Electrician in
Highland Park, TX
Highland Park was laid out from 1906 by John Armstrong, who brought in the landscape architect behind Beverly Hills to plan it, and incorporated in 1913. The last major land development went in during 1924. There is almost nothing left to build on, so the work here is renovation, replacement and bringing old services up to current capacity.
Oncor Owns The Wires In Highland Park
Highland Park is Oncor territory. The retailer on your bill sells you the power, but Oncor owns the poles, the lines and the meter — so a service upgrade needs the meter pulled and reset by them, booked through the contractor channel.
Oncor
The regulated wires company for this area. Oncor owns the poles, the lines and the meter; your retail provider only sells you the power that runs through them. So the retailer on your bill is not who turns up for a disconnect — that is Oncor, and we book it.
In practice: a dark street is Oncor’s. A dead circuit inside the house is ours — and where a job needs both, we book the Oncor side so you are not managing two companies.
Working In Highland Park
A Town That Is Already Built
Highland Park is surrounded by Dallas on three sides with University Park to the north, and the last major land development was finished in 1924. Growth since has meant building on what few lots remain or replacing what is already there — which is why so much of our work here is renovation rather than new installation.
The town inspects to the 2020 edition of the National Electrical Code. That is worth knowing if you are comparing quotes, because work priced against an older edition can come unstuck at inspection. On houses that have stood for a century, what earlier trades left behind is usually the bigger surprise.
- Local authority
- Town of Highland Park
- Electric utility
- Oncor — wires and meter
- Code in force
- 2020 National Electrical Code
- Licence on the job
- Master Electrician TDLR 705467 · TECL 39791
What We Are Called Out For In Highland Park
Large older houses with a century of alterations behind them raise different questions from a modern build: what the service can actually carry, how earlier additions were joined up, and what is hidden behind the plaster.
Electrical Panels
Houses of this age have often outgrown their original service several times over. We run the load calculation and coordinate the Oncor side so the changeover happens on a date you know in advance.
Wiring & Outlets
Century-old houses rarely have wiring of one age. We establish what is actually there before pricing, stage the work where that suits the property, and bring GFCI and AFCI protection up to current standards.
Fault Finding
Intermittent faults in a large older house are usually an earlier alteration rather than a failed component. We trace it to the cause instead of swapping parts.
Home Lighting
Plaster, panelling and high ceilings need a fixing approach that suits them. Interior and landscape lighting specified and commissioned, not just installed.
EV Chargers
A charger is a capacity question first. On an older service we check what the panel has spare before quoting.
Smart Switches
Keypads and scenes designed around period rooms, where the original switching was never planned for them.
Ceiling Fans
Replacements and new fits on high and sloped ceilings, on fan-rated boxes, with the switching done at the same time.
Data Wiring
Structured cabling retrofitted into properties built long before it existed, routed so it stays out of sight.
Work We Can Show You
Three of the four builds on our projects page are here in Highland Park. These are ours, start to finish.
6,000 sq ft, built around a 400A service
8,000 sq ft, lighting throughout
Temporary power to an energised home
Full photo sets for each build are on the projects page. See all projects
Highland Park Questions
Which electrical code does Highland Park inspect to?
The 2020 edition of the National Electrical Code. It is worth knowing when you are comparing quotes, because work priced against an older edition can fail at inspection.
Our house is over a hundred years old. Where do you start?
With what is actually there. On a house of this age the wiring is rarely all of one period, and the useful first step is establishing what the service can carry and how earlier additions were joined up.
Can you work around a renovation or a rebuild?
Yes, and here that is usually the job. We would far rather be in at first fix than be called back once the walls are closed.
Is there anything I need to arrange?
Only one thing: if the power needs disconnecting for the work, Oncor will only take that request from you as the account holder. Everything else is ours — where the Town requires paperwork we handle it as part of the job, and you keep the record.
Who do I call if the power is out on the street?
Oncor — they own the poles, the lines and the meter here. If it stops at your own panel, that is us.
Service Area
We Also Serve
ADP Electrical works across Frisco and the surrounding towns of North Dallas–Fort Worth. Not sure whether we cover you? Call and ask — we usually do.
Covering all nineteen towns in our service area, and often a little beyond. Ask if you are not listed.
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Get a Price For Work in Highland Park
Tell us roughly when the house was built and what you want doing — on a Highland Park property the service capacity is usually the first thing to settle.
Serving Frisco, Prosper, Celina, McKinney, Plano and North Dallas–Fort Worth.