Infinity Electrical Inc. (CSLB #1100231) is a licensed electrical contractor serving West Hollywood, an independent city where electrical permits come from the city’s own Building and Safety Division and Southern California Edison delivers the power. That makes West Hollywood different from Hollywood, Fairfax and Beverly Grove on three of its sides, which are City of Los Angeles neighbourhoods on LADBS permits and LADWP power, and most of its housing is older apartment buildings, many of them rent-stabilized.
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Everything we do in West Hollywood, with what each job usually involves here. The photos are from our own jobs.
Meter-bank and house-panel replacements for pre-1979 apartment buildings and courtyard complexes, and service upgrades for houses and condo units, with SCE’s portal request and meter set coordinated and, on a designated building, the exterior location checked with the city first. For the load side of the decision, read whether a heat pump or induction range needs a bigger panel.
Chargers in tuck-under and garage parking of apartment and condo buildings, where the meter bank decides what is possible. State law lets tenants request permission in writing to install a charger, and the city’s EV page says Ordinance 17-1017 gives tenants in rent-stabilized buildings the same right; we assess the panel and meter bank for the tenant and the owner. See also EV chargers on a 100-amp panel.
Breakers that trip when small older units run air conditioning and modern kitchens, dead outlets on early circuits, and faults in meter banks and house panels that have served a building for decades. If a breaker keeps tripping, here is what it can mean.
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Unit-by-unit rewiring in older apartment and courtyard buildings, so the rest of the building stays occupied, and room-by-room rewiring of houses in the Norma Triangle, West Hollywood West and the Craftsman streets.
Courtyard, walkway and carport lighting for apartment buildings, recessed and fixture lighting for condo remodels, and display and dining-room lighting for showrooms and restaurants on Robertson, Melrose and Santa Monica Boulevard.
Grounded outlets where two-prong receptacles remain, GFCI protection for kitchens, baths and patios, and dedicated circuits for air conditioners, laundry and induction ranges in units built before the 1980s.
Tenant improvements, lighting and equipment circuits for restaurants, bars, hotels, salons, galleries and design showrooms on the Sunset Strip, Santa Monica Boulevard and the Avenues of Art and Design, with the city electrical permit and any SCE service step coordinated.
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 estimateWest Hollywood is small and dense: 1.89 square miles, about 34,000 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate and, in 2020, close to 19,000 people per square mile. For decades it was unincorporated Los Angeles County land surrounded by Los Angeles. The area grew up around Sherman, the town where the Los Angeles Pacific Railroad kept its main shops, and took the West Hollywood name in 1925. Cityhood was proposed in 1984 by what the city itself calls an unlikely coalition of LGBT activists, seniors and renters, and West Hollywood became an independent city on November 29, 1984.
That history still shapes the electrical work. Census figures put the owner-occupied rate at about 20%, so roughly four homes in five are rented, and the city’s Housing Element counted about 16,581 rent-stabilized units in 2021. The same document gives 1962 as the median year built of the city’s housing and notes that about 93% of it is at least 30 years old, an age at which, the document notes, buildings generally need major upgrades to their structures and systems. It adds that many rental buildings have never had a major systems upgrade, and that aging electrical systems are often invisible without a closer inspection.
Infinity Electrical offers panel and meter-bank upgrades, troubleshooting and repair, rewiring, new circuits, lighting and EV charger circuits for apartment owners, condo associations, homeowners and tenants (with the owner’s approval), and for the shops, restaurants, hotels and showrooms along Sunset, Santa Monica, Melrose, Robertson and Beverly.
Areas we cover in West Hollywood
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West Hollywood is mostly multifamily, and much of it was built between the 1920s and the 1970s, so meter banks, house panels and small unit panels are where the electrical questions usually start.
West Hollywood (ZIP codes 90069, 90046, 90048 and a small part of 90038) is its own city, but its boundary is irregular, because it was drawn around the county land that incorporated in 1984. Hollywood lies to the east, the Hollywood Hills to the north, Beverly Hills to the west, and the Fairfax District and Beverly Grove to the south. The City of Los Angeles neighbourhoods on that line use LADBS permits and LADWP power, and ZIP 90046 covers addresses in both cities, so a West Hollywood mailing address is not the test. The parcel decides, and the name on the electric bill is the quickest check. Our Hollywood page covers the Los Angeles side of the eastern line.
