Connection to the network
New household customer shall submit a standard application form to “SOCAR Georgia Gas”/ “Sakorggazi” local service center and indicate the preferred payment method – either lump sum payment or payment in installments exclusively for newly gasified settlements.
Where tariff for connection applies the cost of connection to the network is determined by GNERC (which implies works conducted at the site within 300m radius from distribution network of a gasified settlement). The cost of connection of a new customer to low pressure (0-6m3/h capacity) amounts to 800 GEL, for the self-governing cities: Tbilisi, Kutaisi, Rustavi, Batumi and Poti - 1100 GEL.
The requestor (applicant) is obliged to enter 50% of new customer connection cost before submitting the application, unless installment payment is requested in the application. ("SOCAR Georgia Gas" account number - GE63BG0000000162448486; "Sakorggazi" account number - GE16BG0000000967107400), and the remaining connection fee must be fully paid within 10 working days from the start of gas supply.
In newly gasified settlements (see Annex), a connection fee of GEL 400 is charged for a new residential consumer connection to the distribution network with low pressure (0-6 m³/h). At the consumer's request, the connection fee can be divided into 17 monthly payments, totaling GEL 425. If payment is requested in installments, the person wishing to connect (the applicant) is obligated to pay the connection fee in equal monthly installments over 17 months. The first payment must be made before submitting the application (SOCAR Georgia Gas, account number GE63BG0000000162448486; Sakorggaz, account number GE16BG0000000967107400), and the remaining amount must be paid within 16 months of the start of gas supply. At the applicant's request, it is possible to set up one access point to the internal network.
In case the natural gas distribution licensee fails to connect a new customer to the network within defined timeframe, the cost of connection will be reduced to half.
Where tariff for connection does not apply the connection to a network is performed based on a mutual agreement between a customer and a natural gas distribution licensee.
For more detailed information, please visit our website – How to become a customer http://www.socargas.ge/en/how-to-become-a-customer