HB Power Electric is a licensed Washington electrical contractor (# HBPOWPE758PO) working in Everett, about 22 minutes north of our Bothell base. Everett issues its own electrical permits through the city, and Snohomish County PUD sets the rebates. Recent local work includes a 48 A Level 2 EV charger on a 200 A panel.
| Electric utility | Snohomish County PUD (SnoPUD) |
|---|---|
| Electrical permits | City of Everett Permit Services |
| From our Bothell base | About 22 minutes |
| Licence | WA Electrical Contractor # HBPOWPE758PO (General (01)) |
| Completed work here | Load calculation on an existing 200 A service, a new Eaton two-pole breaker labelled Car Charger, a short run to the garage door wall, and a NEMA 14-50 receptacle for a DeWalt 48 A Level 2 charger. (July 2026) |
Everett is the north end of our regular route and one of the easiest for us to reach — about twenty minutes up I-5 with no ferry, no bridge and no toll. The housing stock through Everett, Mill Creek and Lynnwood is mostly post-1970 with 200 A services, which means EV chargers and heat-pump circuits usually go in without a service upgrade, and that keeps the job to one visit. Everett runs its own electrical permitting rather than using L&I. Snohomish County PUD is the utility, and it is worth knowing what it does and does not pay for: it still funds commercial and multifamily charging ports, but its residential charger rebate ended at the close of 2025.
Everett is one of the Washington cities that issues and inspects its own electrical permits. Unincorporated Snohomish County and cities such as Edmonds and Bothell fall to L&I instead, so two jobs ten minutes apart can have different permit paths and different fees.
City of Everett Permit Services — permit information ↗
Whichever office it is, the contractor buys the permit before work starts, which is what WAC 296-46B-901 requires. We pull it and we schedule the inspection.
Snohomish County PUD serves Everett, Lynnwood, Mill Creek, Marysville, Edmonds, Mountlake Terrace and the Snohomish County side of Bothell.
| Programme | What it pays | Who qualifies |
|---|---|---|
| Commercial and multifamily charger rebate Apply before you buy the equipment. | $1,000 per port at existing sites; $500 per port in new construction; maximum ten ports | Commercial and multifamily sites in SnoPUD territory; chargers from the qualified product list; claim within 90 days Verified 5 September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Business lighting rebate Apply before you buy the equipment. | Custom $0.35/kWh on equipment and $0.20/kWh on controls, capped at 70% of cost; T8 and T5 rebates 25% higher from 2026-09-01 | Business customers in SnoPUD territory Verified 5 September 2026 · source ↗ |
Utility incentives are set by Seattle City Light, Puget Sound Energy, Snohomish County PUD and Tacoma Power and change without notice. Figures were last verified on 5 September 2026. Most programs require pre-approval before equipment is purchased; HB Power Electric helps prepare applications but cannot guarantee approval or amounts.
The most common Everett job we get, and usually a single-visit one because the panel is already 200 A.
Where the service is still 100 A, this is the gateway to a charger, a heat pump or a battery.
Generator inlets and transfer switches ahead of the October–January windstorm season.
Mini-split and air-handler hookups for HVAC contractors working the Everett–Lynnwood–Mill Creek corridor.
Load calculation on an existing 200 A service, a new Eaton two-pole breaker labelled Car Charger, a short run to the garage door wall, and a NEMA 14-50 receptacle for a DeWalt 48 A Level 2 charger.
We cover Downtown Everett, Riverside, Bayside, Silver Lake, Harbour Pointe, Mukilteo, Mill Creek, Lynnwood and Mountlake Terrace , about 22 minutes from our Bothell base.
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No. The PUD's residential charger rebate ended on 31 December 2025, and any page still advertising it is out of date. What the PUD does still fund is commercial and multifamily charging: $1,000 per port at existing sites and $500 per port in new construction, up to ten ports, using chargers from its qualified product list, claimed within 90 days. Figures verified 5 September 2026.
The City of Everett. Everett, Lynnwood, Marysville and Mountlake Terrace all run their own electrical inspection programmes, while Edmonds, Bothell and unincorporated Snohomish County go through Washington L&I. It changes the fee and the inspector, not the requirement: the contractor buys the permit before the work starts.
Usually it fits. Most Everett-area houses built from the 1970s onward already have a 200 A service, and a 48 A charger on a 60 A breaker is comfortable on one once the load calculation is run. The cases that do need more are 100 A services, houses that have already added a heat pump and an induction range, and detached garages on a small feeder. We do the calculation before quoting rather than after.
Everett and Marysville are routine. Mount Vernon is occasional. Bellingham is about ninety minutes each way, so Whatcom County work is by arrangement only and we will say so plainly rather than quote it as a normal service area. If you are north of Marysville, call and we will tell you honestly whether we are the right people for the job.
Call or text and you will reach the owner, not a call centre. For anything with a drawing, an equipment list or a deadline, send it through the quote form and you will get a written scope back.
We reply as soon as we are off the job — usually the same day.
HB POWER ELECTRIC LLC · Licensed Washington Electrical Contractor, Licence # HBPOWPE758PO (General (01)) · WA UBI 605 986 025 · Bonded ($4,000 electrical contractor bond, RCW 19.28.041) · Designated Electrical Administrator: Yurii Havryliv, HAVRYY*765MP · Verify us on L&I ↗