Request for Temporary Utilities Electric and/or Gas – Dallas, TX

The Request for Temporary Utilities Electric and/or Gas is the City of Dallas Development Services Department form on which a contractor asks to have electric power, gas, or both released temporarily to a building project before final inspections are complete.

The PDF has two pages. Page 1 is headed "Electric and Gas Temporary Utility Release Form" and sets out what each trade must have done before release. It refers to the most current Chapters 53 (Building), 54 (Plumbing), 55 (Mechanical), 56 (Electrical), 57 (One & Two Family) and 60 (Fuel Gas) of the Dallas Construction Codes, and ends with an acknowledgement signature and date. Page 2 is the request itself. It records the project address, suite, building or floor, the permit number, the applicant and company, which utility is to be released, whether an application has been made with the utility company, and the purpose of the release.

By signing, the applicant states that life safety items must comply with the building, plumbing, mechanical and electrical codes or the release will not be approved. The applicant also agrees that the premises will not be occupied before all final inspections are approved and a Certificate of Occupancy is obtained, if required, and that the utility will be disconnected within a stated number of days from the release date or on failure to comply. The applicant's signature is sworn before a notary. The Department completes the "Approved by" and "Date approved" lines, and the release is subject to the field inspector's approval.

The form is a request for a temporary release. It is not the permit itself, and it does not replace final inspections or a Certificate of Occupancy.

Contractors working under a Dallas permit who need electric power or gas released temporarily before the project is complete use this form. The page 1 checklist sets conditions for three groups:

• Building contractor: completes and signs the form, and must have framing approval (building), top-out (plumbing), duct (mechanical) and electrical inspections before gas release. The building must be secure, the address posted and visible from the street, and a temporary utility inspection requested.
• Electrical contractor: completes and signs the form, must have a valid reason for release of power, an electrical room that is "dried in," a panel with a lock or a lockable door to the electrical room, and a passed service inspection.
• Plumbing/mechanical contractor: completes the form and returns it to the designated Building Inspection District Office, once the fuel gas system and appliance requirements listed on page 1 are met.

Page 2 labels the signer "Electric, General or Plumbing Contractor." If both gas and electric temporary services are requested, notification and inspections must be arranged with both the Plumbing and Electrical Inspectors. The general contractor or owner is responsible for re-inspection fees if the work is not ready.

Submit the request when a project needs temporary electric or gas service before it is finished, and only after the page 1 conditions for your trade are met. For gas, the building contractor needs framing approval (building), top-out (plumbing), duct (mechanical) and electrical inspections first, and the entire fuel gas system must be complete, tested and inspected at the time of the request or before. For electric, the service inspection must be passed and the equipment covered by the release must have wiring that is 100% complete.

The form sets no calendar deadline. It does set a limit after release: the applicant agrees that the utility will be disconnected within a number of days written on the form, counted from the temporary utility release date, or sooner on failure to comply with the stated requirements. The premises must not be occupied before all final inspections are approved and a Certificate of Occupancy is obtained, if required.

The form names these routes: the designated Building Inspection District Office for the completed form, and an inspection request for the trade involved.

• Plumbing/mechanical contractors: return the completed form to the designated Building Inspection District Office. The inspector scans it and places it in the documents folder of the permit in POSSE. The plumbing contractor makes the inspection request as a 231 inspection type, with the note "Temporary Utilities Release."
• Electrical contractors: the electrical contractor is responsible for calling the 310 inspection code. No equipment or lighting may be energized before inspector approval.
• Gas and electric together: arrange notification and inspections with both the Plumbing and Electrical Inspectors.

Page 2 has a section marked "fill out at notary": the applicant signs before a notary public. Questions go to the Development Services Department, 320 E Jefferson Blvd, Dallas TX 75203, (214) 948-4480. The form lists no online filing channel. FillingPDF lets you fill out and download the PDF; submission follows the channels above.