Electrician in Cotati, CA
Troubleshooting, Panels, Lighting and Backup Power
Bright Right Electric is a family-owned, licensed electrical contractor (CSLB #1156335) serving Cotati and nearby areas. Straight answers and a written number before we start, with no up-sell.
What to know before you call:
- A written scope and a firm price before we start.
- Panel, EV charger, generator, solar, battery and lighting work under a single license.
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Electrician in Cotati, CA
Bright Right Electric in Cotati
- Licensed California C-10 contractor, CSLB #1156335
- Family-owned, with 20+ years in the trade
- Written scope and firm price before any job starts
- Permits pulled, inspections and utility coordination handled
Electrical services
Electrical Work in Cotati
If you need an electrician in Cotati, you get a written scope and a firm price before we start, in plain language, from the licensed contractor who will actually do the work. Bright Right Electric is a family-owned crew. When you call, you reach the people who do the work and who are accountable for how it turns out, not an answering service. If something is genuinely unsafe, we say so directly, and if it can wait, we tell you that too.
EV Charger Installation in Cotati
Charging an electric vehicle at home is an electrical project first and a charger purchase second.
Choosing a connector is part of the job. For Tesla owners we help you pick between the standard and the Universal Wall Connector, and if you have or might get a non-Tesla EV, the Universal Wall Connector avoids needing a separate charger down the road. We size the dedicated circuit to the charger's output, commission the charger, connect it to Wi-Fi so it can be managed through the Tesla app, and test it through a full charging cycle.
A dedicated EV charger circuit can also be its own standalone job, for owners who already have a charger or who want the circuit run ahead of buying one. What it costs depends mainly on whether your panel already has room for the new circuit. If the panel is full and a bigger panel project isn't in the budget right now, a load-sharing device is a legitimate option worth discussing.
Lighting Installation in Cotati
Good lighting depends on layout, circuits and controls as much as on the fixtures.
Security lighting works best as a whole-property strategy rather than a single bright fixture. We walk the property to identify entry points, blind spots and coverage gaps, map the priority zones, choose fixtures and controls for each, flag landscaping that could undermine the lighting, install and aim each fixture, and test the full layout after dark. Cost depends on how many zones and fixtures your property's layout calls for.
Troubleshooting, Repairs and Safety Checks in Cotati
When something in the existing system is not working, the job is to find the cause before fixing anything.
Circuit breaker repair is a diagnosis first and a repair second: a breaker that trips repeatedly, won't reset or fails outright needs its cause found. We match the replacement to your panel's brand, since mixing brands is a code violation and a real fire risk, and we tell you honestly whether it is a breaker problem or a bigger one. If repeated trips point to the panel itself, the conversation moves to a panel upgrade.
Remodels, Rewiring and New Construction in Cotati
Remodels, rewiring and new builds all start with a plan for the circuits, the panel and the inspections.
New construction wiring is the complete electrical build-out for a home or building built from the ground up: service and panel design, rough-in wiring and finish trim-out. Before construction begins we plan your service size and panel location to match the building's current and future needs. Rough-in fits into the standard build window, we coordinate directly with your general contractor and the other trades, and every circuit is permitted and inspected at both the rough-in and finish stages.
Getting Started in Cotati
Getting started is simple. Every Bright Right estimate comes with a defined scope and a real price before any work begins, in writing and explained in plain language. Call (707) 791-5552 and describe the job, the question or what you want a second opinion on, and we will tell you what to expect before we arrive.
Solar and battery systems
A battery stores the solar energy your system already produces and uses it later instead of selling it back for very little.
Troubleshooting and repair
Tripping breakers, flickering lights, dead outlets or circuits, GFCIs that won't reset and unusual burning odors: we diagnose the problem at its source and fix it properly, without unnecessary part replacements or guesswork.
Commercial and tenant work
Electrical upgrades for businesses, including service upgrades, subpanels, dedicated equipment circuits, lighting retrofits and EV charging installations. We work around your business hours to keep disruptions to a minimum.
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Everything we do
All Electrical Services in Cotati
Everything below is available in Cotati, for homes and for businesses.
Commercial electrical: commercial versions of the services above, including tenant improvements, lighting and code corrections.
Electrician in Cotati, CA
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Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Why does my breaker keep tripping?
Repeated trips can have several possible causes, including faulty connections, damaged wiring, overloaded circuits or other electrical faults. We investigate the electrical system to find the actual source instead of replacing the breaker and hoping the problem disappears.
Do you handle emergencies?
We offer priority scheduling for emergencies. Our hours are 7am to 5pm, and 24 hour emergency services are available.
Can you work on very old wiring?
Yes. Whole home rewiring replaces most or all of a home's branch wiring, commonly knob-and-tube, aluminum or cloth-insulated wiring, with modern, properly grounded wiring. We start with an honest assessment and can phase the work.
Do I need a permit for electrical work?
Panel work, new circuits and remodel wiring need a permit, and we file the required permit as standard before work begins. We coordinate the process so any power outage is targeted to hours rather than days.
