Restore power to commercial unit in Harris County, Texas
I am a commercial property owner in Harris County, Texas. Our local utility service provider, Centerpoint Energy, pulled two electricity meters at one of my properties (\~10 tenant office/warehouse facility) due to a tenant's lapse in service. Centerpoint tells me that I will have to submit a power release with Harris County Engineering. I don't want to also trigger a fire-code inspection without knowing what I'm getting into. Has anyone experienced this?
[{"id": "ig0cd0n", "text": "I'm not local to Harris County, but my first thought was \"Do all of the tenants have operating permits/licenses?\" I've definitely been there where not all of mine have them, but it could make things more challenging. \n\nIf tenant operations are up and up, I don't see why the fire marshal would be involved? Not a new business inspection, not a change of service, no electrical work was done, etc.", "replies": [{"id": "igbsk8a", "text": "The businesses are skilled trades and mostly machinists. The tenants are on the up and up, but they do things I would not. That written, these facilities are their livelihoods, and they act responsibly. No one wants any kind of negative event.", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ig31m14", "text": "Doesn't your utility provide for the landlord to automatically take over service if a tenant lapses?  Sure, you are going to be paying the bill but better than opening up a can of worms with electricians, inspections and waiting for a big utility to come by and restart service.\n\nIt could be a nightmare here in NYC.", "replies": [{"id": "igbs75c", "text": "I have set that up since this happened. Not a trivial process, but I don't want to lose another meter.\n\nI'm amazed the utility isn't aggressive with getting the meters back. They make money when electrons flow.", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}]