Federal Pacific panel replacement in College Station

Longmire Drive is where one shop prints the TECL. College Station Utilities still owns the meter. The Building Division still wants the electrical permit first.

The city inspector will not own the CSU seal. CSU will not print the Texas Avenue electrical permit. Those two systems do not match. A helper with a van cannot stand in for either one.

What the utilities actually wrote

Most College Station bills are College Station Utilities. Confirm the logo on the bill before anyone prices the job.

Start with the Electric Guidelines. The breaking of a seal by anyone other than authorized persons or tampering with CSU's meters and measuring devices is prohibited.

Where CSU detects tampering that causes unauthorized use or loss of meter registration, CSU may discontinue the supply of electric energy without notice and remove its meter.

The connection of any Customer owned apparatus or device to the service conductors ahead of CSU owned meters or to the meter socket without CSU authorization is expressly forbidden. Devices between the CSU owned meter socket and the CSU-owned meter are prohibited. That is not a homeowner meter-pull path.

CSU does not publish a guaranteed power-off hour count. Bryan bills are often Bryan Texas Utilities. That is a different disconnect desk.

Permits in College Station and in Bryan

Inside the city, start at Planning and Development Services, Building Division, 1101 Texas Avenue. The phone is 979.764.3570.

Who pulls the permit matters. Electrical permits are required to install electrical wiring, devices, appliances, fixtures and electrical equipment. A homeowner may obtain a building permit on a homestead without registering as a contractor. Licensed contractors must obtain all electrical, plumbing, and mechanical permits. Owning the home does not mean you should pull the permit and then hire someone under your name.

Bryan files at its own counter. A quote that only says “we handle the permit” should name the city on the address.

Price, without inventing one

Two Texas contractor pages publish panel bands and do not hide the split.

Hooked Up’s August 13, 2026 West Texas page prints a 100-amp to 200-amp upgrade at $2,200 to $3,800. MEP’s Temple page prints a typical 200-amp replacement or upgrade at $3,000 to $3,500. Those two systems do not match. We will not average them. We are not inventing a Texas Avenue midpoint from either system. Neither page was written for the Brazos Valley, so treat both bands as Texas reference points and get your own quote in writing.

TDLR lookup is public. Ask for the TECL and check it before you sign. One shop advertises this work on their own site and prints a license number. Britt Rice’s panel page names fuse box upgrades and FPE or Zinsco panel replacement. The shop’s own site prints TECL 18458. They write daily work from 3002 D Longmire Dr. They are listed for the panel letter, not as a Brazos Valley directory.

Directory-only shops are omitted. A page that names these brands and does not print a Texas TECL is not a listing. The listed shop is not affiliated with Panel Letter.

What to hand the carrier

The useful packet is the closed City of College Station or Bryan electrical permit, the passed electrical inspection, an invoice with the license number that was on the permit, and photos if the letter asks. If your electrician produces a load calculation or panel schedule, send that too. We did not find a carrier page that publishes a single statewide sticker form. Ask the agent what they will actually open.