Don't meet your electrician during the outage
The worst time to think about backup power is during the outage — when installers are booked solid, equipment is scarce, and you're making decisions by flashlight. The best time is now: a calm walkthrough of your home, your risks, and your options, with a written plan you can act on before storm season.
What we look at
Your outage history: how often you lose power, how long it lasts, what season hits hardest. Your critical loads: sump pump? Well pump? Medical equipment? Home office? We rank what matters. Your electrical panel: capacity, condition, and whether it can accept a transfer switch as-is. Your fuel options: natural gas availability, propane tank placement, or neither. Your yard: where a generator could sit within code, how far from the panel and fuel, HOA considerations. Your trees: the honest ones — that big oak over the service drop is your most likely outage cause, and no generator fixes the tree.
What you get
A written assessment: your home's outage risk profile, the backup options that fit (standby, essential-circuit, or portable-plus-switch), realistic sizing, realistic pricing for each path, and a recommended timeline. It's a plan, not a pitch — if the right answer for you is "a portable and a transfer switch for now," that's what we'll say.
When to do it
Spring — before hurricane season and summer thunderstorm season. That gives time for permits, equipment, and installation before the weather turns. But honestly, the best time is whenever you're thinking about it, because the second-best time is always "before the next outage," and nobody knows when that is. Read why Southern Maryland outages keep happening.
Send the form below — the assessment is free, and storm season doesn't wait.