Commercial Electrical Services in Portland, OR & the Metro Area
- After-hours scheduling
- Small business and tenant work
- Same-day service available
What Our Customers Say
What Does Your Building Need From an Electrician?
Common reasons business owners and property managers call
What Commercial Electrical Work Involves in Portland
Lighting, circuits, panels, repairs and tenant space changes for business owners and property managers. Work planned around your hours, across Portland, Happy Valley, Oregon City, and surrounding communities.
Commercial electrical work uses the same parts as a house — lighting, circuits, panels — but the building is usually open while we work, and more than one person has a say in it. We start by walking the space with whoever knows it best: the owner, the property manager or the tenant. We look at the panels, what each one feeds and what you want changed, then put it in a written estimate you can forward to whoever approves the spend.
The work falls into a few kinds. Lighting: fixtures replaced, dead lights repaired, new lights where a layout has changed. Circuits: a dedicated circuit for a piece of equipment, outlets added or moved. Panels: capacity checked before new equipment arrives, a subpanel added, an old panel replaced. Repairs: a breaker that keeps tripping, a circuit gone dead, lights that flicker. Tenant space changes: when walls move or a unit is split, the outlets, switches, lights and circuits follow, and the panel directory is updated so the labels match what is there.
Timing matters when customers or tenants are in the building. Tell us your hours and we plan the work, and any shut-offs, around them. We pull the permit for the work that needs one. We are a licensed Oregon contractor (CCB #259813) and hold a Washington L&I electrical contractor license (PWRPRPE749NP), bonded and insured, so we take work on both sides of the river.
Commercial Electrical Repair vs Tenant Space Changes
Repairs and Replacements
Tenant Space Changes
How a Commercial Electrical Job Runs
Walk the building
Panels, what they feed, what needs to change
Written estimate
In writing, ready for whoever approves it
Plan the shut-offs
Around your hours, tenants and customers
Do the work
Permit pulled by us; work as the estimate lists
Test and label
Every circuit tested; panel directory updated
What Affects the Cost of Commercial Work in Portland
Commercial jobs vary a lot, and these are the things we weigh when we write your estimate.
Repair or layout change
Fixing one failed part is a repair; a tenant space change moves circuits, outlets, switches and lights to match new walls.
Working around your hours
Shut-offs planned after closing or around tenants can split the job into more visits.
Panel capacity
New equipment may need a capacity check, a subpanel or a replaced panel before it can run.
Size of the space
More fixtures, outlets and circuits to add or move means more hours and more material.
Ceilings and long runs
High ceilings, finished surfaces and a long distance between the panel and the work all add labor.
Inspection and panel directory
We pull the permit where the work needs one and update the directory so every label matches.
Every job gets a written estimate before any work starts.
Why Business Owners and Property Managers Call PWR Pro Electric
Licensed in two states
Oregon CCB #259813 · Washington PWRPRPE749NP
Bonded & insured
On every job we take
Written estimate first
Before any work begins, ready to forward
Other Services for Your Building
Commercial Electrical Questions
Can you take work in Washington as well as Oregon?
Can you work around our business hours?
What should I have ready when I call about a job at my building?
Can you rework the wiring when a tenant space turns over?
Book a Commercial Electrical Walk-Through in Portland
Written estimate before any work begins.