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We publish what the rules actually say about electrical work across the Austin metro — sourced, dated, and specific to your permit office and your utility. The work itself is carried out by electricians licensed by the state.

Inside the city limits both halves of the process are the ones documented across this site — the City of Austin issues the permit and inspects, and Austin Energy handles the service and energises last. It is the one area where every published process on this site applies in full.

Who handles power and permits here

Electric service here is delivered by Austin Energy, and building permits and inspections are handled by City of Austin Development Services. Any work that changes your service — a panel upgrade, a new meter, a heavier feed — involves both of them, in that order.

What is behind the walls here

Austin's housing spans a wide range of eras, and rather than publish a percentage we have not sourced, the useful thing is the check itself.

One thing worth checking in any house here that might date from the window when aluminium branch wiring was used — cables installed from 1965 into the mid-1970s. The federal regulator's advice is to read the cable jacket, which is marked every few feet, and to read the whole marking, because copper-clad aluminium is a different thing again. What that means, and the two repairs the regulator rejects.

The other thing worth knowing before you plan anything: Austin lets an unlicensed homeowner do electrical trade work in their own principal residence under a homestead permit, subject to published conditions — but that permit expressly excludes work on the main electric service. So the most-searched job in this city, a panel or service upgrade, is precisely the one it cannot cover.

1Contractor files the utility's service application2Stamped application goes on the city permit3Site visit fixes the point of attachment4Work done, metering equipment installed5City inspects and approves6Utility energises the serviceThe clock starts at step 1, not step 4
The published order inside Austin Energy territory. The clock starts at step one, not when the electrician arrives.

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Who issues my permit in Austin?
The City of Austin Development Services Department. The utility is a separate approval, and for anything touching your service it comes first.
Can I pull my own permit here?
Possibly, under a homestead permit, if you hold a filed homestead exemption, it is your principal residence, and you have not taken one for another property in the previous twelve months. It cannot cover the main electric service.
Which code edition applies?
The 2023 National Electrical Code with local amendments, with the 2026 edition effective 1 September 2026.
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