Permits come from the city’s Building and Safety Division. Most services, including submittals and inspection scheduling, run through the city’s online permit portal, and each trade takes its own permit, so an electrical job has an electrical permit even when it is part of a larger remodel. The city’s electrical code requires a permit to install, alter or repair wiring. Its exceptions are narrow, like-for-like replacements of small parts, and they are about paperwork, not safety: work inside a panel is live-power work for a licensed electrician. Counter appointments, in person or online, are for permits ready to issue or eligible for over-the-counter review.
Power is delivered by Southern California Edison. West Hollywood is a member of Clean Power Alliance, and the City Council chose CPA’s 100% Green Power level as the default, so most bills show CPA as the supplier and SCE as the utility that delivers the energy; customers can opt out and stay with SCE. That changes the supply charges, not the electrical work: SCE still owns the lines and the meter. For a panel upgrade or a new meter location, the request goes in on SCE’s online project portal; moving or removing SCE equipment, or taking a meter out, is requested from SCE by phone. Most repairs, lighting, and a charger that fits on the existing panel don’t involve SCE at all.
Historic resources. The city adopted a historic preservation ordinance in 1989 and has designated about 90 cultural resources, including six historic districts. According to the city’s General Plan, alterations to designated cultural resources are reviewed by the Historic Preservation Commission. Moving a meter, adding an exterior panel or running conduit on a street-facing wall changes the exterior, so on a designated building we raise it at the estimate and check with the city’s preservation staff before work is scheduled.
The permits and utilities guide explains the whole picture for the three counties we serve.
Hollywood to the east, Hollywood Hills West to the north, and the Fairfax District and Beverly Grove to the south are neighbourhoods of the City of Los Angeles, so a job a block across the line takes an LADBS permit and follows LADWP’s process, and Clean Power Alliance plays no part. Beverly Hills, to the west, is a separate city with its own Community Development permits and, like West Hollywood, SCE power.
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.
West Hollywood is served by Southern California Edison, and its electrical permits come from the city’s own Building and Safety Division. Hollywood, Fairfax and Beverly Grove next door are part of the City of Los Angeles, on LADWP power and LADBS permits, and ZIP 90046 includes addresses on both sides of the line. The name on your electric bill is the quickest check before planning a panel or service upgrade.
Yes: Clean Power Alliance buys the electricity, but SCE still owns the lines and the meter and is responsible for the service side of a panel upgrade. West Hollywood is a Clean Power Alliance member and chose 100% Green Power as its default, so most bills list CPA as the supplier and SCE for delivery. CPA affects the supply charges and rate plans, which can matter when you compare plans for EV charging, but not the permit or the work.
Usually, yes, with the changeover scheduled in advance and tenants given notice, because that is the step when SCE disconnects and reconnects the service and the building is without power. The request goes to SCE through its project portal, the city inspects the new equipment, and SCE then sets the meters. Work inside individual units can then go one unit at a time. We look at the meter bank and a couple of units on the site visit and put the plan and price in writing.
Often, yes, with a written request and the owner’s permission: state law lets tenants request permission to install a charging station, and the city’s EV page says Ordinance 17-1017 gives tenants in rent-stabilized buildings the same right. Conditions apply, the tenant generally pays for installing and maintaining the equipment, and an electrical permit is required. We can assess the panel and meter bank so you and your landlord know what the building can support.
Exterior changes may, because the city’s General Plan says alterations to designated cultural resources are reviewed by the Historic Preservation Commission. Moving a meter, adding an exterior panel or running conduit on a visible wall should be checked with the city’s preservation staff first. Rewiring inside the walls and replacing a panel in place still need an electrical permit, and what review applies depends on the building’s designation, so we confirm it with the city for the specific property.
Sometimes, because the parking level a soft-story retrofit strengthens is often where the meter bank, conduit and carport lighting are. West Hollywood’s 2018 ordinances require soft, weak or open-front buildings to be evaluated by an engineer and retrofitted where needed. When new frames or walls go in, equipment in the way may have to be moved or re-routed under an electrical permit, so we work from the engineer’s plans with the general contractor.
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