Licensed electrical work for west Contra Costa County. Done on permit, under a contractor whose name is on the paperwork.
Tap your services, answer a few quick questions, and see the same ranges we quote over the phone. Not a binding quote — just an honest starting point before the walkthrough.
Service change on permit. PG&E coordinated.
Dedicated 240V circuit. Load-calculated.
Whole-house or partial. Insurance-clearable.
Cans, exterior, landscape, under-cabinet.
Small commercial TIs and tenant work.
Breaker trips, dead outlets, hidden faults.
Distance from the PG&E drop decides which tier you land in.
Pulled all the knob-and-tube, installed a new 200A main plus subpanel, ran new romex to every outlet. Family out three weeks. Permit closed first walk.
Describe what the house is doing. We listen before we price anything.
Line-item quote after the walk. No deposit to see it.
We pull the permit, coordinate with PG&E, do the work.
Inspector signs. You get the paperwork.
Yes. S O T Electric, Inc. is a California State-licensed C-10 electrical contractor. Our CSLB license number is 1062166. Every job we perform is under that license, with permits pulled and inspections completed where required.
Always, when the work requires one. Panel upgrades, service changes, rewires, new circuits that cross walls or ceilings, and most EV charger installs all require permits, and we pull them and meet the inspector on site. Skipping permits is how homeowners end up with insurance denials and failed real-estate disclosures later.
We serve west Contra Costa County — Richmond, El Cerrito, Albany, Pinole, Hercules, San Pablo, El Sobrante, and Crockett — plus Vallejo, just across the Carquinez Strait. Call us if you are nearby and not sure.
Real range is $5,000 to $12,000 in west Contra Costa, and where you land depends almost entirely on distance from the PG&E drop. Within 10ft of the drop is $5–6k. Ten to thirty feet, or a service needing multiple pipes, is $7–8k. Beyond 30ft — which requires PG&E engineering approval — lands at $10–12k. Every quote includes the permit, new grounding, a new meter base, and PG&E coordination.
Ten minutes on the phone answers most of them.
