Every job in Wake County and the surrounding area is handled personally by Stephen Hobbs-Stone — a licensed electrician and licensed electrical engineer. Code-compliant, permit-ready, and built to last.
Lighten Up Electrical is built for customers who want electrical work done by someone who can both install it and engineer it. That includes homeowners adding a panel, EV charger, or generator hookup; remodelers and GCs who need a licensed contractor who reads plans and shows up on schedule; and business owners managing tenant build-outs, equipment circuits, or three-phase service work.
Residential and commercial scopes are both fully in range. One- and two-family dwellings follow the 2017 NEC with NC amendments; commercial, industrial, and multi-family work follows the 2020 NEC. Stephen Hobbs-Stone — a licensed electrician and licensed professional electrical engineer — handles every job personally. No dispatcher, no rotating crew, no work subcontracted out.
Estimates are written, itemized, and provided before any work begins. Permits and inspections are pulled and coordinated as part of the job — no juggling town offices on your end.
Replace outdated electrical panels with modern, code-compliant breaker boxes sized for today's electrical loads. Residential and commercial.
Level 2 home and commercial EV charging station installation. Proper panel assessment, dedicated circuit, and permit-ready work.
Inlet boxes, manual transfer switches, and dedicated circuits to safely power your home or business from a portable generator during outages.
Recessed lighting, fixtures, chandeliers, outdoor/landscape lighting, and LED upgrades. Interior and exterior for homes and businesses.
New construction, additions, and remodel wiring. Outlets, switches, ceiling fans, dedicated circuits, and whole-home rewires.
Tenant build-outs, HVAC connections, commercial lighting, transformers, and industrial power distribution for businesses of all sizes.
Tripped breakers, dead outlets, flickering lights, GFCI failures, and code violations diagnosed and repaired correctly the first time.
Most electrical problems don't fit neatly into one category. A flickering light might be a dimmer issue, a loose connection, or a sign of something larger. A planned EV charger might or might not require a panel upgrade. If you're not sure what you need, describe what's going on and we'll tell you what category the work falls into — and what it's likely to cost — before any work starts.