What is a subpanel?
A subpanel is a secondary electrical panel fed from your main panel, commonly added for a garage, workshop, ADU or home addition so that space gets its own dedicated circuits without maxing out the main. It is different from a full panel upgrade.
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Phone
(707) 791-5552
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Address
1150 Holly Ave, Rohnert Park, CA 94928
Hours
7am - 5pm & 24 hour emergency services available.
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Electrical Panel Upgrades in Rohnert Park
Replacing an undersized or obsolete panel is the most common job we perform in Rohnert Park, and it's the one that unlocks everything else. If your home still runs original 100-amp service, a Federal Pacific Stab-Lok, or a Zinsco panel, you're working with equipment engineered for a much smaller electrical load — and, in the case of those two brands, with a documented history of breakers that fail to trip. Upgrading to 200-amp service makes EV charging, battery backup, heat pumps, and modern appliance loads possible without constantly tripping breakers. We size the new service to what your household actually needs, pull the permit, coordinate the PG&E disconnect and reconnect, and meet the inspector for final sign-off.
EV Charger Installation in Sonoma County
Bright Right installs Level 2 home charging sized to your vehicle and, just as importantly, to your panel's actual available capacity. We run the dedicated 240-volt circuit, mount and commission the charger, and handle the permit — installing Tesla Wall Connectors, universal J1772 and NACS units, and hardwired or plug-in setups across Rohnert Park, Petaluma, and Santa Rosa. The detail most homeowners don't hear until it's too late is that many Sonoma County panels can't support a Level 2 charger without a service upgrade first, so we run a load calculation before you buy equipment, not after. We can also pre-wire a second circuit if a second EV is anywhere in your future.
Standby Generators & Backup Power
Public safety power shutoffs are a fact of life in Sonoma County, and so are winter storms that take lines down in the hills. We install whole-house standby generators with automatic transfer switches that pick up the house within seconds of an outage, wire inlets and manual transfer switches for portable generators, and add whole-house surge protection so your equipment isn't damaged when the utility comes back online. We'll also tell you honestly which tier makes sense — not every home in Cotati or Penngrove needs a whole-house unit when a critical-loads panel that keeps the refrigerator, well pump, internet, and a few circuits alive costs a fraction as much.
Solar & Battery Systems
We handle new photovoltaic installation, battery storage, system additions, and remove-and-replace work when a roof needs attention or a system has failed — plus service on existing arrays that aren't producing what they should. If you inherited a solar system with the house and nobody can tell you how it's wired or whether it's still under warranty, we can assess it and give you a clear picture. Battery storage in particular has changed the math for Sonoma County homeowners: between shifting utility rate structures under NEM 3.0 and the frequency of outages, a battery paired with existing solar is often a better investment than adding more panels.
Interior & Exterior Lighting
Recessed and can lighting, full LED retrofits, under-cabinet lighting, dimmer and smart-switch installation, fixture and chandelier hanging, landscape lighting, and security and motion-sensor lighting for homes across Rohnert Park and the University District. On the commercial side we handle lighting retrofits for offices, retail spaces, and warehouses along the Commerce Boulevard corridor, including the fixture and control changes that come with California Title 24 compliance. Lighting is one of the few electrical upgrades where the difference is immediately visible, and it's frequently the cheapest way to make a dated room feel finished.
Electrical Troubleshooting & Repair
Breakers that trip for no obvious reason, circuits that go dead, lights that flicker when the dryer starts, outlets that no longer hold a plug, GFCIs that won't reset, a faint burning smell you can't locate. These are the calls where experience shows. We trace a fault to its real source instead of swapping parts and billing for guesses, which is why our repairs hold and why we get called in behind other contractors who couldn't find the problem. In older Sonoma County homes the cause is often a failing backstab connection, a corroded neutral, a rodent-damaged run in a crawlspace, or a decades-old junction box buried behind drywall.
Custom Homes & New Construction
Full electrical for ground-up residential builds, major remodels, and additions throughout Sonoma, Marin, and Napa County — load calculations and plan review, service and meter setup, rough-in, trim, and final inspection. We work with general contractors, designers, and owner-builders, and we're comfortable on high-end custom projects near Sonoma State University where the lighting design, low-voltage layout, and smart controls all have to be coordinated before a single wire goes in. Getting the details right at rough-in is what keeps a home safe and functional for the next forty years — and it's far cheaper than fixing it after the drywall is up.
Commercial Electrical & Tenant Improvement
Service upgrades, panel and subpanel work, dedicated circuits for equipment, lighting retrofits, EV charging for employee and customer parking, and full tenant-improvement electrical for offices, retail, restaurants, and light industrial space along Redwood Drive and beyond. We understand a commercial job runs on someone else's schedule, so we work around business hours when the scope requires it. From a single dedicated circuit to a complete build-out, you get one licensed contractor coordinating permits, PG&E, and inspection — with clear pricing and a clean, code-compliant result.