Electrician in Mill Valley, CA
Troubleshooting, Panels, Lighting and Backup Power
Looking for an electrician in Mill Valley? Bright Right Electric is a family-owned, licensed contractor (CSLB #1156335) with twenty-plus years of experience and a firm price in writing before work begins.
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 Mill Valley, CA
Bright Right Electric in Mill Valley
- 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 Mill Valley
If you need an electrician in Mill Valley, 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.
Generators, Solar and Backup Power in Mill Valley
Backup power is a planning question before it is an equipment question.
Equipment selection is where standby generator projects go right or wrong. We review your home's size, electrical load and existing fuel infrastructure, help you decide between natural gas or propane and air-cooled or liquid-cooled, and verify that your gas meter can actually support the unit you want. Then we help you choose the brand and model for your real load, install the generator, the fuel connection and the transfer switch, and test the complete system under real load.
Solar and battery work is handled under one license: new photovoltaic installation, battery storage, system additions, remove-and-replace work when a roof needs attention, and 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 is wired or whether it is still under warranty, we can assess it and give you a clear picture. We also give you an honest generator-versus-battery comparison, not a one-sided pitch.
Lighting Installation in Mill Valley
Good lighting depends on layout, circuits and controls as much as on the fixtures.
Done right, an LED retrofit is one of the fastest, most cost-effective lighting upgrades available. We assess your fixtures and dimmers, and ballasts in commercial spaces, recommend a retrofit kit, a lamp swap or full replacement based on their condition, and finish with a walkthrough so you know how the new fixtures and controls work.
Remodels, Rewiring and New Construction in Mill Valley
Bigger projects change the electrical system, so the wiring is planned alongside the rest of the work.
An electrical remodel is the wiring, circuit and panel work triggered by a kitchen, bathroom, ADU, addition or whole-house renovation. It includes adding dedicated appliance circuits, updating GFCI and AFCI protection, moving or adding outlets and switches, wiring new lighting and sometimes upgrading the panel while the walls are open. We review your remodel plans, give you a straight read on the electrical work actually needed before anything is quoted, and put the scope and price in writing.
Commercial and Tenant Electrical Work in Mill Valley
For commercial properties, the work is planned around operating hours and building requirements.
Commercial lighting installation covers designing and installing fixtures and controls for a business property: offices, retail spaces, warehouses and everything between. We evaluate your space, layout and existing electrical capacity, plan the lighting power density and control documentation needed for your permit application, pull the permit, install fixtures, controls and any required wiring, and coordinate the final inspection. Whether you are building out a new office, upgrading a retail space or lighting a warehouse, that compliance layer is worth planning for from the start.
Getting Started in Mill Valley
Ready to talk it through? Our estimates are free, written and firm before we start, with no up-sell. Call (707) 791-5552, tell us what is going on, when it happens and how often, and we will take it from there.
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.
New construction wiring
We tell you what to pre-wire now for an EV charger, solar or a generator, since retrofitting later costs far more.
EV charger installation
A Level 2 charger needs a dedicated circuit and a panel with room for it. We run the load calculation first so you don't buy equipment your panel can't support.
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Everything we do
All Electrical Services in Mill Valley
Everything below is available in Mill Valley, for homes and for businesses.
Commercial electrical: commercial versions of the services above, including tenant improvements, lighting and code corrections.
Electrician in Mill Valley, CA
Popular in Mill Valley
“Bright Right did the electrical for our kitchen remodel and we couldn’t be happier, we have since then added an EV with them and they were as good as the first time. Highly recommend!”
Joey Evans, from our Google reviews
Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
What if the job turns out bigger than expected?
If the work turns into something bigger, you get a price in writing before we do anything beyond the initial visit, with no surprise charges on the invoice.
What does an electrical safety inspection include?
We review the panel, wiring, outlets, switches, grounding and safety devices, and test that GFCI and AFCI protection actually works. You receive a written, prioritized report with no pressure into unnecessary work.
What lighting work do you do?
Recessed, landscape, security and accent lighting, chandeliers and pendants, fans, LED retrofits and smart lighting controls, for homes and for businesses.
Can you work with my general contractor?
Yes. For remodels and new construction we work directly with your contractor, sync the timeline with other trades, and have every circuit permitted and inspected at both the rough-in and finish stages.
Do you handle solar and batteries?
Yes. We handle new photovoltaic installation, battery storage, system additions and remove-and-replace work, plus service on existing arrays and straightforward evaluations of inherited systems.
Get in touch
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Call (707) 791-5552 any time, day or night, or fill out the quote form below and we'll get back to you.
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.