Five-day power link process for Dubai projects

Five-day power link process for Dubai projects

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has reduced the time to complete the one-step process for new connections of up to 150kW for commercial and industrial customers from seven to five days, waiving deposits and charges for the connections.

"The move to reduce the time for the one-step process to complete new connections in just 5 days is one of the ways Dewa is helping industrial and commercial customers. We continue to waive deposits and new connection charges for connections of up to 150kW,“ said Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of Dewa.

"These efforts have contributed to the UAE, represented by Dewa, maintaining its first place globally for the third consecutive year, with scores of 100 per cent in all indicators for getting electricity in the World Bank's Doing Business 2020 report. The report covers 190 economies around the world.“

Al Tayer added that the UAE, represented by Dewa, has the shortest time in the world to get electricity according to the World Bank's Doing Business 2020 report, which has set a measure of 18 days to get 100 per cent in the time indicator for Getting Electricity.

Dewa achieved 100 per cent in all of the Getting Electricity indicators in the