West Seattle, Beacon Hill, Rainier Valley, Ballard and north. Panels, EV chargers, generators, remodel wiring and the kind of troubleshooting that actually finds the problem.
Seattle work is defined by two things: the age of the housing and the fact that Seattle runs its own electrical code and inspection program. Craftsman and box houses in Ballard, Wallingford, Beacon Hill and West Seattle commonly still have original ungrounded wiring, undersized services, and panels squeezed into stairwells and basements. On top of that, the Seattle Department of Construction & Inspections issues its own electrical permits and Seattle City Light handles service connections — so a Seattle job is planned differently from the same job in Kent or Federal Way.
| Electric utility | Seattle City Light |
|---|---|
| Electrical permits & inspection | City of Seattle (SDCI) |
| County | King County |
| Contractor license | WA OSHIETB778P8 · Administrator OSHIETB750DR · UBI 605-804-596 |
| Bonded & insured | Yes — documentation available on request |
| Booking | 253-268-6287 · text a photo · Bookings@ccelectricllc.com |
Effectively yes. Seattle issues its own electrical permits through the Seattle Department of Construction & Inspections and adopts its own amended electrical code, and Seattle City Light — a municipal utility — controls service connections and meter work. Washington State L&I does not inspect inside Seattle city limits. The practical effect is a different permit path and different lead times from the rest of King County.
Yes. The electrical side is a load calculation on the existing service, a correctly sized feeder, a subpanel with its own grounding electrode, and circuits laid out to current code for the new living space. It is permitted and inspected through SDCI, and if the existing service cannot carry the new load, the service upgrade gets planned with Seattle City Light in the same sequence.
We do — West Seattle, Beacon Hill, Rainier Valley, Georgetown, SODO and north through Ballard and Northgate. For a small single-outlet repair a Seattle-based electrician may be a better use of your money, and we will say so. For panels, services, rewires, EV chargers and ADU work, the drive is worth it and we are competitive.
Frequently, yes — with load management. A load-managed or power-sharing EV charger and a properly calculated heat pump circuit can often coexist on 100 amps without a service upgrade. That calculation is the first thing we do, because it is the difference between a one-day install and a multi-week City Light service project.
More general Washington electrical questions — permits, code, costs, inspections — are answered on the electrical FAQ page.
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