Electrical Maintenance Professionals
Company Overview
We concentrate on service work at Electrical Maintenance Professionals. Our team is prepared to address any electrical need promptly, ensuring a technician is on standby 24/7. This choice to forgo construction projects helps us remain available for our valued customers. While we enjoy working with new homeowners and business owners, developing ongoing relationships with our clients is particularly fulfilling. Every EMP electrician is an experienced and certified troubleshooter.
We proudly serve San Luis Obispo County and the northern part of Santa Barbara County. Our locally owned and operated company is focused on providing trustworthy and top-notch service. Electrical Maintenance Professionals holds all necessary licenses, bonds, and insurance. EMP undertakes residential, commercial, and industrial tasks. All our work is backed by a one-year, unconditional warranty. We are proud to be helpful and available to every client we serve. We are dedicated to our neighbors along the central coast. EMP sponsors multiple Adopt-A-Highway sections in SLO County along HWY 101. Some of our team members regularly provide pro bono services to places of worship and disadvantaged seniors. Some of our team members are involved in community outreach programs.
Terrence Flatau, who founded Electrical Maintenance Professionals in 2006, is the owner. With 27 years of electrical experience, I completed a six-year apprenticeship with a multinational corporation. I received my training in a large factory's maintenance shop. The focus of my training was primarily on troubleshooting in industrial and commercial environments, along with regular office and production department remodels. Over the past fifteen years, I have concentrated on service calls in residential and commercial areas. Personally, I have been married for 21 years, blessed with two lovely daughters and a faithful basset hound.
Business Services
- Electric inspection
- Electric installation or replacement
- Electric panel installation
- Electric panel repair
- Electric repair
- Wire installation
- Wire repair
- Electric vehicle charging station installation
- Light fixture installation
- Light fixture repair
- Outlet installation
- Outlet repair
Business Location & Hours
Mon: | Open 24 hours |
Tue: | Open 24 hours |
Wed: | Open 24 hours |
Thu: | Open 24 hours |
Fri: | Open 24 hours |
Sat: | Open 24 hours |
Sun: | Open 24 hours |
Recommended Customer Reviews

I hired them to install a Ring doorbell. Their policy is $145 for first hour and $125 for each hour or part hour thereafter. The worker was good, friendly, but hadn't installed a Ring system previously. I was charged for FIVE hours of labor. He was here for 90 minutes, then went to lunch. 2 hours charged. He came back and worked 90 minutes. 2 hours charged. Should I be charged a full hour because he decided to go to lunch 30 minutes into my $125.00 second hour? He came back and worked another 90 minutes and charged me for 2 hours. He worked 3 hours but charged 4 hours! He then came back for 30 minutes and charged for another hour. 3 1/2 hours worked but 5 hours ($645.00) labor charged to install a doorbell! I contacted the office but got no consideration. Work was done well, but at a TERRIBLE price.

Larry came out and fixed an issue with plugs then troubleshooted my porch light that had not worked for years. When he left everything was working again and that was fantastic.
Would recommend EMP 100%!!!!

I wish I could give you a better review. But after being stood up twice for our appointment, I cannot. At first the follow up text conversation was great with a text stating when the appointment will be and what to expect.
I arrived at my business early for the first 8am appointment and received a cancellation notification at 10. No problem I understand let's reschedule. Next appointment was from 9 to 11am. I arrived at my business at 8:45 to wait. At 9:15 I get a text message that the technician will be there at 10. My reply text was simply. He should be here by now.
At 10 I received a cancellation text notice!!
Who does that! There reply was rude snotty and with sarcastic hashtags. This business is far from professional. There are many electricians in our area use someone else!!

Terry was very helpful when we were talking over the phone. His suggestions on our lighting problems made sense even to a layman as myself. He even pointed me to a much less expensive and better solution than I was anticipating. Two thumbs up and 5 stars for this company!!!

Daniel came today to do an electrical rewiring our three light switches that each need to independently control our outside lights. Two of the three switches only worked if a specific one of the three switches was on. I showed Daniel the problem and he very quickly fixed it. He is super easy to work with. Ask for Daniel! I will next time I need an Electrician.

They charge $135 to even come to your house
All they did is show me where a switch was
And then gave me a dumb smile and said that would be $135, please sucker
Will not call them again and don't advise you to

Got A Charge Out Of Their Work...
Pros: On time. Good explanations. Nice guy.
Cons: Buying a fan is only half the cost
Stars:
- Overall: 5
- Scheduling: 5
- Promptness: 5
- Explanations: 5
- Thoroughness: 5
- Helpfulness: 5
- Cleaning: 4
- Cost: 4
- Value: 4
My wife and I moved into a new house in early May, but we still had some things to do a few months later. One item on our list was the installation of 3 ceiling fans.
We bought the fans online and needed the help of an electrician who could do a good job at a reasonable rate. The first place we called wanted $600, so I rechecked Yelp and landed at Electrical Maintenance Professionals (or EMP as they requested on my payment).
We scheduled a 2 hour window on a Friday about 10 days ahead of time.....not that such advance notice is required for an appointment. We called that morning to double-check and, sure enough, were told Daniel would arrive in 20-30 minutes. He did and we toured the house to discuss the fans, which light switch was meant to operate each one and whether we wanted to attach the light kits (we didn't). He also gave us guidance on possible issues with installing a chandelier and the accommodations we might need to make to get it done.
Overall, Daniel and EMP met the criteria to earn 5 stars, including:
- Flexibility with the calendar
- Arrived on time
- Explained what needed to be done before doing it
- Completed the work with a minimum of fuss and delay
- No harm to the house
- Cleaned up after himself
- Nice guy
- Charged a reasonable price of $487 (lower than the phone estimate of $525)
Based on our first experience with Daniel and EMP, we'd heartily recommend them for residential electrical jobs on the Central Coast. Let's hope they're available next time we've got some work.

I wanted a new exterior lighting circuit added to our house. I requested that someone do a quote and after a wait of a few minutes I was told ""they"" do not do quotes and that a minimum one-hour service call ( apprx $120) would be required. I was then told that they could do ""some of the work"" at that time. I'm not interested in ""open ended"" project budgets.

Aaron did a fantastic job installing my new ceiling fan. He was professional and friendly. He took his time getting everything just the way I wanted. He went above and beyond to help me call hardware stores to get a new rod because I didn't have the right size.
The receptionist was also great. She made scheduling my appointment easy!

Terry is a ""keeper."" He recently installed a fan/light in our bathroom shower ceiling. He is knowledgeable, friendly. He always gave us our options ... fan/light choices, switches, etc. EMP has done some work for us before and, as before, we are completely satisfied. Would not hesitate to call EMP (and Terry!) for any future electrical needs.