Infinity Electrical Inc. (CSLB #1100231) is a licensed electrical contractor serving Wilmington, the harbor-side community of the City of Los Angeles, where electrical permits come from LADBS and power from LADWP. What changes the work here is the mix: houses from before 1960, a historic district at Banning Park and industrial land next to the Port of Los Angeles, with Carson and Long Beach across the city line on Southern California Edison.
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Everything we do in Wilmington, with what each job usually involves here. The photos are from our own jobs.
Service upgrades for 1940s and 1950s houses still on small original services and for apartment meter banks, with LADWP’s meter spot coordinated and, inside Banning Park, the equipment location checked against the HPOZ first. For the load question, see whether a heat pump or induction range needs a bigger panel.
Level 2 charger circuits for driveways, garages and carports, starting with a load calculation on the older services common here, and for apartment parking, agreed with the building owner before equipment is bought. Background: adding a charger to a 100-amp panel.
Finding why breakers trip, outlets go dead or lights dim in crowded older homes, and tracing faults in duplexes and small apartment buildings where several units share aging equipment.
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Room-by-room rewiring of pre-war and post-war Wilmington houses, and interior-only routes in Banning Park homes so the street side stays as the preservation plan expects.
Fixtures and ceiling fans in older homes, exterior and security lighting for yards and driveways, and display, sign and LED lighting for shops along Avalon Boulevard.
GFCI protection in kitchens, baths, laundry areas and yards, grounded outlets where two-prong receptacles remain, and dedicated circuits for window or mini-split air conditioning in older bedrooms.
Three-phase services and feeders, machine circuits, high-bay LED lighting and tenant improvements for workshops and warehouses in the Wilmington Industrial Park and East Wilmington, plus storefront work Downtown. Tenants weighing a new space can start with our three-phase leasing checklist.
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 estimateWilmington sits between the Port of Los Angeles and the cities of Carson and Long Beach, and City Planning’s draft plan update calls it the “Heart of the Harbor.” Phineas Banning laid out a wharf and warehouses on the waterfront at Avalon Boulevard, and the township dates from 1858. Previously its own city, it was consolidated into Los Angeles in 1909. Today every Wilmington address gets its electrical permits from LADBS and its power from LADWP.
City Planning counts about 24,100 housing units across the Wilmington–Harbor City study area in its 2020–2024 profile, with renters in about 58% of occupied homes and an average of 3.32 people per household. Close to two-thirds of those units were built before 1980, and the single largest group, nearly 18%, dates from the 1950s. Large households in older buildings tend to load the same circuits harder than the original wiring expected.
Infinity Electrical offers panel and service upgrades, rewiring, troubleshooting and repairs, outlets and new circuits, lighting and Level 2 EV charger circuits for Wilmington houses, duplexes and apartment buildings, along with three-phase work, feeders and lighting for shops and light industrial tenants near the port. Free estimates on eligible work.
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The draft plan describes Wilmington as mostly residential, with single-family and multi-family neighbourhoods whose early growth runs from the late 1890s through the 1950s, set close to a large concentration of industrial land. In City Planning’s profile for the combined Wilmington–Harbor City study area, about 57% of units are in buildings with more than one unit and 40% are single houses; roughly 12% were built in 1939 or earlier and about 29% in the 1940s and 1950s together.
Wilmington uses a single ZIP code, 90744, and it lies wholly inside the City of Los Angeles, so the citywide LADBS and LADWP steps below apply to homes and businesses alike. What deserves a closer look is the edges: two of Wilmington’s land neighbours are separate cities with their own building departments and a different utility.
The Carson and Long Beach lines. Carson, north of Wilmington, issues its own permits through its Building & Safety team, and Long Beach, to the east, runs its own Building and Safety Bureau; both are served by Southern California Edison rather than LADWP. A job a few blocks apart can therefore need a different permit counter and a different meter process. An LADWP bill confirms a Wilmington address; an SCE bill points across the line, and our Carson and Long Beach pages describe those sides.
A harbor-area LADBS office. LADBS runs a Development Services Center on Beacon Street in San Pedro that offers plan check, permitting, including express permits and counter plan check, and inspection services, so Wilmington projects that need a counter visit do not have to go downtown.
Banning Park HPOZ. City Council adopted the Banning Park Historic Preservation Overlay Zone in 2001. Its preservation plan sets out work that is exempt from review unless it is in the public right-of-way, including interior alterations that do not change an exterior feature, mechanical equipment placed in the rear yard and lighting on facades that cannot be seen from the street. A new meter, service mast or charger on a street-facing wall is not on that list, so we suggest checking with the HPOZ staff at City Planning before the LADWP meter location is settled.
Coastal Zone and industrial edges. The draft plan notes that portions of Wilmington fall inside the California Coastal Zone, mostly industrial land with port-related uses, oil sites and utility yards. For a business in that strip, any coastal question belongs to the larger project, such as a new building or a change of use; an equipment circuit or a lighting retrofit inside an existing building still starts with its LADBS electrical permit.
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.
San Pedro, to the south and west, and Harbor City, to the northwest, are both City of Los Angeles communities; in both, LADBS permits and LADWP power carry over unchanged, and Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park serves Wilmington and Harbor City alike. Carson, across the northern line, is its own city with its own Building & Safety team and SCE power. Long Beach, to the east, issues permits through its own Building and Safety Bureau and is also on SCE.
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.
LADWP supplies Wilmington, because the community has been part of the City of Los Angeles since 1909, and LADBS issues its electrical permits. Carson and Long Beach, which border Wilmington on the north and east, are on Southern California Edison and run their own permit offices. If your bill says LADWP, the City of Los Angeles rules on this page apply.
There is one nearby: LADBS has a Development Services Center on Beacon Street in San Pedro that handles plan check, permitting and inspection services. That matters most for bigger commercial jobs or service changes that go through plan review. We coordinate the permit for the work we do.
Possibly, if nothing on the outside of the house changes, because the Banning Park preservation plan exempts interior alterations that do not affect an exterior feature. A panel replaced in place indoors fits that description; a relocated meter, a new service mast or equipment visible from the street may not. We check the plan’s rules and suggest a call to the HPOZ staff at City Planning before the LADWP meter location is agreed.
Usually the circuits are being asked to carry more than they were sized for, but only a licensed electrician’s inspection can tell whether it is overload, a failing breaker or a loose connection. Houses of that age often started with few circuits, and larger households add laundry, cooking and cooling at the same time. Please leave the panel closed and let an electrician find the cause; see electrical repair and why a breaker keeps tripping.
Possibly, but it starts with a load calculation for the building’s service and a look at where the meters and parking are. Some older buildings have room for a few shared or assigned circuits; others need a service upgrade with LADWP first. See EV charger installation and EV charger permits in Los Angeles.
Some industrial buildings in Wilmington already have three-phase service and some do not, so check the service before you sign. A list of your machines with their nameplate voltage and amperage lets an electrician compare your needs to what the building has, and tell you whether new feeders will do or LADWP must change the service. Our article on leasing a shop that needs three-phase power lists the questions to ask the landlord.
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