Residential Electrical

Residential Electrical Services

Panel upgrades, EV chargers, surge protection, repairs and remodel wiring — done by the same licensed crew that installs our generators, across the same service area.

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Texas Electrical Contractor TECL #37583
16 years of electrical experience
Self-performed — never brokered to another company
Small jobs welcome, not just big ones

The electricians behind the generators

Most people find us because of standby generators. What is easy to miss is that a generator installation is residential electrical work — the panel, the transfer switch, the load calculation, the branch circuits, the permit and the inspection. The electrician who does that on your generator job is the same one who will upgrade your service, run your EV charger or track down the circuit that keeps tripping.

It all runs under one license, TECL #37583, and we self-perform it. There is no subcontractor in the middle who you never met and cannot call back.

A Critical Power Solutions electrician fitting a wall-mounted Level 2 EV charger beside a driveway — Level 2 charger installation. Most of the job is the circuit and the service capacity behind it, not the charger on the wall.

What we do

Panel and service upgrades: Replacing an undersized or obsolete panel, and taking a service from 100 A to 200 A where the load calculation calls for it. Includes meter and main coordination with CenterPoint and the permit.
Whole-home surge protection: Panel-mounted protection against the surges that come in off the utility during storms and switching events — the ones that take out HVAC boards and appliance electronics.
EV charger installation: Level 2 chargers, including the circuit, the run to the garage and an honest answer about whether your existing service can carry a continuous 40–48 A load.
Troubleshooting and repair: Breakers that trip, circuits that are dead, outlets and switches that have failed, flickering lights. We find the cause rather than replacing parts until it stops.
Remodels, additions and new construction: Rough-in and trim for a renovation, an addition or a custom home — coordinated around the rest of the trades and through inspection.
Lighting, fans and fixtures: Recessed lighting, under-cabinet, exterior and security lighting, ceiling fans, and fixture replacement including the ones nobody wants to reach.
Dedicated circuits: Hot tubs, pools and pool equipment, well pumps, workshops, garage freezers, window units — anything that needs a circuit of its own, sized properly.
Aluminum wiring and knob-and-tube: Remediation of branch-circuit aluminum and replacement of knob-and-tube in older housing stock, which is also what insurers tend to ask about.
Generator-adjacent electrical: Sub-panels, smart load management modules and transfer switch retrofits — including on generators somebody else installed.

If it is residential electrical and it is not on this list, ask anyway — the list is what comes up most, not a limit.

Thinking about a generator later? Tell us now, even if it is years away. A panel or service upgrade done with a future standby system in mind costs the same today and saves doing part of the work twice. It is the single most common thing we wish homeowners had mentioned earlier.

When a panel upgrade is actually the answer

Not every problem is the panel, and we will tell you when it is not. But the service is genuinely the bottleneck when the panel is full and there is nowhere to land a new breaker, when breakers trip as soon as two normal loads run together, when a house on a 100 A service has since gained a second HVAC unit or an EV, or when the panel is from a manufacturer that is no longer considered safe to add to.

Adding an EV charger, a pool heater or a generator is the usual trigger, because each one changes the calculated load on the service. We run that calculation before we quote, so the answer comes out of arithmetic rather than a guess — the same NEC dwelling-unit calculation behind our sizing calculator, which you are welcome to run yourself.

A Critical Power Solutions electrician working inside an open residential load centre in a garage — Residential panel and service work — same crew and same license as the generator side.

Permits and inspection

Panel and service work, new circuits and most remodel wiring need a permit and an inspection from whichever authority covers your address — which in Fort Bend County may be the county or your city depending on where you sit. We pull it and meet the inspector. An electrician who offers to skip the permit is offering you a problem that surfaces when you sell the house.

Where we work

The same 96 communities as our generator work, across Fort Bend, Harris, Brazoria, Galveston, Waller, Austin, Wharton and Coloradocounties, out of Richmond. If you are inside about an hour of us, we are there. See the fullservice area list, or just call and ask.

Getting us out

Call (346) 420-5744 or send the quote form with a description and a photo of your panel if the job involves one — that one photo answers most of what we would otherwise have to ask on the phone. For anything that is not an emergency we will give you a written number before we start.

FAQ

Common questions

Do you do regular electrical work, or only generators?

Both, and it is the same licensed crew either way. The generator side is what we are best known for, but a standby installation IS residential electrical work — panel, transfer switch, circuits, load calculation — so the electrician on your generator job is the same one who will do your panel upgrade, your EV charger or your dead outlet. Everything is self-performed under TECL #37583, not brokered out to another company.

Can you install a Level 2 EV charger?

Yes. Most of the job is the circuit, not the charger — the run to the garage, the breaker, and whether your existing service has the capacity for a continuous 40 or 48 amp load on top of everything else in the house. That last part is why some quotes come in far higher than others: if the service needs upgrading, that is the real cost. We check it before we price it.

How do I know if I need a panel or service upgrade?

The usual signs are a panel with no space left for new breakers, breakers that trip when normal loads run together, a 100-amp service in a house that has since gained a second HVAC unit or an EV, or a panel from a manufacturer that is no longer considered safe to add to. Adding a generator, an EV charger or a pool heater is also a common trigger, because each one changes the calculated load on the service. We do the load calculation before quoting, so the answer is arithmetic rather than opinion.

Will you come out for a small job?

Yes. Troubleshooting a dead circuit, replacing a failing outlet or breaker, hanging a fan, adding a dedicated circuit for a hot tub or a shop — those are normal work for us and we would rather be the company you already know when something bigger comes up. Same service area as our generator work.

Is whole-home surge protection worth it?

For most houses on the Gulf Coast, yes, and it is inexpensive next to what it protects. A panel-mounted device clamps the large surges that come in from the utility during storms and switching events, which is what tends to take out HVAC boards, appliance electronics and anything with a chip in it. It is not a substitute for point-of-use protection on sensitive equipment — the two work together — and it is worth fitting at the same time as any panel work, since the panel is already open.

Get a straight answer on what it costs

Tell us about your home or building and we'll come out, size it properly and put a written number in front of you. No charge for the visit.

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