Electrical Maintenance Professionals
Company Overview
At Electrical Maintenance Professionals, our primary focus is on service work. We are ready to respond swiftly to any electrical issue or requirement, with a technician available around the clock. By choosing to decline construction projects, such as new builds or extensive renovations, we can keep our schedule open for our clients. We take pleasure in assisting new business owners and homeowners, but we find it especially rewarding to build lasting relationships with our clients. All electricians at EMP are skilled and qualified troubleshooters.
We proudly serve San Luis Obispo County and the northern part of Santa Barbara County. As a locally owned and operated business, our staff is committed to delivering dependable and high-quality service. We are licensed, bonded, and insured at Electrical Maintenance Professionals. We handle residential, commercial, and industrial projects. Every job we complete comes with a one-year, unconditional warranty. We take pride in being approachable and helpful to all our clients. 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. A few of our employees actively take part in community outreach efforts.
The owner of Electrical Maintenance Professionals, Terrence Flatau, established the company in 2006. I bring 27 years of electrical expertise, having trained for six years with a multinational corporation. My training took place in a maintenance shop within a large factory. The focus of my training was primarily on troubleshooting in industrial and commercial environments, along with regular office and production department remodels. For the past fifteen years, I have mainly focused on service calls in residential and commercial environments. 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

needed a small repair on a overhead bar light. they sent a tech within 24 hours. a young girl did the repair perfectly. highly recommend this company. will definitely be using them again.

We recently had one of their electricians out to fix a few switches and a can light above our shower that was intermittently working. After fixing a few light switches and moving on to the shower light, the electrician promptly broke the can light fixture in an attempt to get it off and perform a repair. We thought this would be no big deal because they would surely fix what they had broken right? The electrician apologized and said she would file a claim. After a little while, we called their office to get a status update. The manager there claimed they would make it right and they would call right back. After several hours with no call back, we received a single call back where the manager quickly said ""oops"" and hung up. My wife then called them at least 4 times to get a response but got none. I then called from a separate number and did get a response, where I was told ""your can light was old and because this work was done under a home warranty claim we won't be fixing it."" Wow. Until this point we had been very polite and respectful. We have had many professionals out on home warranty claims and have never been treated this way. When something else is wrong, we just file another home warrant claim, or work to make it right. It's like they didn't want to own up to their mistake. I really don't care about the $30 fixture. I can replace that myself. It's the principle of how they treat customers just a mile or two away from their business. They literally broke something that wasn't broken, left, and ghosted us. What a lack of integrity. See pictures and judge for yourself.

I have a Home Warranty that covers electrical. I was having issues with running my hair dryer in my main bathroom. Every time I turned it on, the power would go off. I contacted my warranty provider and it took a couple of days before I got notification as to who my service provider would be. When I reached out to the service provider, it was a while before I could get on their calendar. In the meantime, I started having more problems with lights not working and a Ring camera going offline in a she-shed next to my home. On May 2, 2023, an electrician came and replaced 3 GCFI recepticals inside my house. When I showed her the she-shed and explained the problems. I said it might be from an exterior GCFI since the shed was wired to the house system. She checked the exterior GCFI's while I went inside. She came in and told me that she didn't find any GCFI's outside that weren't working and because the she-shed wasn't part of my house, it wasn't part of the warranty. Okay. I get that. Very disappointed but I understood. On May 27th I needed something from the refrigerator that I have outside next to my house. I found that the refrigerator was off and had been for some time. Everything inside was moldy. I pulled it away from the wall and found another GCFI and guess what! I wasn't working! It had been overlooked by the electrician fro Electrical Maintenance because it was behind the refrigerator. Granted, an easy mistake to make. My warranty company said contact the electrical company directly. I did, left a message, no return call. Tried again - same thing. Contacted my warranty company. They reached out to EMP. EMP said problem in a building not that is not a part of the house. What? How would they know since they hadn't bothered to speak to me? Well, this went on until my warranty company took it up a notch. I have to provide photos to prove the outlet WAS connected to my home. Today, June 7th, Terry comes to my home and stands there and tells me that since the outlet was originally part of the siding (manufactured home) that was damaged from flooding on January 9th and the siding has been removed, he didn't feel that it was safely mounted (I absolutely agree!) and it neede to be mounted to the actual wall of the home. BUT, he wouldn't do it today! No, he said he needed to go back to the warranty company for approval and went on to give me some story about how some warranty companies only cover 3 outlets, blah, blah, blah, and he needed a new work order, blah, blah, blah. Sorry, I just don't see how this is a new issue. I originally called for an electrical service matter. I didn't call and say ""please come fix 3 GCFI's"". If he had spent one second looking around, he would have seen a place in distress with a woman in dire need of help. Just one more second, Terry. What has happened to businesses today taking care of people? He asked me why my house was the way it was. I started to tell him but it has been such an emotional trial over the last six months with dealing with insurance companies and getting ripped of by a contractor that did the skirting/insulation work that I didn't go into details. I didn't think Terry wanted to see me cry. Well, he left me crying this afternoon. I feel like another setback. More emails and more phone calls - another battle to get something done! No Terry - there isn't a limit on the number of receptacles covered by my warranty.

I moved here from the Central Valley. One thing I have sought out is a Dependable affordable professional group of construction professionals. This company not only meets but exceeds expectations. I would highly recommend them to anyone who is in search of competent professional electrical services. They are a pleasure to work with

very unprofessional didn't show for appointment, never called and when I called to speak to someone the receptionist put me on hold and after that would not answer the phone. no one ever called to explain or apologiz, just don't care. safe yourself time and aggravation call someone else.

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.