Estate, Hillside & Wildfire-Area Electrical.
Your Los Altos Hills Electrician.

Yes. Los Altos Hills is exclusively low-density residential by design — one-acre-minimum estate lots, single-family only, winding roads with no sidewalks — and Cali Rollin Electric handles the work those properties carry: service and panel upgrades, EV charging, standby generators, and detached-structure wiring for ADUs, pools, wells, and gates, plus emergency calls. We work across the Town, including the Lakeside, The Foothills, and The Redwoods areas and the El Monte / Moody / Elena Roads vicinity, and we serve the surrounding Santa Clara County communities. C-10 License #1144031.

On Los Altos Hills estates the work is shaped by the parcels: hillside and foothill lots that need a service mast or a meter/panel relocation, long underground runs to a detached garage, ADU, well, or gate, and standby generators sized for a wildfire-area PSPS. We perform 100A to 200A and larger panel and service upgrades, service mast and meter/panel relocations, Level 2 EV charger installation, whole-house standby generator installation, detached-structure and ADU wiring, heat pump and electrification circuits, whole-house rewiring, and emergency electrical response. We pull a permit on every job that requires one — filed with the Town of Los Altos Hills Building Department, its own jurisdiction and not the City of Los Altos.

Yes — most electrical work in Los Altos Hills requires a permit from the Town of Los Altos Hills Building Department at 26379 Fremont Road, a separate jurisdiction from the City of Los Altos. As of July 1, 2024, permits must be submitted electronically through the Town's eTRAKiT portal (trakit.losaltoshills.ca.gov/etrakit), though small scopes such as water heaters and remodels may be emailed. Cali Rollin Electric handles the eTRAKiT submission, inspection coordination, and permit close on your behalf. You do not make a single call to the Town — we manage the entire process.

Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) delivers power in Los Altos Hills, and Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE) provides the generation — Los Altos Hills is a founding SVCE member community. For service and panel upgrades, Cali Rollin Electric coordinates the PG&E disconnect and reconnect scheduling so you do not make those calls yourself, including the hillside-access coordination that estate properties often require.

The Town of Los Altos Hills offers its own heat pump water heater rebate of up to $1,000 per household, first-come first-served, applied for through the Town's Building Department. Silicon Valley Clean Energy also offers electrification rebates for heat pump equipment, induction cooking, and electrical-panel work — amounts and eligibility change, so we point you to the current SVCE program rather than quote a stale figure. The federal 30C tax credit covers 30% of EV charger installation cost, capped at $1,000, through June 30, 2026.

Yes — standby generator installation is a common request in Los Altos Hills. Much of the Town sits in a wildfire-prone Wildland-Urban Interface and is exposed to PG&E Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) events. A whole-house standby generator with an automatic transfer switch keeps your home, well pump, and gate powered during an outage. We handle the eTRAKiT permit with the Town, the utility interconnect notification, and the transfer switch installation, and we quote after an on-site assessment of your panel, fuel source, and placement.

Yes — Level 2 EV charger installation is one of our most common requests in Los Altos Hills. We install all major brands including Tesla Wall Connector, ChargePoint Home Flex, Emporia, and Grizzl-E. On large estate lots the run from the panel to the garage or detached structure can be long, so we size the circuit and conduit for the actual distance. Installation requires a dedicated 240V circuit and a permit filed through the Town's eTRAKiT portal. The federal 30C tax credit covers 30% of installation cost, capped at $1,000, through June 30, 2026.

Large-lot homes in Los Altos Hills frequently carry more electrical load than an older service was built for — EV charging, a standby generator, a well pump, gate and pool equipment, and heat pump electrification all add up. Hillside and foothill parcels also often need a service mast or a meter and panel relocation, and the Town has active utility-undergrounding work in the El Monte Fire Station district. We perform load calculations, size the new service correctly, and coordinate PG&E so the upgrade supports everything on the property. C-10 #1144031.

For true electrical emergencies — burning smells, active sparks, panel arcing, main breaker failure, or a loss of power to a well pump or gate — call 408-614-4451 immediately. We serve Los Altos Hills, including the hillside parcels at the end of long private drives and the Lakeside, Foothills, and Redwoods areas, and can prioritize same-day dispatch for urgent safety situations. For non-emergency outages and repairs, same-day or next-day scheduling is typically available. You reach our team directly — not a dispatch center.