Point Loma lists 8 electricians and electrical contractors across 92106 and 92110. Electricity King, New Leaf Electric, and San Diego SociaLights lead the home services electrical roster on the peninsula with panel upgrades, rewiring, and outdoor lighting.
4904 N Harbor Dr #09, San Diego, CA 92106
+1 844-914-1775
Verified3960 W Point Loma Blvd Ste H234, San Diego, CA 92110
+1 619-330-8478
Verified3302 Kurtz St, San Diego, CA 92110
+1 619-352-0654
Verified3630 Plumosa Dr, San Diego, CA 92106
+1 619-369-1822
Verified1018 Cudahy Pl b, San Diego, CA 92110
+1 619-276-5411
Verified4850 Pacific Hwy #110, San Diego, CA 92110
+1 858-483-3568
Verified1220 Rosecrans St, San Diego, CA 92106
+1 619-202-5875
Verified1021 Sports Arena Blvd, San Diego, CA 92110
+1 826-249-6153
VerifiedLicensed electricians in San Diego charge $80 to $150 per hour for residential work, with most jobs carrying a minimum service call fee of $75 to $125. A standard outlet install runs $150 to $300 per location. A 200-amp panel upgrade—one of the most common electrical projects in older Point Loma homes—costs $1,500 to $3,500 depending on whether the utility connection needs upgrading at the same time.
Electricity King and New Leaf Electric both handle residential electrical work across the Point Loma peninsula, from outlet installs and panel upgrades to whole-house rewiring. California requires a C-10 electrical contractor license for any project that touches a home's wiring, so verify the license through the Contractors State License Board before scheduling.
Emergency electrical issues—a tripped main breaker that won't reset, sparking outlets, exposed wiring after a storm—require immediate attention. Electricity King serves the Point Loma area and handles urgent calls across 92106 and 92110. After-hours and weekend emergency rates typically run 1.5 to 2 times the standard hourly rate, with a service call fee of $125 to $200.
Before calling an emergency electrician, check whether the issue is on your side of the meter or SDG&E's. A neighborhood-wide outage or a problem at the transformer is SDG&E's responsibility. A tripped breaker, a dead circuit, or a burning smell from an outlet is yours. ZED Electric in neighboring Ocean Beach also serves Point Loma addresses for urgent electrical work when local availability is limited.
San Diego SociaLights specializes in outdoor and landscape lighting installations across Point Loma, covering pathway lighting, patio string lights, deck and stair illumination, and accent lighting for landscaping. Outdoor lighting on the peninsula serves both aesthetic and practical purposes—Sunset Cliffs-area properties use landscape lighting to highlight ocean-facing gardens, while Rosecrans Street properties add security lighting along driveways and side yards.
Low-voltage LED landscape lighting runs $2,000 to $5,000 installed for a typical Point Loma front and backyard, with higher costs for properties on large lots near Cabrillo or along Catalina Boulevard. The fixtures themselves need to be marine-rated for any property within a few blocks of the shoreline—standard brass and copper fixtures corrode rapidly in salt air. San Diego SociaLights works with both residential homeowners and commercial properties in Liberty Station and along Shelter Island Drive.
If a Point Loma home still has a 100-amp panel or a fuse box, an upgrade to a 200-amp breaker panel is overdue. Modern appliances, EV chargers, HVAC systems, and home offices draw more power than older panels were designed for, and an undersized panel trips breakers, limits expansion, and can create fire hazards. Homes built before 1970 in Loma Portal and the south peninsula are the most common candidates for panel upgrades in 92106.
A 200-amp panel upgrade in San Diego runs $1,500 to $3,500 and takes a licensed electrician one to two days. The project requires a permit from the City of San Diego and a final inspection from SDG&E to reconnect the service. New Leaf Electric handles panel upgrades across the Point Loma peninsula. If the home also needs a meter base replacement or a service entrance cable upgrade, the cost can climb to $4,000 to $6,000.
A full rewire for a 1,500-square-foot Point Loma home runs $8,000 to $15,000, covering new copper wiring, a panel upgrade, updated outlets and switches, and code-compliant grounding throughout. Partial rewires—replacing wiring in the kitchen, bathrooms, and bedrooms while leaving intact circuits in place—cost $4,000 to $8,000. The scope depends on the existing wiring condition and whether walls need to be opened for access.
Knob-and-tube wiring, aluminum wiring, and cloth-wrapped Romex are the three types most commonly flagged during inspections in older Point Loma homes. All three carry elevated fire risk and may disqualify the property from standard homeowner's insurance. A rewire typically takes three to five days for a single-story bungalow and requires permits and inspections from the City of San Diego. Electricity King handles rewiring projects across the peninsula.
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