Generac generator installation Bulverde sized to your loads and tested before we leave

A Generac install in Bulverde

We list what you want running in an outage, check the panel and the service, and recommend the Generac unit and the transfer switch to match. Then we set the unit, mount and wire the automatic transfer switch, run the wiring between the generator, the switch and your panel, and start it up and test it under load before we leave. For a business, the same sizing and transfer switch work applies at commercial scale.

• A load list room by room
• Automatic transfer switch at the service
• Start up and a transfer test under load

The utility side in Bulverde

Bulverde's electric providers are CPS Energy and Pedernales Electric Cooperative. The City of Bulverde does not own or operate any utility of its own. CPS Energy has a back-up generator application that the electrical contractor completes and submits. It asks for a three-line diagram with conductor sizes and grounding details, the transfer switch specifications showing break before make operation and a service-rated switch, site drawings and a photo of the working clearances. When the work is ready, the contractor notifies CPS Energy, and CPS Energy meets the contractor on site for a final commissioning test. Where CPS Energy asks for it, we prepare that application and arrange the test. PEC asks for a call before a generator is connected to a home's circuits if a service modification or a meter disconnect is needed, and it says connecting a generator without a UL approved open transition or automatic transfer switch violates the electrical code.

Permits in Bulverde

In Bulverde, the Office of Building Review and Inspection handles building in the city, through the MyGovernmentOnline Customer Portal, and its residential permit form for projects without plan review has an electrical project type. We confirm what the city requires before we write the price.

Contractor registration

Bulverde requires every contractor to register with the city before beginning work, with electrical one of the trades on the form, and the certificate of insurance must list the City of Bulverde as certificate holder. The registration is in place before the permit is pulled, so it never holds up a start date.