{"id":316,"date":"2026-05-21T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dubaivistacare.com\/blog\/?p=316"},"modified":"2026-05-21T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T11:00:00","slug":"dewa-connection-dubai-step-by-step-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubaivistacare.com\/blog\/dewa-connection-dubai-step-by-step-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"DEWA Connection in Dubai: Step-by-Step Guide for New Tenants"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>What is DEWA<\/h2>\n<p>DEWA (Dubai Electricity and Water Authority) is the government authority supplying electricity and water to all Dubai properties. Every tenant must open their own DEWA account after moving in.<\/p>\n<h2>What you need to connect DEWA<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Ejari (registered tenancy contract) \u2014 mandatory<\/li>\n<li>Emirates ID<\/li>\n<li>Passport copy<\/li>\n<li>Meter number (shown on the handover report)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>How to connect DEWA<\/h2>\n<p>Online at dewa.gov.ae or via the DEWA app. In person at a DEWA service centre. Through typing centres. Online is fastest \u2014 connection within 24 hours.<\/p>\n<h2>Costs and deposit<\/h2>\n<p>Deposit for UAE residents: 1,000\u20132,000 AED (refunded on move-out). Deposit for non-residents: 2,000\u20134,000 AED. Connection fee: 110 AED. Electricity meter: 100 AED. Total on first connection: from 1,310 AED.<\/p>\n<h2>Useful tips<\/h2>\n<p>Connect DEWA on move-in day or the day after. Photograph the meter reading on arrival. Set up auto-pay so you never miss a bill. When leaving, submit a disconnection request 1\u20132 days in advance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is DEWA DEWA (Dubai Electricity and Water Authority) is the government authority supplying electricity and water to all Dubai properties. Every tenant must open their own DEWA account after moving in. What you need to connect DEWA Ejari (registered tenancy contract) \u2014 mandatory Emirates ID Passport copy Meter number (shown on the handover report) &#8230; <a title=\"DEWA Connection in Dubai: Step-by-Step Guide for New Tenants\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/dubaivistacare.com\/blog\/dewa-connection-dubai-step-by-step-guide\/\" aria-label=\"\u041f\u0440\u043e\u0447\u0438\u0442\u0430\u0442\u044c \u0431\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0448\u0435 \u043e DEWA Connection in Dubai: Step-by-Step Guide for New Tenants\">\u0427\u0438\u0442\u0430\u0442\u044c \u0434\u0430\u043b\u0435\u0435<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubaivistacare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubaivistacare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubaivistacare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubaivistacare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubaivistacare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dubaivistacare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":319,"href":"https:\/\/dubaivistacare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316\/revisions\/319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubaivistacare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubaivistacare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubaivistacare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}