Electrician in Santa Rosa, CA
Licensed, Family-Owned, Written Price First
Bright Right Electric is a family-owned, licensed electrical contractor (CSLB #1156335) with more than 20 years in the trade, based in nearby Rohnert Park. Santa Rosa is one of the towns we reach quickly.
What Santa Rosa customers should know:
- You get a written scope and a firm price before we start.
- We pull the permit and coordinate the PG&E disconnect and reconnect, so your power is off for hours, not days.
- Worried about outages? We size a standby generator or critical-loads panel to what you actually need to keep running.
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CSLB #1156335
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Sonoma County
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Electrician in Santa Rosa, CA
Bright Right Electric in Santa Rosa
- Licensed California C-10 contractor, CSLB #1156335
- Family-owned, with 20+ years in the trade
- Written scope and firm price before any Santa Rosa job starts
- Permits pulled, inspections and utility coordination handled
Local electrical work
Electrical Work in Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa homes range from mid-century houses with original panels to newer builds, so the work we're asked for varies: panel and service upgrades, tripping breakers, EV charger circuits and backup power. Panel and service changes need a permit and final inspection through the City of Santa Rosa building division (or Permit Sonoma in unincorporated areas). We pull the permit, coordinate the PG&E disconnect and reconnect, and meet the inspector.
Outages are a big reason people call. We can size a whole-house standby generator or a critical-loads panel to what you actually need to keep running, and help you prepare before the next PSPS event. Electricity in Santa Rosa is delivered by PG&E and generated by Sonoma Clean Power by default, which matters if you're adding solar, a battery or an EV.
Permits and inspections in Santa Rosa
Panel replacements, service upgrades and new circuits all need a permit and inspection in Santa Rosa. The City also has an expedited permit process specifically for EV charging stations, which California law encourages cities to offer, so a straightforward home charger doesn't have to sit in a long queue. We prepare the paperwork, pull the permit, and schedule the inspection so the job closes out cleanly. Your future self, or a buyer's inspector, will want that paper trail.
Backup power after the 2019 shutoffs
Sonoma County lived through four PG&E power shutoffs in 2019, including one that hit roughly 180,000 residents, according to the County's own after-action report. Many Santa Rosa homeowners have wanted backup power ever since. The right answer depends on what you need to keep running. A whole-house standby generator with an automatic transfer switch covers everything. A critical-loads panel keeps the refrigerator, internet, well pump and a few circuits going for far less. A battery paired with solar is quiet and needs no fuel, but has a finite runtime. We'll lay out the options with prices and recommend the one that fits, not the biggest one.
Is your Santa Rosa panel ready for an EV or heat pump?
Adding an EV charger typically needs a dedicated 240-volt circuit of 40 to 60 amps, and heat pumps and induction ranges add their own loads. On a 100-amp panel that can be too much. We do a load calculation first and tell you whether you need a new panel, a subpanel, or nothing at all, before you spend anything on equipment.
Areas
Santa Rosa Neighborhoods and Areas
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Everything we do
All Electrical Services in Santa Rosa
Everything below is available in Santa Rosa, for homes and for businesses.
Commercial electrical: commercial versions of the services above, including tenant improvements, lighting and code corrections.
Electrician in Santa Rosa, CA
Popular in Santa Rosa
“For my first experience I needed some troubleshooting done on an old panel, and they came highly recommended. They were quick to arrive, professional, and incredibly knowledgeable.”
— Doug McGillvrey, from our Google reviews
Reviewed by Rich, CA C-10 licensed electrical contractor (CSLB #1156335). Last reviewed Sept 30, 2026.
Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need a permit to upgrade my panel in Santa Rosa?
Yes. Panel and service changes need a permit and final inspection. We handle the permit and inspection scheduling.
What does a panel upgrade cost?
Most residential panel upgrades run roughly $2,500–$6,500 depending on service size, meter location and utility coordination; we give an itemized written estimate after a site visit.
Do you install whole-house generators?
Yes, including the transfer switch, pad, gas hookup and permit. A typical 22 kW whole-house standby generator runs about $9,000–$16,000 installed, and a critical-loads setup can cost less.
Are there rebates for EV chargers or panel upgrades in Santa Rosa?
Sonoma Clean Power and other programs have offered incentives for home EV charging and related panel upgrades, some based on income, and amounts change. Check current offers at sonomacleanpower.org before you buy, and we'll provide an itemized invoice you can submit.
How long does a panel upgrade take from start to finish?
The panel swap itself usually takes one to two days. The whole process, including the permit, inspection and the utility reconnect, can take longer depending on the project and the utility's schedule. We coordinate it so your power is off for hours, not days.
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.