A few minutes ago I received an email from our builder. It included this:
It has been a much longer wait than any of us anticipated, but the process is finally close to over. It will still be a few more days before we are in the house. Power has to get turned on and the bank has to make sure we didn't take the money and build a shack. We're hoping the power company can come out tomorrow, in which case the bank most likely will finish up Monday.