Whole-home generators, panel upgrades, EV chargers, and commercial electrical — licensed, permitted, inspected. TDLR EC #EECELE00037785.
We're TriCoast Electrical — a licensed master electrician with 27+ years in the trade, serving Texas City and the Galveston Bay / South Houston corridor. We do the high-stakes jobs Texas City actually needs done right: backup generators, bigger panels, EV chargers, and commercial work for local businesses. And we pull the permit, schedule the inspection, and stand behind the work.
We're not always the cheapest quote you'll get. But we do it to code, we pull the permits, and we warranty the workmanship. If that's the trade you want, let's talk.
Real Texas City job photo for the hero (a generator, panel swap, or commercial install on an actual Texas City property) — not stock.
A lot of the electricians around here are residential-only, and the bigger franchise names come with the things people complain about — trip fees, upsells, and a quote that doesn't match the final bill. Here's what we do differently, in the plainest terms we can put it:
We don't hand you a permit application and disappear. In the Houston area, electrical permits are issued to a registered master electrician — that's us. We pull it, schedule the inspection, and see it through to a pass.
If you arrived bracing for an upsell on a panel you may not need, good instinct. We run the math on what your home or building actually draws before we recommend an upgrade. Sometimes you don't need one.
We're not always the cheapest, and we'll tell you so. What you get is straight scope, an honest range, and no manufactured "good/better/best" pressure menu.
TDLR EC #EECELE00037785, 27+ years. Workmanship warranty on every job. Not a here-today crew, not a box-store retrofit.
When Hurricane Beryl hit in July 2024, CenterPoint reported roughly 2.2 million outages across the region — and plenty of Texas City families went days in the dark and the heat.
A whole-home standby generator with an automatic transfer switch means there's no fiddling with anything in the storm: the power goes out, your house switches itself over, and it keeps running for days. Think of it the way our customers do — peace of mind, like insurance for the house. Texas City sits in a part of the corridor where deep generator help is genuinely hard to find, and that's a gap we fill.
If your breakers keep tripping, your panel feels warm, or you've been told "the panel is full" when you tried to add a circuit, that's the entry point. Older Texas City homes sometimes still carry Federal Pacific (FPE/Stab-Lok) or Zinsco panels — the kind insurers now flag and ask you to replace because of fire risk. We do 200-amp service upgrades, handle the CenterPoint coordination for you, and run a load calculation first so you only pay for the capacity you actually need. Honest range for a typical panel upgrade, with the final number after we see the real job — no guess-quotes.
$1,183–$1,972 typical Panel upgrades & breaker replacementHere's the part most people don't know: in the Houston area, only a registered master electrician can pull the electrical permit for a Level-2 EV charger — the homeowner legally can't. That's us. And before we ever quote you a panel upgrade to support the charger, we run a load calculation to verify you even need one — often you don't. Typical install range depends on the run and your panel.
$552–$1,379 typical Get it done right: EV charger installationTexas City is an industrial-adjacent market, and most of the local residential electricians simply don't do commercial work — which leaves small property owners and tenants underserved. We handle build-outs and finish-outs, service and panel upgrades, and backup power for business continuity with one accountable licensed team managing permits, inspection, and utility coordination. The point is schedule certainty: you can't run a business through five days of lost power, and you can't afford a failed inspection stalling your opening. One team, one point of contact, the job done on time and to code.
These are real, verified reviews of TriCoast Electrical from across the Galveston Bay / South Houston corridor — not Texas-City-specific, but the same team you'd get here:
Both techs were very knowledgeable and professional from start to finish. They left the job site clean and all work was tested and reviewed with us before they left. My wife and I were extremely impressed. I would recommend TriCoast to all my friends and family.
TriCoast did an amazing job. Donald was so polite and his wife was very quick to reply to emails and requests. We were so impressed that we will be using TriCoast Electrical Services to handle all of our electrical needs in the house we are purchasing!
Donald is the best. He is very knowledgeable in his field and listens and answers any and all questions. Thank you for getting us all fixed up!
Real Texas City job photos (generator / panel / commercial), captioned with a real Texas City neighborhood or area. Do NOT invent neighborhood names.
Real Texas City neighborhood / subdivision references to ground this section. Do NOT invent them.
We're based in the Galveston Bay / South Houston corridor and cover Texas City along with the surrounding communities — La Marque, Hitchcock, Santa Fe, Bayou Vista, and Tiki Island — plus our other deep-coverage cities nearby: La Marque, Dickinson, and Galveston Island. Don't see your town? We likely cover it.
Skipping the permit is where unpermitted work comes back to bite you: insurers can deny a claim tied to work done without the required permit and inspection, jobs can fail inspection, and unpermitted electrical can stall a home sale at closing. We don't take that risk for you. In the Houston area, the electrical permit is issued to the registered master electrician — not the homeowner — so we pull the permit and schedule the inspection as part of the job.
Verified Texas City permit/inspection specifics — which jurisdiction issues the permit (City of Texas City building/permits dept vs. county), the EV/panel/generator permit process, any local fee, and inspection scheduling. Until verified, keep the truthful generic line above and do NOT state invented local fee numbers or office names.
Yes — and in the Houston area the electrical permit is issued to a registered master electrician, not to the homeowner. We pull it and schedule the inspection as part of the job, so unpermitted work doesn't come back to haunt you at claim time or resale.
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A typical panel upgrade runs $1,183–$1,972. We give you the final number after we see the actual job — no guess-quotes, no surprise bill. You should pay what's fair, and you shouldn't get gouged.
Yes. We install whole-home standby generators with an automatic transfer switch — so there's no going outside to fiddle with anything during the storm — sized to run your home for days. See generator installation.
Often not. We run a load calculation to verify whether your panel can already handle the charger before we ever quote you an upgrade. Many homes don't need one. See EV charger installation.
Yes — build-outs and finish-outs, service and panel upgrades, and backup power, with one licensed team handling permits, inspection, and utility coordination for schedule certainty. See commercial electrical.
Yes. Licensed master electrician, TDLR EC #EECELE00037785, 27+ years, serving the Galveston Bay / South Houston corridor. Every job carries a workmanship warranty, and the quote is no-obligation.
Tell us about the job — generator, panel, EV charger, or commercial — and we'll get back to you. We lead with a load calculation, not a guess, so you'll know whether you actually need the work before you spend a dime on it. No obligation, no upsell, and a workmanship warranty when we're done.
Same-day callback. We lead with a load calculation, not a guess — no obligation, no upsell, and a workmanship warranty when we're done.