The letter names Federal Pacific on an East Central bungalow that still has a 100-amp box from before heat pumps were common. Building Inspections still wants the electrical permit. Rocky Mountain Power still owns the seal.
The city inspector will not pull a Rocky Mountain Power meter. Rocky Mountain Power will not print the Washington Boulevard electrical permit. Those two systems do not match. A helper with a van cannot stand in for either one.
What the utilities actually wrote
Ogden bills are Rocky Mountain Power. Confirm the logo on the bill before anyone prices the job.
Start with the Electric Service Requirements. All physical disconnects shall be done by Power Company personnel.
Customers or their agents shall not physically disconnect their service.
Section 3.5 is the meter rule. The customer must consult the Power Company before any work that involves relocation, rewiring, removal, or installation of a meter.
Customers are not authorized to perform any work on any Power Company meter. That includes removing or interfering with the meter or its connection. That is not a homeowner meter-pull path.
Rocky Mountain Power does not publish a guaranteed power-off hour count. Temporary disconnect questions go to 1-800-469-3981.
Permits in Ogden and on the northern Wasatch Front
Inside Ogden, start at Building Inspections, Ogden Municipal Building, 2549 Washington Boulevard, Suite 240. The phone is 801-629-8950.
Who pulls the permit matters. The city’s permit-requirements page wants a permit before an electrical system is altered, changed, extended, installed, repaired, or replaced. The city’s FAQ lets a homeowner pull a permit on an owner-occupied residence. That same FAQ sends commercial work and every rental to a Utah State licensed contractor. Owning the home does not mean you should pull the permit and then hire someone under your name.
South Ogden, Roy, Riverdale, Clearfield, Layton, and other Weber or Davis cities file at their own counters. A quote that only says “we handle the permit” should name the city on the address.
Price, without inventing one
One Ogden contractor page publishes a 200-amp band and does not hide the higher line.
Copperview Electric’s panel-upgrade page prints a typical 100-amp to 200-amp upgrade at $1,500 to $3,000. The same paragraph says jobs that need mast, meter-base, or code-correction work can run higher. Those two lines do not match. We will not average them. We are not inventing a Weber midpoint from either line.
Utah DOPL lookup is public. Ask for the 5501 contractor number and check it before you sign. One shop advertises this work on their own site and prints a license number. Copperview Electric’s panel page names Zinsco and Federal Pacific. The shop’s own homepage prints Utah DOPL contractor license 13884302-5501. They write daily work across Ogden, Roy, and Davis County. They are listed for the panel letter, not as a Weber directory.
Directory-only shops are omitted. A page that names these brands and does not print a Utah DOPL number 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 Ogden or other northern Wasatch Front 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.
Typical replacement cost
One Ogden shop publishes a 200-amp band and a higher line for mast work. We are not inventing a Weber midpoint from them
$1,500 to $3,000
Typical 100-amp to 200-amp service upgrade across Utah, before mast, meter-base, or code-correction work
Their Ogden panel-upgrade page. The same paragraph says jobs that need mast, meter-base, or code-correction work can run higher. Those two lines do not match. We will not average them. We are not inventing a Weber midpoint from either line.
Source: Copperview Electric
Permit
Ogden City Building Inspections
Who pulls it: Building Inspections sits in the Ogden Municipal Building, 2549 Washington Boulevard, Suite 240, Ogden, UT 84401. The permits office is 801-629-8950. The city’s permit-requirements page is blunt. A permit is required to alter, change, extend, install, repair, or replace an electrical system. The city’s FAQ is just as blunt on who may file. Commercial work and all residential rentals require a Utah State licensed contractor. On an owner-occupied residence, the homeowner or a Utah State licensed contractor may obtain the permit. South Ogden, Roy, Layton, and unincorporated Weber County are not the Washington Boulevard file.
South Ogden, Roy, Riverdale, Clearfield, Layton, and other Davis or Weber cities file at their own counters. A quote that only says we handle the permit should name the city on the address. Utah electrical-contractor advertising is the DOPL number. Ask for the 5501 contractor number they will put on the Ogden file.
Utility coordination
Rocky Mountain Power on most Ogden bills
Who disconnects: Rocky Mountain Power’s Electric Service Requirements are blunt. All physical disconnects shall be done by Power Company personnel. Customers or their agents shall not physically disconnect their service. The customer must consult the Power Company before any work that involves relocation, rewiring, removal, or installation of a meter. Customers are not authorized to perform any work on any Power Company meter, including removing or interfering with the meter or its connection. That is not a homeowner meter-pull path. Temporary disconnect questions go to 1-800-469-3981.
Outage window: Rocky Mountain Power does not publish a guaranteed power-off hour count for a residential panel swap.
Confirm the logo on the bill before anyone prices the job. City of Ogden addresses are Rocky Mountain Power. A like-for-like panel swap still needs the city inspection and that Rocky Mountain Power disconnect. A service-size change is still that disconnect and reconnect, not a helper cutting the seal. Copperview Electric writes that most residential upgrades finish in about one day on site once the ticket is set. That is a contractor field note.
What to hand the insurer
- Closed City of Ogden or other northern Wasatch Front electrical permit
- Passed electrical inspection
- Invoice showing the Utah DOPL number used on the permit
- Photos of the old and new panel if the carrier’s letter asks for them
- Load calculation or panel schedule if the electrician produced one
Ask your agent for the exact list. Carriers do not publish a single national checklist.
Electricians who advertise this job
A shop is listed only if it advertises Federal Pacific, Zinsco, or insurance-driven panel replacement on its own site and prints a license number there. Trade-association locators already exist. We will not pad this list. Verify the license before you hire.
To get introduced, use the quote form on this page. We do not send you to the shop from here.
Copperview Electric
Ogden, UT
Published license: 13884302-5501 (Utah Division of Professional Licensing)
Own Ogden panel-upgrade page that names Zinsco and Federal Pacific replacement, backed by Utah DOPL contractor license 13884302-5501 printed on the shop’s own homepage and that same page.
How this page was built
Compiled by Panel Letter on 2026-09-27 from the public pages below. If a fact was not on a cited page, it is marked as unverified in the copy. This is a research guide, not a bid.
- Copperview Electric, Electrical panel and meter upgrades
Names Zinsco and Federal Pacific. Prints a typical 100-amp to 200-amp upgrade in the $1,500 to $3,000 range and says mast, meter-base, or code-correction work can run higher. Prints UT Lic. 13884302-5501. Names Rocky Mountain Power coordination.
- Copperview Electric, Homepage
Prints UT Lic. 13884302-5501. Names Zinsco and Federal Pacific panel replacement. Public shop email is on this page. 5048 Viking Drive, Ogden.
- Ogden City, Building Permits and Inspections
2549 Washington Boulevard, Suite 240. Permits office 801-629-8950.
- Ogden City, Permit requirements
A permit is required to alter, change, extend, install, repair, or replace an electrical system.
- Ogden City, Building Inspections FAQ
Commercial and all residential rentals require a Utah State licensed contractor. Owner-occupied residential work may be pulled by the homeowner or a Utah State licensed contractor.
- Rocky Mountain Power, Electric Service Requirements
Section 1.8. All physical disconnects by Power Company personnel. Customers and agents shall not physically disconnect service. Section 3.5. Customers are not authorized to work on a Power Company meter.
- Utah Division of Professional Licensing, License lookup
Official Utah contractor lookup.