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Small Commercial — On Request

We are a residential shop first, but we do take on small commercial work for storefronts, offices, rentals and small buildings when the scope fits. Tell us what you have and you’ll get a straight yes or no rather than being strung along.

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Electric Power Pro Solutions · McKeesport, PA 15132 · (412) 899-2364

Meter and service entrance run installed on the exterior of a small metal-clad commercial building

What’s included

  • Storefront, office and small-building service work
  • Service and panel upgrades for small commercial
  • Rental property and multi-unit electrical
  • Lighting upgrades and LED retrofits
  • Dedicated equipment circuits
  • Code corrections for occupancy or inspection

Why it matters

Electrical work is one of the few trades where the difference between good and bad is invisible until it isn’t. A job done properly is permitted, inspected, correctly grounded and bonded, sized for what you actually run, and labeled so the next person — another electrician, a home inspector, the next owner — can read it without guessing.

That is the standard on every job we take, whether it is a single circuit or a full service replacement. We would rather do fewer jobs properly than more jobs quickly.

Where we do this work

Greater Pittsburgh and the whole Mon Valley out of our base in McKeesport, reaching ten counties in all — Allegheny, Westmoreland, Washington, Fayette, Armstrong, Indiana, Butler, Beaver, Greene and the corner of Somerset. See the full service area map.

Straight answers

Common questions

How much does an electrical panel upgrade cost in the Pittsburgh area?

It depends on the service size, the condition of the existing service entrance and what your municipality charges for the permit. That is why we look at it in person and give you one written number covering labour, materials, permit and inspection before any work starts. The estimate is free.

How long does a panel upgrade take?

Most residential service upgrades are a single day. The power is off for part of that day while the utility disconnects and reconnects, and we schedule that window in advance so you can plan around it.

Do I need a permit to replace my electrical panel?

Yes. A service or panel replacement is permitted and inspected work everywhere in our service area. We pull the permit, meet the inspector and hand you the paperwork, which matters the day you sell the house or renew your insurance.

My house still has a fuse box. Is that actually a problem?

It can be two problems. Insurers increasingly refuse to write or renew policies on fuse boxes, and buyers routinely walk at inspection. Beyond that, a 60-amp fuse service simply cannot carry a modern house. Converting to a breaker panel resolves all of it.

Free written estimates

Panel maxed out? Breakers tripping? Let’s take a look.

Tell us what the house is doing and we’ll tell you straight whether it needs an upgrade or a repair.

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Small Commercial Electrical Work in McKeesport & Greater Pittsburgh

Electric Power Pro Solutions takes on small commercial projects — storefronts, offices, rental buildings — when the scope fits, and gives you a straight answer either way.

What Small Commercial Electrical Work Looks Like in the Pittsburgh Area

Commercial electrical in Greater Pittsburgh covers a wide range of building types — the older masonry storefronts along Lysle Boulevard in McKeesport, converted row buildings in Homestead and Duquesne, and small office suites in municipalities like West Mifflin and Monroeville that each have their own permit offices and inspection schedules. Work that looks simple on paper often involves older wiring methods — knob-and-tube remnants, early aluminum branch circuits, or undersized service entrances from an era when commercial loads were a fraction of what they are today.

Permit requirements vary by municipality across Allegheny and the surrounding Mon Valley counties. Some jurisdictions require an electrical inspector from the county; others use a third-party inspector or their own building department. Pulling the right permit for the right jurisdiction is part of the job, and we handle that step rather than leaving it to the building owner.

Pennsylvania's older commercial building stock — much of it built between the 1920s and 1960s — frequently needs service upgrades before it can support modern equipment loads: commercial HVAC, point-of-sale systems, refrigeration, LED retrofit drivers, and dedicated circuits for kitchen equipment. A scope conversation before any estimate tells us whether the panel can carry what you need or whether the service entrance itself has to be addressed first.

How We Decide Whether to Take a Commercial Job

The honest answer is that scope determines the fit. A single-location storefront needing a panel upgrade, a landlord with a four-unit mixed-use building, a small office suite needing a circuit addition — those are jobs we take regularly. A large general contractor project with prevailing wage requirements and a union site agreement is not what we do, and we will tell you that immediately rather than waste your time.

When you describe the job, we ask about the existing service size, the equipment you are running or plan to run, the municipality so we know the permit path, and the condition of any existing wiring we will be working around. That conversation usually takes ten minutes and ends with either a scheduled estimate or a referral to someone better suited. There is no obligation either way.

Estimates are written, cover labor, materials, permit fees and inspection, and do not change unless the scope changes. If something unexpected shows up inside the wall or at the service entrance, we stop and show you before we proceed.

Common questions

Do you need a commercial electrical license to work on my storefront in Pennsylvania?
Pennsylvania licenses electricians at the state level, and commercial work in most municipalities also requires a pulled permit and a passing inspection — the inspector is the mechanism that verifies the license and the work. We are fully insured, pull permits for every commercial job in our service area, and coordinate the inspection so the paperwork is in your hands at the end of the job. That documentation matters when you renew a business insurance policy or negotiate a lease renewal.
My commercial panel keeps tripping. Can you tell if it needs to be replaced or just repaired?
Tripping breakers in a commercial panel usually mean one of three things: a circuit is overloaded for what it is running, a breaker has worn out and trips before its rated amperage, or the service itself is undersized for the building's total load. We look at the panel in person, measure the actual load where necessary, and tell you which of those it is before any work starts. A single bad breaker costs very little to replace; an undersized service is a different conversation, but you will know the number before we touch anything.
How long does a small commercial electrical project typically take?
A panel upgrade or service replacement on a small commercial building is usually one to two days, including the utility coordination window when power is off. Circuit additions and lighting retrofits in an occupied storefront or office are typically scheduled to minimize disruption — early morning or after business hours when that matters to you. The permit inspection adds a scheduling step, but we build that into the timeline from the start so it does not catch you off guard at the end.

Describe the Job and Get a Straight Answer

Tell us what building you have, what it needs and where it is — we will let you know within one call whether it is a job we take on and what an estimate visit looks like.

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