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Electrical Panel Upgrade · Kansas
A panel upgrade replaces your breaker panel, and often the service entrance, so the home can safely carry more load: an EV charger, heat pump, induction range or addition. It always needs a permit, and usually needs the utility to disconnect and reconnect power.
Tornado season and summer heat drive storm repair, surge protection and AC circuit work.
Across the South Central, homes deal with long, hot summers, severe storms and occasional hard freezes. Permit offices, utilities and housing stock differ by city, which affects how electrical panel upgrade is planned and scheduled. These local guides cover the Kansas cities where we have written specific notes.
Wichita's post-war ranch homes, built in large numbers during the city's aviation boom, often have 100 amp panels with little room for new circuits. Adding a larger AC system, an EV charger, a shop or a basement finish usually needs a panel or service upgrade.
Utility: Evergy
North Overland Park's 1950s and 1960s ranch homes often have 100 amp panels that are already full, and some have brands electricians commonly recommend replacing. Adding central air, a finished basement, an EV charger or a hot tub usually requires an upgrade to 200 amps.
Utility: Evergy
1. Load calculation
The electrician sizes the service from your existing and planned loads.
2. Permit and utility coordination
The permit is pulled and the utility schedules disconnect and reconnect.
3. Install the panel and service parts
New panel, breakers, grounding and bonding, and service conductors or meter base if needed.
4. Inspection
The local inspector checks the work before or after power is restored, depending on the jurisdiction.
Electricians set their own prices; local permit fees and utility requirements add to these factors.
Permits come from the city or county where the home is. For example: Wichita: Wichita and Sedgwick County share a joint permitting office, the Metropolitan Area Building and Construction Department (MABCD), which issues electrical permits and licenses for the area. Overland Park: Electrical permits come from the City of Overland Park's building safety division.
Wichita: Evergy. Overland Park: Evergy.
If you have 100 amps or less and are adding an EV charger, heat pump or electric range, or your panel is a Federal Pacific, Zinsco or fuse box, ask an electrician for a load calculation.
Usually most of one working day, depending on the scope and how quickly the utility reconnects.
Yes, in essentially every US jurisdiction. The electrician pulls it and schedules the inspection.
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