Electrician in Lakewood, WA

Name: Elliott Electric
Telephone: (253) 843-6611

Under five miles south. Lakewood is one of the two places on this list where the answer to a simple question depends on your exact address.

Permits and inspections in Lakewood

Lakewood is split. Tacoma Power serves parts of it and permits and inspects what it serves; the rest goes through L&I. The boundary follows service territory, not the city limits, so the first thing worth checking on a Lakewood job is which side of it you are on.

Filed with Tacoma Power or Washington L&I, and the address decides which.

Tacoma Power: (253) 502-8277

Power and homes in Lakewood

Who supplies the power: It depends on the street. Lakewood is split between three utilities: Lakeview Light & Power, Tacoma Power and Puget Sound Energy. The city publishes a map of which serves where, and your bill settles it.

The typical home in Lakewood was built around 1975, and 59% of homes predate 1980. Many still have their original panel and service, sized before car chargers, heat pumps and hot tubs were common, so adding any of them usually starts with whether the panel can carry it.

Housing figures: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020 to 2024.