AC Electric
Company Overview
You need a team that combines expertise and trustworthiness for your electrical contracting tasks. Here at AC Electric, our licensed electricians stand by to support you. Since our inception in 1984, we have offered quality electrical solutions to residential, commercial, and industrial clients throughout Austin. Our skilled team can manage everything from panel upgrades to extensive renovations. With extensive experience and a solid history of success, you can rely on us to complete the job correctly. At the core, it’s about delivering reliable and professional service. That’s our specialty.
Mike Short entered the electrical industry in 1970, beginning as an Apprentice and progressing to Journeyman Electrician, ultimately becoming a Master Electrician. Having learned from numerous esteemed contractors, he launched AC Electric in 1984. This locally operated electrical contracting company has been assisting homeowners and business owners for more than 26 years. We currently have a team of highly qualified Journeyman and Master Electricians who excel in the electrical field and value customer respect. We stand by our motto: ""Quality With Integrity Since 1984"". Contact us today for your FREE Estimate or FREE Safety Inspection!
Mike Short grew up in South and Central Texas, graduating from Halletsville High School in 1968. Upon moving to Austin that year, he enrolled in IBEW's Electrical Apprentice program, completing it in 1974 and earning his Journeyman Electrician license. Before earning his Master Electrician license, he gained critical experience under the mentorship of respected contractors in the Austin region. In 1976, he wed Debi Mayfield, and together they became partners in running the business when he founded AC Electric in 1984.
Mike Short is a family-oriented individual who actively participates in his church and community, always seeking ways to serve others.
Business Services
- Electric inspection
- Electric installation or replacement
- Electric panel installation
- Electric panel repair
- Electric repair
- Wire installation
- Generator installation
- Generator repair
- Light fixture installation
- Light fixture repair
Business Location & Hours
Mon: | 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM |
Tue: | 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM |
Wed: | 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM |
Thu: | 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM |
Fri: | 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM |
Sat: | Closed |
Sun: | Closed |
Recommended Customer Reviews

AC Electric has been out to my rental property multiple times over the past 5 years to perform COPALUM repairs on my aluminum wiring. They also assisted me with a kitchen renovation, helping me to replace aluminum wiring, adding new copper dedicated 20A circuits and install new LED undercabinet lights in the kitchen. Most recently they demolished my old 1969 electrical service entry on my rental property and re-installed a new one. They worked with my siding contractor to make sure the rotted siding was replaced behind the panels before they installed the new service. AC Electric brought by a loaner gas generator to keep our refrigerators & internet running overnight while the power was off. Photos are shown below of the service entry BEFORE and AFTER. I'm a picky client and their team has always done a quality job for a fair price.

Setting up the appointment was great, and Debi was very friendly.
However, I can't really rate the quality of work, because the guy never showed up! No call, no followup to reschedule, nothing. Thanks for wasting my time

I'm going to update my review once more here. I still can't say that I am happy with my experience--we were ultimately left with a job that was incomplete. However Debi did call me after my update and was very apologetic. She did not ask me to change my review, simply acknowledged that they fell short and apologized, and I felt it was sincere. They're a small family business and it sounds like personal events in their life disrupted the work.
So I guess what I would say is that if you want to support a local family business and avoid the big companies then I would still recommend AC. I hope my experience was a rare miss and they are able to get back to the quality service that I had heard about.

I don't think I've ever had a home service company I've actually liked, but AC Electric has changed my attitude. Mike Short and his crew exceed expectations every time I use them. Our older home has aluminum wiring, and when we bought it, ten years ago, AC Electric was one of the few companies with the expertise to fuse the aluminum and copper wires in a safe manner. We had them fix up every connection in the house and have been using them ever since. Once Mike came out to fix a faulty fuse and knew our home layout better than us - reminded me that a corner cabinet was placed in front of a GFI outlet that tripped and was the cause of the outage. This weekend, we took a ceiling fan/light down and saw some aluminum wiring and a handyman couldn't do the job. AC Electric is out here making sure every fan is tied in safely with the aluminum wiring, for free because Mike says if they missed it then, they are finishing the job right TEN YEARS LATER! Talk about a long term commitment to customer service! They are friendly on the phone, prompt when they say they'll arrive and get the job done right. Stop wasting your time looking for an electrician and get hooked up for life with AC Electric, they're the only guys I'll be using.

I needed a new service entry for a 1958 house and I'd give them five stars for that $1,600 job. Owner Mike was great to deal with, as was his wife Debbie.
I called them after that for a circuit breaker that kept opening and I couldn't understand what was causing that. Debbie was as nice as ever, but wouldn't schedule with me now because of the distance from their house to mine. Said she'd pencil me in on the calendar for a service call, meaning when it was convenient for AC. The Friday before Memorial Day, Debbie called to tell me her electrician would make a call on Memorial Day since it was on his way out of town. I waited all day, no call, no show. I took care of the problem another way after weeks had passed.
The cable stay for the new electrical service AC installed pulled out of the roof. It was a short lag screw that had only penetrated some shingles, very unsafe and useless in providing the required support for a long run of heavy cable from the street. I've called AC twice and had to leave a message both times, without a return call from them. Kind of leaves me no choice but to post my experience.
I don't know what to make of such a reversal of service, weeks long waits, not showing when they schedule, and most critically, not fixing the hanging mast support cable that wasn't installed properly.

Mike did a fantastic job installing the electrical needed for my new outdoor hot tub. First, Mike offered to stop by to provide me a quote in person at no charge, which I very much appreciated. Mike was very accomodating as my schedule changed and had great communication about the time and date for his service. He was professional, thorough, diligent in getting the job done. I also liked that he was friendly and kind. He did the work for the quoted price. I asked him to take a quick look at something else and he did without charge. He also gave me a few ideas about hot tub installation - totally out of his scope but he's just that kind of nice guy to help if he can. I strongly recommend Mike and will call him forever more if I ever need further electrical work.

AC Electric re-mediated the aluminum wiring in our old house via Copalum, and I was thoroughly impressed with their customer service and quality of personnel. They're one of two companies in town who are qualified to do so, and their prices are significantly lower. Although they were VERY busy, and it did take a few weeks after I inquired for them to be able to start the job, when started it was done efficiently, with great care and attention to detail.
Bobby is young and intelligent, and I never questioned whether he knew exactly what he was doing. He and his crew were incredibly courteous, smart, and kept in great communication with us about what was happening and about how long it would take to fix things. We had a real mess of electrical work left by the previous owners of the house, but they got everything working perfectly in several days. Bobby even came back the next week after the job was done, when some outlets had stopped working (not due to anything they'd done, but due to some old broken wires), and fixed the problem, no questions asked. AC Electric are the only electricians I will recommend from now on, and that recommendation will be an easy one to give.
Thanks!

Prompt, courteous and reasonable (for electrical work). Replaced a GFI Breaker switch for our hot tub, but it turned out the problem was with the hot tub and had to be done by the dealer.

These guys are spammers and they are even proud of it.
When you ask them to remove them from your junk mail list, they just tell you they'll do that once you review them. Blackmail, anybody?

Had a small electrical issues in a couple bathrooms so called AC since they are close/local. They were really busy so the receptionist (Debbie?) gave me some things to check and it worked!! Now that is how you gain and keep customers! AC will be my ""go to"" electrician from now on!