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Connecticut · Through Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-396: Required inspection of electric conductors and equipment prior to resumption of electric service in unoccupied buildings.

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  1. TITLE 29. PUBLIC SAFETY AND STATE POLICE
  2. CHAPTER 541*. BUILDING, FIRE AND DEMOLITION CODES. FIRE MARSHALS AND FIRE HAZARDS. SAFETY OF PUBLIC AND OTHER STRUCTURES
  3. PART III. SAFETY OF PUBLIC AND OTHER 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.

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