Northlight Electric has served one zip code for fourteen years. Residential panel upgrades, whole-home rewiring, EV chargers, commercial fit-outs. Every job permitted. Every job inspected. Flat-rate price before we touch anything.
Unpermitted electrical work voids your homeowner policy and can kill your resale. We pull every permit the job requires, coordinate the city inspection, and close out your record on file. That is the work. That is what you are paying for.
Six core services. Every one comes with a flat-rate estimate up front, all required permits pulled before we start, and a two-year workmanship warranty when we close out.
Aging 100A panels upgraded to 200A or 400A service. We size the new panel to your actual load, pull the utility permit, and coordinate the meter pull with PG&E. Final city inspection scheduled and attended by our crew.
Knob-and-tube, aluminum branch circuits, and cloth-sheathed wiring replaced from panel to device. We work with homeowners and GCs to minimize wall and ceiling disruption. Full documentation package for your insurer.
Dedicated 240V Level 2 circuits for home and commercial EV charging. Garage or exterior locations. We advise on rebate eligibility through BAAQMD and handle utility coordination for demand-response programs.
Office suites, retail spaces, restaurants, and light industrial -- rough-in through trim-out. We work directly with your general contractor or as the prime electrical trade. Scheduling built around your opening date.
Low-voltage pathway systems, hardwired security and accent lighting, deck and pergola circuits. Weatherproof fixtures and buried conduit installed to NEC and local amendments. Timers and smart controls wired in on request.
Automatic transfer switch installation, load calculation, and generator connection for whole-home and critical-circuit configurations. Residential and light commercial. Natural gas, LP, or dual-fuel generators.
That line appears in the "why us" section of every electrical contractor site in town. Here it is not a line. It is the reason we built the company this way in 2010.
Unpermitted electrical work creates three problems. First, your homeowner insurance policy has a clause that voids coverage for fire or damage caused by work that did not receive required permits and inspections. Most homeowners do not know this until they file a claim. Second, when you sell, a buyer's inspector will flag unpermitted work. You will either remediate it under pressure or take a price reduction. Third, if the work causes harm, you carry liability that a permit and inspection would have shifted.
We pull the permit. We schedule and attend the city inspection. We close your permit record on file. That is included in every job, every time. No exceptions.
You get a written flat-rate estimate before we touch a single wire. No time-and-materials billing where the number climbs as the job runs long. The price is the price. If the scope changes at your request, we quote the change before we do it.
We pull every permit the job requires -- city building permit, utility permit, and any specialty permits. We attend the city inspection and handle follow-up items. Your permit record closes properly. No shortcuts.
Panel trips, no-power situations, and safety hazards get a same-day callback from a licensed electrician -- not a call center. For genuine emergencies, we will tell you plainly whether we can help you today or refer you to someone who can.
Every job we complete carries a two-year warranty on labor and any parts we supply. If something we installed fails within two years of completion, we come back and make it right at no charge. No argument, no inspection fee, no fine print.
60-year-old 100A panel replaced with a 200A service upgrade for a 1960s bungalow expanding to include a detached ADU. Utility permit, city building permit, and PG&E coordination handled in full. Inspection closed in one visit.
Full electrical fit-out for a 1,800 sq ft coffee shop on Harbor Row. Three-phase service for espresso equipment, dedicated circuits for refrigeration, exhaust hood, and POS. Rough-in finished two days early, enabling the tenant to meet their lease-required opening date.
Hardwired Level 2 EVSE installed in a detached garage with a conduit run to the main panel. Permit application filed one week prior. Inspection completed on installation day. Total time on-site: under three hours. Rebate paperwork submitted with BAAQMD.
1952 home on its original cloth-sheathed and knob-and-tube wiring, rewired top to bottom over nine working days. New branch circuits, grounded outlets throughout, and a full documentation package handed to the homeowner's insurer. No ceiling opened that we had not flagged in the estimate.
Low-voltage pathway lighting, hardwired facade accents, and deck circuits for a hillside property. Buried conduit run to code, fixtures rated for coastal weather, and the whole system wired to a smart timer the homeowner controls from their phone.
Whole-home standby generator with an automatic transfer switch, sized off a full load calculation for a home that loses power every storm season. Natural-gas hookup coordinated with the utility, permit pulled, and inspection passed on the first visit.
"They rewired our 1940s bungalow without tearing up a single ceiling tile we had not agreed to beforehand. The estimate was the final invoice. The inspector passed it first visit. We have the closed permit record to show our insurer. Cannot ask for more than that."
"We opened our second location on the date we told our landlord we would, because Northlight finished two days early. Every other trade on this build came in late. These guys showed up on day one and did not stop. When the inspector had a question on the three-phase run, they were on the phone with the city before I even knew there was an issue."
"EV charger installed in under three hours. They had already called the city the week before, so the inspector came the same afternoon. I did not have to take a second day off work. The rebate paperwork was submitted before they left my driveway. That is how you run a job."
Most electricians stop at step three and hope you do not notice step four is missing. Here is the full sequence, every time.
We scope the job in person or over the phone and deliver a written flat-rate estimate at no charge. The price covers labor, materials, and permit fees. Nothing is left off until after the job starts.
We pull every required permit before any work starts. City building permit, utility permit, and specialty permits if applicable. Once permits are in hand, we book you into our schedule at a time that works for your household or business.
All permits pulled before crew arrivesOur licensed crew completes the job to spec. Site is left cleaner than we found it. Before we leave, we walk you through every outlet, circuit, and device that changed. Questions answered on-site, not by email a week later.
We coordinate and attend the city inspection. If the inspector raises a follow-up item, we handle it. When the inspection passes, we close your permit record on file. You receive confirmation in writing. Job is done -- and documented.
Permit closed on recordDrop your name, number, and a brief description of the work. Someone from our team calls you back within one business day -- usually the same afternoon -- to scope the job and give you a written estimate at no charge.
Prefer to call? Reach us on the main line. For emergencies -- no power, burning smell, sparking devices -- call directly and tell us it is urgent.