Law & Regulation
Minister of State for Energy Affairs Decision No. 3 of 2025 Determining the Controls Required to Undertake Certain Activities under Law No. 4 of 2018 on the Regulation of Electricity and Water Supply Works
The Decision operationalises Law No. 4 of 2018 by setting controls for specified electricity and water connection, internal-network, temporary/phased supply, metering, safety, operation and maintenance activities, including controlled self-production and surplus-supply interfaces.
Legal Significance
What This Instrument Does
It translates the Law's authorization framework into conditions for developers, subscribers, contractors and KAHRAMAA-facing processes. It addresses connection points, internal networks, design approvals, meters, temporary arrangements and specified generation/supply activities.
Why It Matters
Large developments often contain several customers, phases and privately built networks. The Decision helps determine when approval is required, who owns an interface task and what must be complete before supply. These questions directly affect energisation dates and completion tests.
Key Provisions
- Covered activities
Specified activities brought within the Decision's control framework.
- Developer and subscriber roles
Allocation of responsibilities across a development and its internal users.
- Connection-point approval
Prior control over where and how the project interfaces with public networks.
- Internal-network approval
Design, construction and operation conditions for private/internal systems.
- Temporary supply
Requirements for construction or interim connections.
- Phased developments
Controls where capacity and connection are delivered by stage.
- Design and contractor compliance
Approved standards, qualified execution and authority coordination.
- Metering
Installation and measurement requirements supporting lawful supply.
- Safety, operation and maintenance
Responsibilities after installation and energisation.
- Self-production
Authorization boundary for producing electricity or water for permitted use.
- Surplus supply
Controlled interface for sale or delivery of surplus to the public system.
- Inspection and corrective action
Verification and consequences where installations do not comply.
When You Would Use This
Master-development utility strategy
Planning utility strategy for a master development.
Phased connections
Structuring phased connection delivery.
Temporary construction power/water
Arranging temporary construction power or water.
Design and EPC responsibility matrices
Allocating design and EPC responsibility.
Internal subscriber arrangements
Structuring internal subscriber arrangements.
Meter planning
Planning metering.
Commissioning/energisation
Managing commissioning and energisation.
Rooftop or captive-generation interfaces
Assessing rooftop or captive-generation interfaces.
Delay-risk analysis
Analysing utility-connection delay risk.
InfraLex Relevance
The Decision supplies the operational bridge between utility law and project delivery. Technical standards remain external controlled documents; project contracts should allocate responsibility for satisfying them without being mistaken for the legal source.
Legal Framework Position
- Sector RegulationImplementing Instrument
Primary / Parent Instrument
Instrument Overview
- Official Citation
- Minister of State for Energy Affairs Decision No. 3 of 2025
- Instrument Type
- Ministerial Decision / Order
- Source Language
- Arabic
- Enactment Date
- 21 May 2025
- Last Verified
- 4 September 2026