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Electrical Panel Upgrade · Utah
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.
Fast growth along the Wasatch Front and cold winters drive EV chargers, panel upgrades and finished-basement circuits.
Across the Mountain West, homes deal with dry air, large temperature swings, wildfire seasons and heavy snow at elevation. Permit offices, utilities and housing stock differ by city, which affects how electrical panel upgrade is planned and scheduled. These local guides cover the Utah cities where we have written specific notes.
EV chargers and heat pumps are pushing many Salt Lake City homes past their original service size. Bungalows in Sugar House, Liberty Wells and the Avenues often have 60 or 100 amp services, and adding a heat pump to escape winter inversion season or an EV charger usually needs more capacity.
Utility: Rocky Mountain Power
Older Ogden homes in East Central and near downtown often have 60 or 100 amp services, and owners adding central air, a heat pump, a hot tub or an EV charger usually need more capacity. Mid-century homes on the bench may have panel brands electricians commonly recommend replacing.
Utility: Rocky Mountain Power
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: Salt Lake City: Electrical permits in Salt Lake City come from the city's Building Services division; other cities in the valley run their own. Ogden: Electrical permits inside city limits come from Ogden City's building services; Weber County and nearby cities issue their own.
Salt Lake City: Rocky Mountain Power. Ogden: Rocky Mountain Power.
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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