Infinity Electrical works throughout Brentwood (ZIP 90049) on repairs, panel and service upgrades, EV chargers, rewiring, lighting and generator or battery hookups, for houses, condominiums and businesses. Brentwood is part of the City of Los Angeles, so LADBS issues the permits and LADWP supplies the power, and parts of its hills and canyons fall in the city's Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone. Free estimates on eligible work.
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Everything we do in Brentwood, with what each job usually involves here. The photos are from our own jobs.
Service and panel upgrades for 1950s and 60s houses that now need room for heat pumps, chargers and remodeled kitchens, and for Brentwood Park properties whose original service feeds a pool house or guest house, beginning with LADWP's meter spot.
Home chargers in Brentwood Glen and canyon garages after a check of panel capacity, and chargers in condominium garages between San Vicente and Wilshire, where the building's meter room and the association's rules shape the route.
Tracing breakers that trip, flickering lights and dead outlets in houses from every decade since the 1920s, including circuits that went quiet after a long outage or a remodel.
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Partial and whole-house rewiring for Period Revival and ranch houses, and careful circuit routing in Crestwood Hills post-and-beam houses where walls and ceilings leave little room to hide new runs.
Recessed and fixture lighting for remodels, and exterior and landscape lighting on canyon lots placed with the fire-zone brush clearance in mind.
GFCI protection for kitchens, baths, pools and outdoor outlets, and new 240-volt circuits for induction ranges, heat pump water heaters and in-unit laundry in condos.
Transfer switches and inlets for a portable or standby generator you choose, and wiring for battery backup, for Brentwood homes, especially canyon houses north of Sunset; in January 2025 LADWP kept some Brentwood customers' power off to protect public safety. A generator belongs outdoors, away from windows, doors and vents, and the transfer equipment keeps it isolated from LADWP's lines.
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Tenant improvements, lighting and circuits for shops, restaurants and offices on San Vicente Boulevard, in Brentwood Village and along Wilshire, planned around the San Vicente specific plan's design review for signs and exterior remodeling.
Also: subpanels, dedicated circuits, 240-volt outlets for dryers and ranges, exterior and security lighting, hard-wired smoke alarms, and small repairs of every kind.
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Call (844) 430-7681Request an estimateInfinity Electrical Inc. (CSLB #1100231) is a licensed electrical contractor serving Brentwood, the Westside neighborhood that rises from Wilshire Boulevard through the canyons of the Santa Monica Mountains to Mulholland Drive, with the 405 on its eastern edge. Our Brentwood work runs from a single dead outlet to a full service upgrade: troubleshooting and repairs, panels, EV chargers, rewiring, lighting, transfer switches for generators, battery backup wiring, and electrical work for shops and offices on San Vicente Boulevard and in Brentwood Village.
The neighborhood started as Westgate, a settlement outside the west gate of the Pacific Branch of the National Home for Disabled Soldiers and Sailors, and the City of Los Angeles annexed it on June 14, 1916. The Brentwood name dates from the 1906 Brentwood Park tract. Brentwood Glen saw most of its building between 1935 and 1942; after World War II, builders worked their way up the canyons north of Sunset while apartment buildings went up on the old Westgate tract to the south.
Because of that history, the electrical systems on neighboring streets can be decades apart. City Planning's 2020–2024 estimates for the combined Brentwood–Pacific Palisades plan area put about 39 percent of housing units in buildings from the 1950s and 1960s and about 15 percent before 1950. A ranch house that has been added onto twice, a 1970s condominium and a newly built hillside house each start from a different place, so the first visit is about the panel, the size of the service and what the owner wants to add next.
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Brentwood is mostly single-family, but not uniformly so. City Planning's estimates for the Brentwood–Pacific Palisades plan area count about 51 percent of units as single homes and 47 percent in multi-unit buildings, and SurveyLA's survey explains where each kind sits.
Every Brentwood address (ZIP code 90049) is inside the City of Los Angeles, so the citywide LADBS and LADWP steps described below apply throughout. The edge to watch is the southwest, where Brentwood meets the City of Santa Monica: Santa Monica runs its own permit center and its power comes from Southern California Edison. For a house close to that border, the name on the electric bill tells us which process applies before anything is priced.
Fire zone. The Fire Department names Brentwood among the communities with portions in the Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone, which it describes as covering most of the city's hilly and mountainous land, and its Fire Zone Map shows whether a given parcel is included. For property in the zone, the Fire Department's brush clearance requirements cover hazardous vegetation within 200 feet of structures and within 10 feet of driveways and combustible fences. On a canyon lot that affects where an exterior circuit runs, how a gate operator is fed and where a generator inlet goes.
Recent fires. The canyons have burned before. The Fire Department's incident record for the Getty Fire, first reported on October 28, 2019, counts 745 acres, with 10 homes destroyed and 15 damaged, and SurveyLA records that about 60 of the cooperative houses in Crestwood Hills were lost in the fire of 1961. In January 2025 the Palisades Fire spread east into Brentwood's canyons: on January 10 the Fire Department ordered evacuations from Sunset Boulevard north toward the Encino Reservoir and from the 405 west to Mandeville Canyon, and ABC7 reported on January 12 that at least one Mandeville Canyon home had burned. LADWP's update on the morning of January 19, 2025 said it had restored service to customers in Brentwood, Encino and Bel-Air who had been left without power to protect public safety.
