Pursuant to the statutes of the State of Nebraska, including Neb. RS 81-2121, 81-2124, 81-2125, 81-2129 and 81-2132, all new electrical installations for commercial or industrial applications, including installations both inside and outside of the buildings, and for public-use buildings and facilities and any installation at the request of the owner shall be subject to the inspection and enforcement provisions of the State Electrical Act. Nothing, however, shall prohibit an owner of property from performing work on his or her principal residence or farm property, excluding commercial or industrial installations or installations in public use buildings or facilities. No electrical installation subject to inspection shall be newly connected or reconnected for use until there is filed with the electrical utility supplying power a certificate of the property owner or licensed electrician directing the work that inspection has been requested and that the conditions of the installation are safe for energization. The work of employees of municipal corporations public power districts, public power and irrigation districts, railroads, electric membership or cooperative associations, public utility corporations or telephone or telegraph systems shall not required to be inspected while those employees are acting within the scope of their employment.
(1998 Code, § 10-402)