Electrical services
Two locations, two local teams. Pick your market to reach the franchise that handles your area.
Keil Electric is a licensed electrical contractor with two locations: Keil Electric San Diego (license #1109913) covering San Diego County and Keil Electric Austin (license #40645) covering the Austin metro.
Same scope on either side. Pick the shop that covers your area and we will route you to the right crew.
Active issues (smoke, sparks, water near electrical, partial power) are emergencies. Things that broke but aren't dangerous are repairs. New equipment is installation. "Is this safe?" is inspection. Major projects are layout and design. We sort the call into the right scope on the first conversation.
Calls placed from San Diego pages go to the San Diego team. Calls from Austin pages go to the Austin team. Each franchise has its own phone, license, and crew. No national call center, no cross-market dispatch.
We don't quote major work over the phone. Real quotes need real conditions: panel photos, load lists, access path documentation. The diagnostic or scoping visit produces the written quote.
Most installation and renovation scopes require permits. We pull the permit, schedule any inspections, and meet any inspector. Permit timelines vary by jurisdiction and we tell the homeowner the realistic timeline at quote.
If we look at the work and decide it's outside our service area or beyond what we should be doing, we say so. The opposite (taking on work we shouldn't) creates problems for the homeowner and the brand.
We listen to what's happening, ask the questions that determine emergency vs repair vs install vs inspect, and either dispatch immediately (emergency) or schedule the next step.
For repair, install, and project work, we visit the property, document conditions, and write the scope. The diagnostic fee is disclosed before the visit.
For installation and renovation work that requires a permit, we pull it before scheduling the work. Permit requirements vary by district. The realistic permit timeline is part of the calendar conversation.
Work gets scheduled on the team's calendar with margin for unexpected conditions. Inspection follows per the AHJ's sequence.
Every job ends with a walkthrough and written documentation of what was done. The homeowner has a record of the scope, the inspector's sign-off, and the warranty terms.
Not every job requires a permit. When the local AHJ requires one, we pull it, schedule the inspection, and stay with the job until it passes. No paperwork on you.
Written warranty: 5-year on outlets, fixtures, and EV chargers; 10-year on wire and breakers; lifetime on panelboxes and surge protection. Parts and labor. Transfers with the home.
Electrical safety is mostly about not making the wrong call on what counts as an emergency. Active heat, smoke, sparks, burning smell, partial power, water near electrical, and hot or buzzing breakers are emergencies. Don't reset a breaker that just tripped without understanding why. Don't plug high-draw equipment into circuits that aren't sized for it. Don't modify wiring without understanding the existing system. When in doubt, call. Diagnostic visits are cheaper than the consequences of an unaddressed safety issue. For active danger (visible flames, electrical shock, electrocution risk), call 911 first and the local franchise second.
Real work from our San Diego and Austin shops. Same standards, same warranty, every job.
For electrical services, here's the honest comparison. We'd tell you the same thing if we weren't trying to win the job.
Most homeowners arrive at “I need an electrician” without knowing which kind of electrician they need. The work splits into clear categories. Emergency response for active issues like smoke, sparks, or partial power. Repair scope for things that broke and need fixing. Installation scope for new equipment or new circuits. Inspection scope when the issue is “is this safe?” Project scope for renovations, builds, and additions.
Keil Electric covers the full residential and commercial scope across two locations. The San Diego shop (license #1109913) handles San Diego County from a San Diego shop. The Austin shop (license #40645) handles the Austin metro from a Austin shop. Each location has its own owner, its own license, its own phone, and its own crew.
This page is a starting point, not a finish line. Below is how to figure out which scope your work falls into, what to expect at the first call, and how to get to the right local team without wasting time.
Active electrical issues that smell, smoke, spark, or shock fall into emergency scope. Water near electrical equipment, partial power across the property, hot or buzzing breakers, and breakers that trip and refuse to reset all qualify. Call the local shop immediately. Don’t wait for a scheduled visit.
Things that broke but aren’t actively dangerous fall into repair scope. A dead outlet, a switch that doesn’t work, a light fixture that flickers, a circuit that trips under specific loads. Repair calls get scheduled within the local team’s availability and start with a diagnostic visit.
New equipment or new circuits fall into installation scope. EV chargers, generators, hot tubs, panel upgrades, lighting, ceiling fans, outlet relocations during renovation. Installation work involves a site visit, a written quote, permit work where applicable, and a scheduled install date.