Rebuilds. LADWP's undergrounding booklet for fire rebuilds was written for Pacific Palisades, and our guide to underground-ready Palisades rebuilds walks through it. For a damaged house in Mandeville Canyon or anywhere else in Brentwood, we ask LADWP's Electric Service Representative which service requirements apply to that particular lot before a panel is chosen, instead of assuming the Palisades rules carry over.
Historic status and San Vicente. SurveyLA's 2013 report for the Brentwood–Pacific Palisades plan area found no designated or proposed Historic Preservation Overlay Zones, so a Brentwood house is not expected to need HPOZ review for a meter move, though we confirm the parcel's current status first. Some individual buildings are Historic-Cultural Monuments, among them 17 of the original Crestwood Hills cooperative houses and a 1939 service station in Brentwood Village, and we check a property's designation before planning visible exterior changes. Along the boulevard, the San Vicente Scenic Corridor Specific Plan, as amended in 1986, puts signs, exterior remodeling and new buildings other than single-family houses through design review before a building permit is issued, and asks for mechanical equipment on commercial buildings to be screened from street view.
EV programs. LADWP's electric vehicle page, checked in November 2026, lists a Residential EV Charger Rebate, a Used EV Rebate, a Commercial EV Charger Rebate and a separate EV rate for a charger with its own meter on a Time-of-Use plan; it does not say whether each program is currently open. In the condominium blocks between San Vicente and Wilshire, a separate charger meter is a building decision, so we look at the meter room and the current program terms before a charger is specified.
Permits come from the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety (LADBS). A new circuit, an EV charger, a sub-panel or a panel replacement is permitted work, and LADBS will not send an inspector until the permit is issued. We pull it under our license and meet the inspector at the end.
Power comes from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), not Southern California Edison. For repairs, lighting, new outlets and a charger that fits on the existing panel, LADWP is not involved. For a panel or service upgrade it is: the job starts with LADWP's free meter spot, where an Electric Service Representative visits within five to fifteen business days, confirms where the new equipment may go and leaves a sketch at the job (single-family services up to 320 amps can be requested online). When only the meter needs setting, LADWP says that generally happens within ten working days. If the existing LADWP service can carry the new load there are generally no LADWP charges; work in the street, on a transformer or on the lines can add cost and time, and we find that out before you commit.
The permits and utilities guide explains the whole picture for the three counties we serve.
Pacific Palisades to the west shares Brentwood's community plan and, like Westwood and Bel Air across the 405 and West Los Angeles south of Wilshire, is part of the City of Los Angeles, so LADBS permits and LADWP power apply there unchanged. Santa Monica, beyond Brentwood's southwestern edge, is a separate city with its own permit center on Southern California Edison power. Sherman Oaks, over the ridge to the north at Mulholland Drive, is a San Fernando Valley neighborhood of Los Angeles.
See the full list of areas we cover across Los Angeles, Orange and Ventura counties.
No phone quotes and no guessing. A written estimate after we've seen the job, then permitted, inspected work.
Call or send the form. A photo of the panel or the problem helps us come prepared.
We come to your home or business and look at the panel, wiring or site.
Scope, price and timeline in writing before you decide anything.
We pull the permit, coordinate your utility when needed, and finish with the inspection.
Brentwood is served by LADWP, because every Brentwood address is in the City of Los Angeles. Santa Monica, across the southwestern border, is on Southern California Edison and issues its own permits, so for a house near that line the electric bill settles which process a panel upgrade follows.
It may be: the Fire Department lists Brentwood among the communities with portions in the zone, and its Fire Zone Map shows whether your parcel is in it. In the zone, brush clearance covers vegetation within 200 feet of structures, which matters when placing exterior circuits, landscape lighting and a generator inlet.
Not automatically, because LADWP's undergrounding booklet was written for Pacific Palisades. Before a panel is chosen for a Brentwood rebuild or repair, we ask LADWP's Electric Service Representative what that lot requires; our Palisades underground-ready guide shows what the Palisades rules look like.
Yes, through a transfer switch or a panel interlock with an inlet, installed under an LADBS permit, so the generator powers the circuits you pick and stays isolated from LADWP's lines. The generator itself always runs outdoors, away from windows, doors and vents. Our article on transfer switches and interlocks compares the two, and generator hookups and battery backup covers what we install.
Not as of SurveyLA's 2013 report, which found no designated or proposed HPOZ in the Brentwood–Pacific Palisades plan area. Individual landmarks do exist, including 17 original Crestwood Hills cooperative houses, so we check a property's current designation before planning visible exterior work such as a relocated meter.
Usually from your unit's panel or from a panel in the garage, and the building's meter room decides how much capacity is left. LADWP also lists a separate EV rate for a charger with its own meter on a Time-of-Use plan, which is a building-level decision in a condo; see our guide to EV charger permits in Los Angeles.
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