Connection code for the Ivorian electricity network

Customer: Compagnie Ivoirienne d’Electricité (CIE)

Country: Ivory Coast

Period: 2016

RTE international has drafted a connection code for the Ivorian electricity network including, technical requirements for generators, consumers, distribution networks, and cross-border interconnections (the connection procedure; the procedure for verifying the compliance of installations with the above requirements).

Services delivered

  • Management and organization of the project
  • Legal analysis
  • Diagnosis of the protection system
  • Benchmark of the existing requirements in Ivory Coast compared to the requirements included in the European network codes, the French regulation, and the African network codes
  • Gap analysis and recommendations to introduce new provisions in the Ivorian regulation
  • Elaboration of the draft decree and complementary documents,
  • Consultation of stakeholders