“Is this safe?” questions fall into inspection scope. Pre-purchase home inspections, post-storm safety checks, code-correction work tied to a city or utility report. Inspection visits produce a written summary of findings and a clear path for any corrections.
Major projects (additions, ADUs, full renovations, new builds, light commercial buildouts) fall into electrical layout and design scope, which involves the GC, the architect, and a coordinated rough-in plan.
The property address, what’s happening, when it started, and any relevant photos move the conversation faster. For panel work, a clear photo of the full panel and the label (if readable) lets the team scope before the site visit. For new equipment installs, the equipment model and where it will be located help us pre-check panel capacity.
For commercial requests, the building address, building type, and a named project contact route the call into commercial dispatch rather than residential.
each shop operates independently. Calls placed from San Diego pages reach the San Diego team. Calls placed from Austin pages reach the Austin team. The phone numbers, license numbers, and team are local.
The two locations share a brand standard for safety, code compliance, and customer communication, but each operates on its own. The owner is local. The crew is local. The trucks are stocked locally. We don’t route through a national queue, and we don’t dispatch from one market into the other.
We don’t quote major work over the phone without a site visit. Real quotes need real conditions documented.
We don’t pull permits without scope clarity. Permit applications that say “general electrical work” get rejected. We scope before we permit.
We don’t work outside our service areas. San Diego County and the Austin metro are our markets. If you’re outside these areas, we’ll be straightforward about it on the first call.
We don’t recommend work the homeowner doesn’t need. If we look at a panel and conclude that the existing system is fine, we say so.
Emergency calls during business hours get same-day dispatch when capacity allows. Outside of business hours we return voicemail as quickly as possible, and life-safety emergencies should always start with a 911 call before us.
Repair calls typically get scheduled within a few business days, sometimes faster depending on the team’s load and the urgency of the issue.
Installation work runs on the team’s quote-to-install timeline, which depends on permit turnaround, equipment lead times, and the homeowner’s calendar.
“Electrical service” is the umbrella term that covers everything from a 30-minute outlet replacement to a full panel upgrade. The work breaks down into a few categories that share the same core process, licensed electrician walks the job, scope written before pricing, permit pulled where required, written warranty on the install, but differ widely in scale and complexity.
Single-circuit and single-device work: outlet replacement, switch swap, fixture install, dedicated circuit added for a window unit or appliance, GFCI added in a bathroom that pre-dates current code. Most service work completes in a single visit. We pull a permit when the AHJ requires it for the specific scope; minor device replacement on existing circuits sometimes does not require permit but always follows code.
Multi-day or multi-circuit scopes: panel upgrade, EV charger install, generator install, rewiring during a remodel, lighting upgrade across multiple rooms, low-voltage network buildout. Project work always requires a permit, often involves rough-in and final inspection, and gets coordinated with other trades when the scope overlaps (kitchen remodel coordinates with plumbing and HVAC; addition coordinates with framing and insulation).
Troubleshooting unknown faults: a circuit that trips intermittently, an outlet that does not work but the breaker is on, a burning smell with no visible source, lights that flicker on certain appliances. Diagnostic work charges for the time to find the fault, then quotes the repair separately. Sometimes the fault is a 5-minute fix; sometimes it points to a larger underlying issue that needs its own scope.
Most service calls follow the same shape, regardless of scope:
Some electrical work is genuinely DIY territory. Most is not. The distinction:
Two pricing models cover most jobs:
We do not use surprise change orders. If the scope grows mid-job because of something we found, we stop, document the change, get sign-off, and proceed. The homeowner always knows what is being charged before the work happens.
Both locations cover the full residential and commercial scope: emergency repair, panel work, rewiring, outlet and switch work, lighting, EV charger installation, generator installation, low-voltage network wiring, and electrical layout and design.
Yes. The San Diego location holds California license #1109913. The Austin location holds Texas license #40645. Both are listed on the location pages and on every page within each franchise.
San Diego County properties go through the San Diego franchise. Properties in the Austin metro DMA go through the Austin franchise. Each location lists its full city service area on /san-diego/service-areas/ and /austin/service-areas/.
No. Each location publishes its own direct phone number, and calls placed from that location's pages reach the local office, not a national queue.
Yes. Both locations cover light commercial, tenant improvements, and ongoing facility electrical service. Commercial requests use a named contact rather than the residential dispatch flow.
Pick the location closest to your property to reach the local team and request a real plan.
