Electrician in Solana Beach, CA
Half of Solana Beach’s homes were built in the 1970s, and a third sit in condo and multi-unit buildings, so a lot of the electrical work here happens inside an HOA’s rules and a 1970s service.
Solana Beach built out fast in the 1970s, and a third of its homes are in multi-unit buildings, including the condos along the sandstone bluffs. That means shared electrical rooms, meter banks, HOA rules on anything exterior, and 1970s services that were never sized for an EV charger in every parking space.
The city’s municipal code is unusually specific about electrification. New homes must use electricity for space heating, water heating (pools and spas included) and clothes drying; a remodel that touches more than half the walls, roof or floor counts as new construction; and where a gas oven stays, the code asks for a dedicated 240-volt receptacle within three feet of it, ready for an electric one later. Whether a given project triggers those rules is a plan-check question we settle before the quote, not after.
Solana Beach also started the county’s first community-choice power program, in 2018 — today’s Clean Energy Alliance — and EV charger permits here follow the state’s expedited process, written into city code since 2017.
Neighborhoods we cover
Solana Beach and the areas around it, including Eden Gardens, Fletcher Cove, Lomas Santa Fe and the Cedros Design District.
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Big remodel coming? Tell us how much of the house it touches — in Solana Beach that number can decide which rules apply.
CSLB #354550 · C-10 Electrical · Licensed since 1978
What Solana Beach calls about
Condo work starts with the association — who owns the feeder, where the meter bank is, what the board approves — and the quote reflects it.
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CSLB #354550 · C-10 Electrical · Licensed since 1978 · $25,000 contractor's bond