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Commercial Electrical Contractors in Austin

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.

Commercial work covers tenant fit-outs, service and distribution for new premises, lighting and controls, equipment circuits, and the coordination between all of that and the utility. The scale changes the process, not just the size of the conductors.

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Why this job is different in Austin

There is a real threshold in Austin Energy's own published process, and it is where residential-style expectations stop working.

Below 350 amps single-phase, outside the Downtown Network, with existing infrastructure, a service change runs the lighter “service only” route: an application, a stamped copy attached to the city permit, a spot-location visit, metering, inspection, energisation.

Above 350 amps, or inside the Downtown Network, the submission is materially heavier: an application per address, a CAD site plan, a riser diagram and an address verification report, submitted through the utility's build portal, plus a commercial permitting application for multi-metered projects. Austin Energy states that the project timeline to energisation starts at the submission step and advises filing early to avoid delays.

Worth knowing why this page exists at all: in this market the phrase “electrical contractor” is largely a commercial-sector term. Search it and you get commercial and industrial firms; search “electrician” and you get residential. If you arrived here on the commercial side, this is the page you wanted.

How to tell you need it

The service question is usually decided by the equipment schedule rather than the floor area — kitchens, refrigeration, machining, medical imaging and vehicle charging all move the number quickly.

If your project involves any of a new service, a service increase, a downtown address, or multiple meters, treat the utility submission as the first task on the programme rather than something the electrician handles later.

What it costs

Commercial pricing is scope-driven and we do not estimate it. The programme risk is usually the more expensive variable: an energisation date that slips affects fit-out, occupancy and rent, and it is set by when the utility submission went in.

Permits and inspection for this work

Permits and utility approval run in parallel and interlock — the stamped service application belongs with the permit paperwork. Multi-metered projects have their own commercial permitting application. Confirm the current requirements with both the utility and the permitting authority for the address; this page describes the published process, not a determination for your project.

Whoever does this work should hold a TECL electrical contractor licence. State rules require that number on their advertising, their vehicles and their written proposals — ask for it and check it against the state's own licence search.

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 sequence. On a commercial project the first step is where the programme actually begins.

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Common questions

What changes above 350 amps?
The utility's submission requirements. Larger and downtown projects need a site plan, a riser diagram and an address verification report through the build portal rather than the lighter service-only route.
When should the utility application go in?
Early. Austin Energy states the timeline to energisation starts at submission and advises filing early to avoid delays.
Do you handle residential too?
Yes — the contractors we work with cover both. The distinction matters mainly because the two use different words for the same trade.

Tell us which city you are in and what you need done, and we will connect you with a licensed contractor who works your area.

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