Encino, 91436 and 91316
Electrical contractor in Encino.
South of Ventura Boulevard, Encino climbs into the Santa Monica Mountains and the lots get large: estates off Royal Oaks, Encino Hills and the streets toward Mulholland, many of them being torn down and rebuilt as new custom homes. County Line Electric works there as the electrical contractor for the builders and the owners.
- LADBSCity of Los Angeles permits
- LADWPElectric utility
- 91436The hillside estates
What is different here
A Los Angeles neighborhood, with Los Angeles rules and a city-owned utility.
Encino is part of the City of Los Angeles, not a city of its own, so electrical permits and inspections come from the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety, and the electric utility is the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power rather than Edison. That changes the paperwork for anything larger than a circuit: a new service, a generator, a battery or an EV charger that can export all go through LADWP's own process, and the hillside lots south of Ventura Boulevard add the city's hillside and fire zone rules to the permit.
The hills of 91436, from Royal Oaks and Encino Hills up toward Mulholland Drive, are inside the Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone and see LADWP's own public safety shutoffs in wind events. North of the boulevard, 91316 is flatter and older, with the remodels and service upgrades that come with houses from the 1950s.
What we do here
The work, in this area.
New construction electrical
Ground-up custom homes, rough-in to finish, as the electrical sub on the builder's roster.
For buildersLutron lighting and shading
HomeWorks control, Ketra tunable light and motorized shades, designed room by room.
LightingHome automation
Control, security, shades, audio and video, networking, pre-wired at rough-in.
AutomationStandby generators
Generac whole-home backup, sized to the house, permitted, serviced twice a year.
Generator estimateEV charger installation
Level 2 charging with a load calculation first, permitted and inspected.
EVFire rebuild electrical
Complete electrical systems for homes rebuilt after the fires, to current code, with backup power planned in.
RebuildNew custom homes
The teardowns south of the boulevard are new construction in every sense.
A large Encino lot that has been cleared for a new house gets the full electrical scope: temporary power, the LADWP service application, a service sized for an all-electric house with chargers and a pool, rough-in, the Lutron and automation backbone, finish and the final with LADBS. County Line works as the electrical subcontractor on that scope, reads the plans before the walk and flags the conflicts between the lighting plan and the framing before they become change orders.
On those houses the backup design belongs in the drawings: a generator, a battery and the conduit for bidirectional EV charging specified at rough-in, which is the start of a Residential Microgrid at a fraction of the retrofit cost.
Lighting and automation
The systems the new houses are built around.
The new houses in the Encino hills are designed around their systems: Lutron HomeWorks lighting control with engraved keypads in every room, Ketra tunable light in the kitchen and the primary suite, motorized shades on the canyon-facing glass, and an automation backbone carrying audio, video, the network, cameras and the gate. County Line runs the dimming panels, the keypad runs and the low-voltage pathways at rough-in so the integrator's work at finish has somewhere to go.
Service pages
Service pages for Encino.
County Line Electric at a glance
- 20+ yrsIn businessJeff Tucker has run County Line Electric in the Conejo Valley for over 20 years.
- #949580California contractor licenseLicensed, bonded and insured. Check it on the CSLB site any time.
- GeneracStandby generator estimatesA written estimate after a site visit and a load calculation.
- A+BBB Accredited since 2017Rated A+ by the Better Business Bureau. See the profile.
- 5.0HomeAdvisor ratingFive stars from every reviewed job. Read the reviews.
Encino questions
Who issues electrical permits in Encino?
Encino is in the City of Los Angeles, so electrical permits and inspections come from the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety. The electric utility is LADWP, which has its own process for new services and for equipment that can export power. County Line Electric handles both.
Does County Line Electric work on new custom homes in Encino?
Yes. County Line Electric works as the electrical subcontractor on new custom homes in the Encino hills, 91436, from temporary power and the LADWP service through rough-in, Lutron and automation wiring, finish and the LADBS final.
Official references
Where the facts on this page come from.
County Line links to the authorities rather than restating them. Rules change; these pages are current.
- Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety: permits and inspections
- LADWP: the electric utility and its shutoff program
- Fire Hazard Severity Zones: the hills south of Ventura Boulevard
- CSLB license check: license #949580
Next step
Pricing a house in Encino? Send it.
Site city, project type, phase and a few lines of scope. Jeff reads every one and calls back on the ones where County Line is the right electrical sub. No plans on the public form, please.
Or call (805) 499-0823. Monday to Friday, 9 to 5.