Chapel Hill · Orange County

Licensed Electrician in Chapel Hill, NC

Home theater before tip-off, panel upgrades after

Be ready to watch the Tar Heels in style with our home theater work, then let us look at the panel that has fed that house since before the Dean Dome opened. Since 2011 Chapel Hill homeowners have called ARC Electric for the jobs their older homes keep throwing at them, and we take pride in answering the call when our neighbors search “electricians near me”.

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24 hrEmergency callsEvery day, Chapel Hill included
Where we work in Chapel Hill

The oldest housing stock on our map

Chapel Hill has the oldest housing stock of any town we serve. About 37% of its homes were built before 1980 and more than half before 1990 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2023 5-year, table B25034). That shows up in our work: 60- and 100-amp services that were fine in 1965, Federal Pacific and Zinsco panels, ungrounded two-prong outlets, aluminum branch wiring from the early 70s, and additions wired three different ways by three different owners.

So in Chapel Hill our first visit is usually a panel and service check, and the quote is written against what we actually find, not a guess from the curb. Newer homes out toward Southern Village and Meadowmont get the newer-home calls: EV chargers, generator interlocks, landscape lighting and the home theater we mentioned.

Chapel Hill is on Duke Energy Carolinas, the old Duke Power side of the company, rather than Duke Energy Progress like most of Wake County. Rural Orange County outside town is largely Piedmont Electric. Either way the install is the same; the rebate paperwork is not.

Electrical permits inside the Town of Chapel Hill go through the Town’s Building & Development Services office on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. We pull them and book the inspections for you, and the permit fee is its own line on your quote.

Electrical services in Chapel Hill

Residential and commercial, the same licensed electricians either way.

Residential

Residential electrician

In Chapel Hill our residential work leans old-house: panel and service upgrades, aluminum-wiring repairs, ungrounded outlets, dedicated circuits for kitchens never meant to run a modern range and a microwave at once, and rewiring during remodels. Plus the fun stuff: home theater, chandeliers, landscape lighting and EV chargers.

Residential services
EV chargers

EV chargers

Going electric in Chapel Hill? We handle the circuit, the charger and the permit, and the paperwork for Duke Energy’s Charger Prep Credit (up to $1,117). Older homes often need a panel look first, which is why the quote is in-home and free.

Not sure your panel can take a charger? Our free load calculator runs the numbers in about a minute. Current programs are on Allied Repair’s rebates page.

EV charger installation

Electrical services offered by our electricians in Chapel Hill:

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The ARC Promise

Every Chapel Hill job is covered by the ARC Promise.

We started ARC because nobody we met was happy with the last electrician they hired. So we set three rules and put them in writing.

Read the Promise
  • Free in-home quotes. No trip charge, no estimate fee, no obligation, anywhere in Chapel Hill.
  • No commission. Our electricians are paid the same whether you spend $150 or $15,000, so nobody is selling you a panel you don’t need.
  • Free second opinions. Got a big quote from someone else? We’ll look at it, in person, for free.
How a visit works

From your call to the signed inspection

What happens when you call us from Chapel Hill.

  1. Call or send the form. A person answers Monday to Friday, 8 to 5. After hours the answering service takes the call and the on-call electrician calls you back.
  2. We come out, free. No trip charge, no estimate fee. The electrician looks at the actual job in your Chapel Hill home.
  3. Price in writing before work starts. Permit fee on its own line, no commission behind the number.
  4. We do the work, pull the permit and meet the inspector. Then the electrician signs the job. Our work is our signature.
ARC Signature Work

Our work is our signature

Every ARC job is photographed on site and signed by the electrician who did it. No Chapel Hill job is written up yet; the ones from the towns around you show how we work.

See signed jobs across Wake County

Quick answers for Chapel Hill

Do you charge a trip fee to come out to Chapel Hill?

No. In-home quotes are free anywhere in Chapel Hill, with no trip charge, no estimate fee and no obligation. You get the price in writing before any work starts. That’s the ARC Promise.

Who issues electrical permits in Chapel Hill?

Town of Chapel Hill Building & Development Services (919-968-2718). For panel upgrades, EV chargers, generators and other permitted work, ARC pulls the permit and schedules the inspections for you, and the permit fee is its own line on your quote. Our permits directory has the portal link.

What does an after-hours emergency call cost in Chapel Hill?

Nights, weekends and holidays carry a flat $365 dispatch fee, confirmed with you on the phone before anyone rolls, on top of the repair. During office hours there is no emergency fee. If you smell burning or see scorching at an outlet or panel, call (919) 888-3500 rather than wait for morning. More on the emergency page.

Is Chapel Hill Duke Energy Progress or Duke Energy Carolinas?

Chapel Hill is Duke Energy Carolinas; most of Wake County is Duke Energy Progress. They are two halves of the same company with separate territories, and you report outages to yours. For EV chargers, Duke’s Charger Prep Credit applies to Duke customers; if you are on Piedmont Electric out in the county, it does not.

Which parts of Chapel Hill do you cover?

The Town of Chapel Hill, including ZIP codes 27514, 27516 and 27517. Carrboro or the county roads beyond town? Call and ask; if we can’t reasonably reach you, we’ll tell you upfront rather than charge you for the drive.

Get a free in-home quote in Chapel Hill

Tell us what’s going on and we’ll call to set a time. Or skip the form and call now; a person answers.

  • No trip charge, no estimate fee, no obligation
  • Price in writing before work starts
  • Licensed electricians, not paid on commission
(919) 888-3500

ARC Electric

  • Address: 2406 Waco Commercial Ct, Fuquay-Varina, NC 27526
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Office hours: Monday–Friday, 8:00 am–5:00 pm
  • Emergency calls: 24/7, 365 days a year

ARC Electric and ARC Plumbing are divisions of Allied Repair Company

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