Federal Pacific panel replacement in Las Vegas

Las Vegas Valley houses from the 1960s through the early 1990s went up when Federal Pacific and Zinsco were ordinary hardware. Summerlin’s first rings, Henderson tracts, and the older streets toward North Las Vegas still open those doors. Elite’s panel page names those brands as the ones that stall a sale. Citywide’s upgrade article says they should be replaced immediately. Ampere’s panel page says carriers often require it. The insurance letter is usually written somewhere else. The work is governed by whichever city sits on the parcel and, for the valley bill, by NV Energy.

Those two systems do not match. The city or county issues the electrical permit. NV Energy will not reconnect until that inspection is in their queue. A helper with a van is not the person who can print that permit or book the disconnect.

What NV Energy actually wrote

Start with the New Construction Portal guide. Temporary Disconnect/Reconnect (TDR) is the request used when NV Energy must shut off power so someone can perform maintenance or replace equipment with the same type. Upgrade Existing Service is the request to relocate a service or increase its amperage. Those are different tickets. Do not file a same-amp TDR for a 100-amp to 200-amp job.

The southern Nevada metering standard (RPI-G) is the other official page. Service will be connected by NV Energy after the service equipment is installed and a request for service has been made. Meters will be set after an inspection clearance has been given by the proper inspection agency.

That is not a homeowner meter-pull path.

NV Energy does not publish a guaranteed power-off hour count. Elite describes three to six hours off on install day. Citywide describes four to eight hours. Those are contractor field notes.

Permits inside the city and in the rest of the valley

Confirm the city on the parcel. Las Vegas, unincorporated Clark County, Henderson, and North Las Vegas are four counters.

Inside the City of Las Vegas, Building and Safety’s online-permit list names electric meter tag, panel change or service change as a no-plans online permit, and it tells you to schedule a 231 inspection for a service change. Applications run through the city’s Dashboard.

Unincorporated Clark County is not the Dashboard. Building and Fire Prevention’s simple-online-permit list allows a same-size panel replacement only. A 100-amp to 200-amp job is not that simple permit. It belongs on the standard electrical path in Citizen Access.

Henderson and North Las Vegas run their own building officials. Manufactured-home work goes to the Nevada State Manufactured Housing Division.

Nevada electrical-contractor advertising is the C-2 number on the State Contractors Board. A quote that only says “we handle the permit” should name the city on the address.

Price, without inventing one

Elite’s Las Vegas panel page publishes installed bands and does not hide the spread. A 100-amp upgrade, including the permit, is printed at $1,500 to $2,500. A 200-amp upgrade is printed at $2,000 to $3,500. A 400-amp job is printed at $3,500 to $6,000 or more. They call those general ranges. We are not averaging them, and we are not substituting a national calculator’s midpoint.

Nevada license lookup is public. Ask for the C-2 number and check it on the State Contractors Board before you sign. Three shops advertise this work on their own sites and print a number. Elite’s panel page names Federal Pacific and Zinsco and prints 0091964. Citywide’s upgrade article names both brands and prints 0087651. Ampere’s panel page names both brands and prints 88495. They are listed for the panel letter, not as a valley directory.

Directory-only shops are omitted. A franchise page that names these brands and does not print a license is not a listing. None of the listed shops are affiliated with Panel Letter.

What to hand the carrier

The useful packet is the closed city or county electrical permit, the inspection NV Energy needs before reconnect, an invoice with the C-2 number on it, 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.