Elson handles your entire service upgrade, from design and permitting to site work and utility coordination — contracted directly, no general contractor required.
Elson handles your entire service upgrade, from design and permitting to site work and utility coordination — contracted directly, no general contractor required.
Elson Electric provides comprehensive service upgrade solutions for commercial electrical service upgrades that meet the growing electrical demands of modern facilities. Our team specializes in increasing service capacity, modernizing outdated infrastructure, and ensuring full compliance with current electrical codes. Each upgrade is carefully planned and executed to minimize downtime and maintain seamless operation throughout the process.
Elson Electric provides comprehensive service upgrade solutions for commercial electrical service upgrades that meet the growing electrical demands of modern facilities. Our team specializes in increasing service capacity, modernizing outdated infrastructure, and ensuring full compliance with current electrical codes. Each upgrade is carefully planned and executed to minimize downtime and maintain seamless operation throughout the process.
Most of a service upgrade’s timeline belongs to PG&E, but the project also stalls whenever PG&E is waiting on the owner. We take that on as your point of contact, handling the application, reviews, site requirements, and cutover scheduling so nothing on the customer side holds things up.
Most of a service upgrade’s timeline belongs to PG&E, but the project also stalls whenever PG&E is waiting on the owner. We take that on as your point of contact, handling the application, reviews, site requirements, and cutover scheduling so nothing on the customer side holds things up.
We produce the full drawing package, including electrical design, structural calculations, and civil drawings, sized your building’s load needs.
We pull permits, prepare and submit the PG&E application, and track every review and response so the project doesn’t stall on paperwork.
We manage all site work, including trenching, conduit, transformer pads, vaults, and bollards, so you have one point of contact while the ground is open.
Our crews install and test the new switchgear, transformers, and feeders, then coordinate the cutover with PG&E to keep downtime to a minimum.
We produce the full drawing package, including electrical design, structural calculations, and civil drawings, sized your building’s load needs.
We pull permits, prepare and submit the PG&E application, and track every review and response so the project doesn’t stall on paperwork.
We manage all site work, including trenching, conduit, transformer pads, vaults, and bollards, so you have one point of contact while the ground is open.
Our crews install and test the new switchgear, transformers, and feeders, then coordinate the cutover with PG&E to keep downtime to a minimum.
Many owners assume a service upgrade needs a general contractor to coordinate the trades, the utility, and the city. Because we handle design, permitting, site work, and PG&E coordination ourselves, owners and developers can contract with us directly and get one schedule and one team accountable for the result. If your project already has a GC, we work just as well under one.
Many owners assume a service upgrade needs a general contractor to coordinate the trades, the utility, and the city. Because we handle design, permitting, site work, and PG&E coordination ourselves, owners and developers can contract with us directly and get one schedule and one team accountable for the result. If your project already has a GC, we work just as well under one.
We handle upgrades from 200A services to 4,000A, 480V switchgear. Smaller upgrades are often building-side work: a new switchboard, an added service section, or new tenant feeders. When an upgrade changes the building’s service capacity or location, it typically extends to the utility side, with a new transformer and pad, primary trench and duct bank, vaults, and new switchgear. Our service upgrade work spans warehouse and office campuses, multi-tenant commercial buildings, industrial facilities, laboratories, and other high-load sites.
We handle upgrades from 200A services to 4,000A, 480V switchgear. Smaller upgrades are often building-side work: a new switchboard, an added service section, or new tenant feeders. When an upgrade changes the building’s service capacity or location, it typically extends to the utility side, with a new transformer and pad, primary trench and duct bank, vaults, and new switchgear. Our service upgrade work spans warehouse and office campuses, multi-tenant commercial buildings, industrial facilities, laboratories, and other high-load sites.
A new tenant needs more power than the building can deliver, whether that means added feeders, new metering, or a larger service.
Transformers and switchgear at end of life, obsolete service voltages, or equipment that’s no longer supportable.
EV charging stations and all-electric systems add load that many existing services weren’t originally sized for.
Labs, manufacturing, refrigeration, and heavy HVAC, for example, bring loads the original service can’t carry.
A new or growing tenant needs more power than the building was built to deliver, whether that means added feeders, new metering, or a larger service.
Transformers and switchgear at end of life, obsolete service voltages, or equipment that’s no longer supportable.
EV charging stations and all-electric systems add load that many existing services weren’t originally sized for.
Labs, manufacturing, refrigeration, and heavy HVAC, for example, bring loads the original service can’t carry.
Take a look at some of the recent Service Upgrade projects we’ve done.
Take a look at some of the recent Service Upgrade projects we’ve done.
Rivian’s Emeryville service center converted three former industrial buildings into an EV-only service facility, with coordinated distribution across three existing electrical services, EV charger installation, lighting and controls, and fire alarm design through construction.
Alameda Food Bank’s renovated office and pantry and its new ground-up warehouse came together as an all-electric facility, with new main switchgear, LED lighting with full controls, and a design-build fire alarm system.
New switchgear and a new distribution panel gave 860 Charter expanded electrical service capacity, with supporting rooftop tie-ins completed as part of a coordinated, fully inspected upgrade throughout.
The Radius saw two phases of electrical work: first, a core/shell upgrade. This was followed by tenant-level power, tele/data pathways, and lighting — preparing this Alameda campus for flexible lab and office use.
The sooner design is complete, the sooner the PG&E application goes in. A site walk lets us review your existing service, understand the load you need, and lay out what the upgrade will involve before you commit to a design.
The sooner design is complete, the sooner the PG&E application goes in. A site walk lets us review your existing service, understand the load you need, and lay out what the upgrade will involve before you commit to a design.
