Electrician in Westlake Village

Westlake Village was planned as one community and built quickly: the city's housing element puts about 63 percent of its homes in the 1960s and 1970s and roughly another fifth in the 1980s, and nearly nine in ten are single-family houses. Whole streets of panels and wiring are reaching the same age together, just as more owners add EVs and heat pumps.

Two things make the paperwork different here. The city has no building department of its own, so the permit comes from LA County, and almost every neighborhood has CC&Rs and an association that reviews exterior changes. We take care of the permit and give you the details your association asks for, starting with an on-site visit and a written price.

What we do in Westlake Village

Everything we do in Westlake Village, with what each job usually involves here. The photos are from our own jobs.

Panel upgrades in Westlake Village

Replacing 1960s to 1980s panels in Westlake Village, with the county permit, the inspection and SCE's meter set coordinated.

More on panel upgradesCall (844) 430-7681

EV charger installation in Westlake Village

Garage chargers, with the charger model, location and circuit route your association asks for, and a load check so an older service is not overloaded.

More on EV charger installationCall (844) 430-7681

Electrical repair & troubleshooting in Westlake Village

Warm or flickering outlets and switches in late-1960s and early-1970s homes, which can point to aluminum branch wiring, plus tripping breakers and failed outdoor circuits.

More on electrical repair & troubleshootingCall (844) 430-7681

Rewiring in Westlake Village

Checking older homes for aluminum branch wiring, and replacing it with new copper circuits room by room.

More on rewiringCall (844) 430-7681

Lighting & ceiling fans in Westlake Village

Updating period fixtures and adding recessed lighting in remodels, and landscape lighting that stays within association guidelines.

More on lighting & ceiling fansCall (844) 430-7681

Outlets, GFCI & new circuits in Westlake Village

Grounded outlets, GFCI protection for kitchens, baths and patios, and 240-volt circuits for heat pumps replacing original gas equipment.

More on outlets, GFCI & new circuitsCall (844) 430-7681

Commercial electrical in Westlake Village

Tenant improvements, lighting retrofits and dedicated circuits for offices and shops along the Agoura Road corridor.

More on commercial electricalCall (844) 430-7681

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.

What's common in Westlake Village homes

Because the community went up within a couple of decades, its electrical issues arrive street by street rather than house by house.

• Late-1960s and early-1970s homes. The CPSC estimates that about two million American homes were wired with aluminum branch circuits between 1965 and 1973. If your house dates from those years, it's worth having an electrician check a few outlets and switches. The CPSC's recognized permanent repairs are new copper circuits, or COPALUM crimp or AlumiConn connectors at each connection.
• Original panels. Equipment from the 1960s to 1980s, some of it with breakers that are no longer made, and capacity that is tight for an EV plus a heat pump. A load calculation tells you whether you need a bigger service or only a new panel.
• Associations. The housing element notes that all but one of the city's neighborhoods are governed by CC&Rs, so a charger, a relocated panel or a battery on an outside wall usually needs the association's approval as well as the county permit.
• Oak Forest Estates. The city's one mobilehome park has 197 homes. Electrical work on a home there runs through the state, not the county; see mobilehome electrical work.

Permits and power in Westlake Village

Westlake Village (ZIP codes 91361, 91362, shared with the Thousand Oaks side) is the Los Angeles County third of the original Westlake development; Thousand Oaks annexed the Ventura County side, and the county line runs through the lake. Which side your house is on decides who issues the permit.

Permits in the city come from Los Angeles County Public Works, Building and Safety, which serves Westlake Village under contract with the city. Since April 1, 2024, Westlake Village applications have been filed on the county's EPIC-LA online system. On the Thousand Oaks side of the community, the City of Thousand Oaks Building Division issues permits instead, under its own process. Oak Forest Estates is a mobilehome park; work on a home there, or on the park's own system, is permitted through the state Department of Housing and Community Development or the park's enforcement agency, not the county.

Power comes from Southern California Edison on both sides of the line, with Clean Power Alliance as the default supplier in both cities. SCE is involved only when the service changes: a panel upgrade is requested on SCE's online project portal (moving SCE equipment is requested by phone), SCE reviews it and visits, and the meter is set once the county, or Thousand Oaks, has inspected the work.

The permits and utilities guide explains the whole picture for the three counties we serve.

Around Westlake Village

Thousand Oaks, including Newbury Park and its two-thirds of the Westlake community, is in Ventura County with its own Building Division. Oak Park is unincorporated Ventura County, permitted by the county's Resource Management Agency, Building and Safety. Agoura Hills and Calabasas have their own building departments, and Hidden Hills contracts its building and safety work to Transtech. All are SCE territory.

• Thousand Oaks
• Newbury Park
• Oak Park
• Agoura Hills
• Calabasas
• Hidden Hills

See the full list of areas we cover across Los Angeles, Orange and Ventura counties.