Sec. 29-396. Required inspection of electric conductors and equipment prior to resumption of electric service in unoccupied buildings.
Sec. 29-396. Required inspection of electric conductors and equipment prior
to resumption of electric service in unoccupied buildings. If an owner of a building
or portion of a building that has been unoccupied and disconnected from the electric
distribution system for a period of six months or longer wishes to resume delivery of
electricity to such building or portion of such building, the owner shall contract with
an electrician licensed pursuant to chapter 393, at the expense of the owner of such
building, to inspect the electric conductors and equipment up to and including the main
device to disconnect electric power to such building. The electrician shall provide written
notice to the electric distribution company, as defined in section 16-1, authorized to
provide electric distribution services to the service area in which such building is located
that such equipment is electrically safe and does not constitute a public safety hazard.
Upon receipt of the written notice, the electric distribution company shall promptly
resume delivery of electricity to such building or portion of such building.
(P.A. 03-214, S. 1.)