What this rate covers
- Main panel upgrade
- Service upgrade
- Subpanel
- EV charger
- Load centre relocation
- Standby generator
- Temporary power
Not listed? Ask. Most permit work in Los Angeles County and surrounding cities lands in one of these tiers, and if yours does not we will tell you which one it is closest to before you commit.
What the department wants from you
Send what you have. Anything missing, we come back and ask once, before it goes in rather than after a correction.
Existing and proposed service size
100A to 200A is the common one. What you are going to is what sets the review path.
Load calculation
Required for most upgrades and for chargers on an existing panel. This is the sheet that gets asked for when it is missing.
Single line diagram
Needed once the service gets large enough or the utility is involved. We will tell you which side of that line your job sits on.
Panel and equipment cut sheets
Panel, charger, and any transfer switch or generator.
Your licence and BTRC numbers
Filed under your licence, signed by you.
Where this one gets filed
- LADBS PermitLA
- EPIC-LA
- Symbium
- City counters
Add-ons that apply here
- Rush filing
- Ask for a quote
- Main panel upgrade added to a solar permit
- Ask for a quote
Send the job and we will tell you what applies. Plan check comments come to us.
Questions we get on this one
Does the utility need to be involved?
For a straight panel swap at the same service size, usually not. For an increase in service the utility has its own process running alongside the building permit, and the two do not wait for each other. We file the permit and tell you plainly where the utility side sits.
Cheaper to add the panel to my solar permit?
Yes, when the jurisdiction allows one submittal. Ask when you send the solar job and we will quote them together.
Do EV chargers really need a permit?
A hardwired charger does. A plug-in unit on an existing circuit generally does not, though the circuit that feeds it might have needed one. If you do not need a permit we will say so.
Got a permit sitting on your desk?
Send the address and scope. We will come back with a price and a realistic timeline.
Send us a job
Address and scope are enough to get a real number back. We will tell you what else the department needs.