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

A Generac install in New Braunfels

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 New Braunfels

New Braunfels Utilities provides electric service to most of New Braunfels. Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative serves the area south of County Line Road, and Pedernales Electric Cooperative serves the area west of the city out FM 306. New Braunfels Utilities says proper connection procedures are essential to keep electricity from backfeeding into utility lines, and that generators must be installed correctly. We confirm NBU's current process before the work is scheduled. GVEC asks members with a backup generator to let it know. Its generator agreement says the generator and transfer switch are installed only by a Texas licensed electrician, outside GVEC's easement and properly grounded, that a transfer switch never goes on a GVEC pole, and that no one installs a meter collar or opens GVEC's meter. The transfer switch goes in after GVEC is notified, so it can arrange a temporary disconnect. 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 New Braunfels

In New Braunfels, permits come from the Development Services Building Division through the city's Online Permit Portal, where electrical is a stand-alone permit type. We confirm what the city requires before we write the price.

Contractor registration

New Braunfels requires electrical contractors to register with its Building Safety Division to work in the city, and the registration renews every year. The registration is in place before the permit is pulled, so it never holds up a start date.

General contractor registration for generators

New Braunfels asks for more than an electrical registration on a generator job. Its registration form says that installing generators with electrical components takes general contractor registration as well. Both registrations are in place before the work is scheduled, so neither holds up the start.

Natural gas in New Braunfels

CenterPoint Energy provides natural gas to many areas of New Braunfels, not all of them, so some homes run a Generac on propane. Gas line and gas connection are not included. That is a licensed plumber's work and we quote it separately. We coordinate the plumber with the electrical work so the unit is ready to run on the day it is finished.