Electrical Master Permit

​General Program overview: the Electrical Master Permit Program allows covered/qualifying facilities OAR 918-309-0100 (b) to pull an annual permit which allows “repair, alteration or replacement of existing electrical products” – please review what is allowed under this permit and what is not at OAR 918-309-0100 (4). A roster of all current electricians, their license # and type, must be filed at the time of application. The applicant/facility must keep records of all electrical work done – the person doing the work and their electrical license #, and date of work – this record must be available to the jurisdiction inspector at the time of annual inspection.
 
ePermitting Process:
1. Commercial Electrical application is initiated:

• Address is the covered facility address.
• Licensed Professional should be the Electricians of record for work under this permit. 
• The Category of Construction should be “Commercial or Industrial”.
• Type of Work should be “Other” > when the “Other Description” field pops up, indicate “Master Permit”.
• For ease of use in searching, we also recommend indicating “Master Permit for xx” in the Description of Work and/or in the “Project Name” field – both of these fields show on the Record List. 

2. Once the record is created:

• There is a Master Permit one-time application fee that is charged first time.
• Once the one-time application fee is paid, the first Master Permit can then be issued through workflow. 
• After permit issuance, you will need to go to the Navigation pane > Expiration Date > and change the expiry date to one year from the issue date. 
• For the annual inspections, the Model has a Master Permit Inspection fee that can be charged at an hourly rate for Travel Time, Inspection Time, and Report Writing time at the time the inspection is provided.

3. For renewals:

• When the annual permit is going to expire, our recommendation is to create a related child record from the original for each subsequent year and schedule/record that years’ yearly inspection on each. Make sure to Final your current record in Workflow as you create the new related child. 
• No application fee is charged for the renewal permits, but you still charge for the annual inspections at the hourly rate for Travel Time, Inspection Time and Report Writing.
• Please refer to https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/viewSingleRule.action?ruleVrsnRsn=227928 for any code questions and contact our helpdesk at 503-373-7396 for how to track these in Accela.