Federal Pacific panel replacement in Longview

Big Sandy's Chosen 1 Electric names Federal Pacific and Zinsco on its Longview panel page, and the shop's site prints TECL #41543.

Under SWEPCO's handbook, only personnel SWEPCO has authorized cut the seal. Under section 4.12, a registered master electrician acquires the Longview permit and inspections. Those two systems do not match. A crew member without SWEPCO's authorization does not cut that seal, and a crew member without a 4.12 registration does not sign the permit.

What the utilities actually wrote

SWEPCO's handbook only binds SWEPCO meters, so check the name on your bill before the quote goes out.

Start with the Electric Service Handbook. Only personnel who are qualified and authorized by SWEPCO are permitted to remove and install meters.

Only qualified personnel, authorized by SWEPCO, are permitted to cut seals, and remove or install meters.

In special circumstances, exceptions may be granted to qualified electrical contractors by contacting SWEPCO’s Meter Department, Service Center Supervisor, or a designated representative. That exception is not a homeowner meter-pull path.

SWEPCO does not publish a guaranteed power-off hour count. Chosen 1's panel page says the shop coordinates the utility disconnect and reconnect, so ask its quote for the outage window in writing.

Permits in Longview

Inside the city, start at Building Inspection, 410 S. High Street. The phone is 903-237-1074.

Who pulls the permit matters. Section 4.22 lets a homestead owner perform electrical work on that owner’s own residential homestead after a permit is first obtained. The owner has to show proof of homestead exemption. Hired electrical work still goes through a registered master electrician under section 4.12. Section 4.22 is for an owner doing the wiring. Once you pay someone, the permit belongs under that person's 4.12 registration.

City Hall at 300 W. Cotton Street is not this counter. The online portal is for contractors and licensed trades. Homestead-exempt files still go in person or by phone at High Street. A quote that only says “we handle the permit” should name the city on the address.

Price, without inventing one

Chosen 1 leaves price off its Longview panel page. The two bands below come from a Temple shop and a Dallas shop, so neither one is an East Texas number.

MEP's Temple panel page calls about $3,000 to $3,500 typical for a 200-amp replacement or upgrade. Clements, writing for Dallas houses, puts a 100-amp to 200-amp Federal Pacific replacement at $2,200 to $4,800, with panel, breakers, permit, inspection, and labor counted in. A Longview number has to come from a shop that works here, in writing. Those two systems do not match. We will not average them. We are not inventing a High Street midpoint from either system.

TDLR's record for 41543 reads Electrical Contractor under Chosen One Services LLC, good through 06/10/2027. A quote from any other shop deserves the same lookup before you sign. Chosen 1’s Longview panel page names Federal Pacific and Zinsco. The shop’s own site prints TECL #41543. The shop's address is in Big Sandy, in Upshur County, and its panel page names Tyler and Longview among the places it works. We name it because the license checked out. It is not a full list of Longview electricians.

Directory-only shops are omitted. No TECL on the site meant no spot on this page, even when the site named Federal Pacific. The listed shop is not affiliated with Panel Letter.

What to hand the carrier

The useful packet is the closed City of Longview 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.