Emergency Lighting Test Certificate Pending Final Payment Email Template

Use this page when final payment is delayed because the buyer says the emergency lighting test certificate, emergency egress lighting signoff, or backup-lighting acceptance record is still pending. This is different from a broader electrical completion issue because it targets one regulated testing requirement that often sits outside the main handover package. The exact business problem is that the work may already be energized and operating, yet the payer is withholding payment until the emergency-lighting certificate is issued or signed. Your email should ask whether the emergency-lighting certificate is the only remaining blocker, whether all tests were already carried out, who still needs to approve the results, and whether payment will be released immediately once that document is in place. The outcome you want is to stop the buyer using generic life-safety language and force a decision around one narrow certificate with a named owner. It is commercially strong because suppliers often finish electrical scope but still cannot collect the final balance while a single emergency-lighting signoff remains stuck in approval.