Connection fees
Connection fee covers all the actual justified expenses related to connection. When calculating the connection fee, Elering adheres to the document "Elering AS methodology for calculating the connection fee and the fee for amending the consumption and generation conditions" (in Estonian language and hereinafter referred to as the Methodology) approved by the Competition Authority.
The connection fee does not include investments included in the connection offer for the establishment of network reinforcements, which are necessary to ensure the transmission capacity requested by the client, provided that these investments are included in the approved investment plan published on Elering’s website and for the establishment of which Elering has entered into or will enter into a procurement contract for construction within five years from the issuance of the connection offer. The transmission capacity of the grid connection requested by the client will be guaranteed to the client once the investment has been made.
According to the Methodology, the connection fee consists of the following components:
- cost of construction and related works – the cost of building electrical installations to be designed and built to ensure connection capacity;
- project management fee - costs of carrying out the construction and/or renovation of network elements necessary for the fulfillment of the connection agreement;
- processing fee - the cost of issuing and organising the signing of the connection offer to be drawn up on the basis of the connection application;
- transaction fee - the cost of organising operations in accordance with the connection contract entered into.
The amounts of processing and transaction fees are established in the connection terms and conditions.
|
Type of fee |
Processing fee, € |
Transaction fee, € |
Total, € |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Connection of a consumer or a distribution system operator at a new connection point or the amendment of consumption and/or generation conditions at an existing connection point |
3200 + VAT | 4200 + VAT | 7400 + VAT |
| Connection of a generating unit or a mixed installation to the transmission system or amendment or generation and/or consumption conditions thereof | 4000 + VAT | 12 800 + VAT | 16 800 + VAT |
The project management fee is 2.53% of the cost of construction works (including related works). The project management fee does not apply to procedural and operational fees.
Connection Fee Price List as of 31 July 2026
Connection Fee Price List as of 31 July 2026
Connection Fee Price List as of 31 July 2026
The price list was published on 1 July 2026. Pursuant to subsection 25 of § 111³ of the Electricity Market Act, the price list enters into force on the 30th day after its publication, i.e. on 31 July 2026.
All connection applications submitted before 31 July 2026 will be processed in accordance with the price list that entered into force on 31 July 2025.
All customers who have entered into a cost-based connection agreement where the connection fee is higher than the connection fee calculated in accordance with the price list, and who have not paid the third instalment, will be transferred to the connection fee applicable under the price list. If a customer wishes to switch to the connection fee based on the price list before the amount of the third instalment has been determined, this can be done by submitting a corresponding declaration of intent.
Connection Fee Price List until 30 July 2026
Connection Fee Price List until 30 July 2026
Connection Fee Price List until 30 July 2026
The price list was published on 1 July 2025. Pursuant to subsection 25 of § 111³ of the Electricity Market Act, the price list entered into force on the 30th day after its publication, i.e. on 31 July 2025.
Connection Fees Price List as of 01.07.2025, effective from 31.07.2025_0.pdf
Payment of the Connection Fee
Connection based on the price list in the existing network
The connection fee specified in the connection agreement must be paid in full to the transmission system operator within sixty (60) days of entering into the connection agreement.
If the connection agreement is terminated prior to its fulfillment by the transmission system operator, the connection fee paid by the customer to the transmission system operator in accordance with the price list shall be refunded only in the case specified in § 21, subsection 7 of the Government of the Republic Regulation "Grid code on the Functioning of the Electricity System." In any other case, the connection fee is not subject to refund.
Connection with a cost-based component or before the price list enters into force
The first instalment specified in the connection agreement must be paid by the customer within 60 days of entering into the connection agreement. The first instalment amounts to 20% of the estimated cost of the construction and related works specified in the agreement, plus 20% of the service fee specified in the connection agreement.
The second instalment, together with the first instalment, amounts to 70% of the connection fee determined on the basis of the actual costs. The second instalment must be paid within 20 days after the winner of the tender for the construction of the connection point has been announced and before the contract for the works is concluded with the tender winner. Elering will issue the customer an invoice no later than five working days after the successful tenderer has been determined.
The third instalment must be paid after completion of the connection point and constitutes the remaining amount of the actual costs of the construction and related works, less the amounts already paid (the first and second instalments). The third instalment also includes 30% of the service fee specified in the connection agreement.
VAT will be added to all amounts stated on this page at the rate prescribed by law.