Licensed Electrical Subcontractor in North Jersey
A. Russo Electric works as the electrical sub on residential and commercial jobs across North Jersey. NJ Lic. #9831, 35+ years, permits pulled and inspections met. Need a second bid on an electrical scope instead? We do that too.
Sub Work and Second Bids
Most GCs reach out for one of these two things. Both are fine, and we will tell you straight which one you actually need.
You need a licensed electrical sub
- Service and panel upgrades on renovations
- Full rough and finish on additions and gut jobs
- Whole home rewiring, including knob and tube removal
- Generac standby generator installs, factory trained
- Pool, spa, and outdoor electrical, including bonding
- Commercial fit outs, tenant work, and exterior lighting
- EV charger circuits on new builds and retrofits
You have a bid and want it checked
- Send the electrical scope and the number you were quoted
- Andy prices the same scope, itemized, so it is comparable
- If the other bid is fair, he says so. That happens often
- If something is missing from it, he tells you what and why
- No charge and no pressure to switch subs
Six Questions That Explain Most Price Gaps
When two electrical bids on the same job are thousands apart, it is almost never the labor rate. It is scope. Ask both bidders these.
Is the contractor’s license number on the bid, and does it check out?
New Jersey licenses electrical contractors through the Board of Examiners of Electrical Contractors, and the license is statewide. A legitimate bid puts the number on the page. You can verify it yourself through the Division of Consumer Affairs. If a bid does not carry a number, that is the first thing to ask about. A. Russo Electric is NJ Lic. #9831.
Does the bid say who pulls the permit and who meets the inspector?
The license is statewide but the permit is not. Every job gets filed with that town’s construction office and inspected by that town’s electrical subcode official. Bids get cheap fast when the permit quietly becomes somebody else’s problem. Andy files the permit, schedules the township inspection, and meets the inspector on site.
Is the service and panel included, or assumed?
The most common gap between two bids on the same job is whether the existing service can actually carry the new load. One bid prices the work. The other prices the work plus the 200 amp service the work is going to require. Those are not the same job, and the cheaper one is not cheaper.
Are materials specified, or just ‘materials included’?
Panel brand, wire gauge, breaker type, fixture spec. If a bid does not name them, you are comparing a number to a number and not a scope to a scope. Ask both bidders to itemize and the gap usually explains itself.
Who is responsible if it fails inspection?
Ask directly and get the answer in writing. Rework, re-inspection fees, and schedule slip are real costs and they land on the GC when nobody claimed them up front.
Is there a certificate of insurance, and is it current?
Ask for the COI before the bid conversation, not after the work starts. If a sub cannot produce one in a day, that tells you something.
What You Get
You talk to the licensed electrician
Andy Russo holds the license and runs the work. There is no estimator handing off to a crew lead who never saw the walkthrough.
Permits and inspections handled
He files with the township construction office, schedules the electrical inspection, and meets the subcode official on site. It does not come back to you.
Itemized scope, not a lump number
Service, panel, circuits, devices, and fixtures broken out so you can hold it against another bid line for line.
An honest no
If the schedule or the scope is not a fit, he says so up front instead of taking it and slipping. That is worth more to a GC than a yes.
One State License, Local Permits
New Jersey licenses electrical contractors through the Board of Examiners of Electrical Contractors under the Division of Consumer Affairs, and that license is valid statewide. Municipalities cannot require a separate local electrical contracting license. What they do require is a permit and an inspection, filed and performed through that town’s construction office under the NJ Uniform Construction Code. So one license, and a separate permit in every town. Andy handles the permit side on every job he takes.
Electrical Subcontractor in North Jersey — Common Questions
Yes. As a licensed electrical subcontractor in North Jersey, we provide a current certificate of insurance and our NJ contractor license number with every bid, no chasing required.
Andy shows up when he says he will and communicates directly if a schedule needs to shift, so you’re not the one absorbing the delay with your client.
NJ Lic. #9831, active and current. You can verify it directly with the state before you include us in a bid package.
Send the Scope
Get a Real Number on Your Electrical Scope
Send the plans, the scope, or the bid you already have. Andy comes back itemized, usually same day. If you would rather just talk it through, call.
What is the scope?
Pick one or more.
Where should Andy reach you?
He gets back to you with a real number, usually same day.
Got it
Andy will reach out with your quote. If the power is out, call now and skip the wait.
Licensed & insured · NJ Lic. #9831 · No obligation