documents specified in Item 3.2-1 of these rules in Agency on regulation of questions of power for carrying out survey of the electrical units and receipt of the act of commissioning. The agency on regulation of questions of power performs check of the performed works with participation of customer representatives, the company performing installation and construction works, and ETP in case of observance of requirements of specifications, the project of power supply, rules of laying of power lines and installation of electric equipment in full, the Agency on regulation of questions of power according to the laws of the Azerbaijan Republic "About power" and "About licenses and permissions" issues the act of the admission to operation of the electrical unit.

3.2-1. For issue by the Agency on regulation of energy questions of the act of permission to commissioning of electrical units over 200 kW, technical inspection is performed based on the following documents submitted by the statement and customers:

3.2-1.1. the specifications issued by the company of power supply or the state electrical power company;

3.2-1.2. the project of power supply approved with the company of power supply;

3.2-1.3. the delivery and acceptance certificate between person which carried out construction and adjusting works and the customer;

3.2-1.4. copy of the order on purpose of person, responsible for electric economy;

3.2-1.5. protocol of measurement of resistance of contour of grounding

3.2-1.6. protocol of testing setup of the transformer and oborudovaniye;

3.2-1.7. test report of power line and act of the hidden works;

3.2-1.8. act of installation of the electric meter;

3.2-1.9. the documents noted in articles 18.2.1-18.2.4 of the Law of the Azerbaijan Republic "About licenses and permissions".

3.2-2. The state fee is collected in the amount of, established by the Law of the Azerbaijan Republic "About the state fee" for issue of the act of commissioning of electroinstallations over 150 kV.

3.3. Entry rules in operation of electrical units belong also to electric lines and electric equipment of the residential buildings which are new built or undergone capital repairs, apartment houses.

3.4. Commissioning is possible only in case of availability at the customer of the corresponding electrotechnical personnel and person responsible for electric economy, except for electric lines and electric equipment of apartment houses. Responsibility for technical condition and the correct operation of electric lines and electric equipment of apartment houses is born by their owner.

3.5. Giving of tension on new electrical units is performed only after installation and check of accounting devices concerning electroinstallations above the limit of capacity established by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Azerbaijan Republic, issue by the Agency on regulation of energy questions of the act of permission to commissioning, the conclusions of the sale and purchase agreement of electrical energy.

3.6. In case of detection of shortcomings in case of installation of electrical units, variations from "Rules of installation of electrical units" and other regulating documents, absence of the electrotechnical personnel prepared for servicing of this installation, their input in operation is not allowed up to elimination of the specified shortcomings.

3.7. Before connection of electrical units of consumers which operation has seasonal nature (the camp, rest house, the rest area, etc.), they shall be inspected by annually power supplying company, and the consumer should provide to the employee of the power supplying company test reports and audits of electrical units. On electrical units which operation has seasonal nature (the camp, rest house, the rest area, etc.), tension moves after survey by their inspector of Agency on regulation of energy questions and creation of the act of connection to network.

4. Modes and main conditions of consumption of electrical energy

4.1. Giving of electrical energy to all consumers who are power supplying with the company, including household subscribers, is performed on the basis of the sale and purchase agreement of electrical energy constituted according to these rules.

Due to the lack of capacity, shortage of electrical energy, emergency the power supplying company has the right to apply to the consumer of graphics of restriction and direct shutdown.

Preparation and application of schedules of restriction and direct shutdown in connection with lack of capacity, shortage of electrical energy, emergency is performed according to the corresponding instruction.

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