(a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, an electric company may not provide electric service to any building on which construction is completed after July 1, 1982, unless the builder has filed with the company the certificate or statement of waiver that is required under this subtitle.
(2) Paragraph (1) of this subsection does not apply to the temporary provision of electric service for use only during the process of constructing a building.
(b) If it is later determined that a building did not conform to the energy conservation standards to which the builder has certified or that a false waiver was provided to the electric company by the builder, the electric company may not be held liable for that noncompliance.
(c) (1) Certificates and statements of waiver filed with an electric company under this subtitle shall be made available to the public.
(2) The electric company:
(i) shall provide a copy of any certificate or statement of waiver that it has on file to any person on request within a reasonable time not to exceed 5 working days; and
(ii) may charge a reasonable fee for any copy of a certificate or statement of waiver that it provides.
(3) The electric company is not required to retain a certificate or a statement of waiver filed with the electric company under this subsection beyond 3 years from the date the certificate or statement of waiver was filed with the electric company.
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