Three generations of electricians, one Romney Street shop, and a phone line that's been ringing on the peninsula since Nixon was president. Residential, commercial, panel upgrades, EV chargers, generators — and 24/7 storm response when the Lowcountry needs it.
Three generations · Licensed & insured · Lowcountry born
From a flickering breaker after a thunderstorm to a full EV-charger install on a new build, our crew handles it. Honest diagnosis, transparent pricing, code-compliant work that holds up to Charleston humidity, salt air & storm seasons.
Whole-home rewires, dedicated circuits, ceiling fans, outlets, switches, smart-home installs — for the historic single-houses downtown and the new builds in Mt Pleasant alike.
Build-outs, tenant fit-ups, service upgrades, retrofits. We've wired Charleston offices, restaurants & retail for five decades — after-hours work to keep you open.
100-amp to 200-amp service upgrades. Federal Pacific, Zinsco, Pushmatic replacement — the dangerous old panels in Lowcountry homes get fixed right, with permits.
Level 2 home chargers, commercial stations, Tesla Wall Connector, ChargePoint, Wallbox. Load calcs, dedicated circuits, code-compliant install — ready for SC's EV future.
Whole-home standby generators — Generac, Kohler, Briggs & Stratton. Automatic transfer switches sized for your home. Because hurricane-season outages aren't optional anymore.
South Carolina averages 50+ thunderstorm days a year. Air terminals, down conductors, ground rods, whole-home surge protection. UL-listed systems for historic & modern homes.
Landscape, dock, accent & security lighting. Low-voltage paths, uplit live oaks, dockside fixtures rated for the salt & spray of Charleston harbor.
Power out? Sparking outlet? Line down on your property after a storm? We answer the phone, days, nights & through hurricane season. Family on the other end — not a call center.
Restaurants on King Street, law offices off Savannah Highway, new-construction rough-ins and night-lit homes on the water. Every photo below is a real Charleston Electrical Services job — no stock images.
A few jobs from the Charleston Electrical Services portfolio — TBONZ, Berlinsky Building Law Offices, Shades of Charleston, Tradd's & more.
From the historic peninsula to the salt marsh on Johns Island, from the Battery up to Summerville — our trucks roll out of 60 Romney Street, Charleston SC, and they've been rolling since 1972.
George Kornahrens graduated from Murray Vocational School in 1944 and spent the next twenty-eight years learning every panel, conduit and circuit in the Lowcountry. In 1972 he opened Charleston Electrical Services with one truck and a simple promise: do honest work, and stand behind it.
“Our relationship with our clients begins on the first day of contact — and only ends once they're fully satisfied with our work.”
Today John “Johnny” Oakley — a Trident Technical College graduate and George's successor — runs the shop on the same code: 18 electricians, 500+ projects, 11 industry awards, and a Romney Street phone line still answered by family.
Charleston averages more than 50 thunderstorm days a year, with hurricane warnings running June through November. When the wind brings a line down on your house at 2 a.m., you don't need a call center in Arizona — you need a Romney Street truck. We answer.
We don't run flashy ads. Most of our work comes from neighbors recommending neighbors — the same way Charleston has always done business.
"Power went out after a summer thunderstorm and we had a sparking panel. Johnny's crew was at the house within the hour. Honest, fast, and didn't try to upsell us into a whole panel replacement we didn't need."
"Used Charleston Electrical for our EV charger install on Daniel Island. They handled the load calc, the permits, the inspection — we just plugged the car in. Three generations of professionalism shows."
"Our 1880s single-house downtown needed a full rewire. They worked carefully around the historic plaster, pulled all the permits, and the inspector said it was some of the cleanest work he'd seen this year. That's why we keep calling them."
A yearly walkthrough catches the panel that's about to fail, the GFCI that's gone bad, the generator that won't crank when the next hurricane lines up offshore. Three tiers, switch anytime.
Sample plans, shown for illustration — your price is quoted per property after a first inspection. New customer? Start there and we'll confirm the right tier together.
Fill out the form — or skip it and call us. Either way, you'll talk to family, not a call center. We answer evenings & weekends for emergencies, all year, all storms.
Call (843) 722-8304 — family answers, the truck rolls. Storm-ready 24/7 from Romney Street to every corner of the Lowcountry.
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