Commercial Electrician in Shreveport, LA

A commercial electrician near you in Shreveport, LA

If you are searching for a commercial electrician near you in Shreveport, LA, we are likely a few minutes away already. Ed's Electric has run commercial service out of Shreveport for over 40 years, covering Bossier City, Haughton, Benton, Greenwood, Keithville, and the I-20 corridor — restaurants, retail centers, clinics, offices, and warehouses. Non-emergency work is usually scheduled inside 1–2 business days, and anything keeping your doors closed gets a 24/7 dispatch with no after-hours premium.

Commercial electrical work in Shreveport & Bossier City

Downtime is expensive. When the lights are off in your dining room, your machine line is down, or your tenants can't open their doors, you don't have time to wait three days for an electrician. Ed's Electric runs a dedicated commercial crew that handles tenant build-outs, service upgrades, and emergency repairs across Shreveport, Bossier City, and the I-20 corridor — with the licensing, bonding, and insurance every property manager and GC expects.

On new construction and remodels we work directly from your architect's and engineer's drawings: rough-in, panel and feeder sizing, three-phase distribution, dedicated equipment circuits, exit and emergency lighting, fire-alarm low-voltage coordination, and final trim. We pull our own permits, coordinate inspections with the City of Shreveport and Bossier City, and provide as-built notes when you need them for the certificate of occupancy.

For existing buildings we handle LED retrofits that typically pay back in 18–36 months on the lighting bill alone, parking-lot and pole-light repair, sign circuits, RTU disconnects, and main-service upgrades when an older building can no longer carry today's HVAC and IT loads. Ask about preventive-maintenance contracts — quarterly thermal scans, panel torque checks, and lighting audits that catch failures before they cost you a closed day.

Who we work for in Shreveport & Bossier City

Our commercial customers are restaurants and bars downtown and along Line Avenue, retail and strip centers off Youree Drive and Airline, medical and dental clinics, churches, schools, warehouses and light industrial along the I-20 corridor, and property managers running multi-tenant buildings on both sides of the river. Each one gets the same thing: a licensed crew, a written scope, and a firm number before we start.

General contractors call us because we read plans, hit schedule, and don't leave punch items behind. Property managers call us because one phone number covers everything from a dead parking-lot pole light to a full 400-amp service upgrade. And business owners call us at 2 a.m. because the walk-in cooler circuit died and they open at six.

What a commercial job costs

Small service calls — a bad breaker, a dead circuit, ballast and driver replacements — typically land in the low hundreds. LED retrofits are priced per fixture and usually pay for themselves in 18-36 months on the power bill. Service and panel upgrades scale with amperage and utility coordination. Build-outs are bid from your drawings. We quote in writing, and we don't add overtime or after-hours surcharges, even on emergency calls.

Three-phase power, explained plainly

Most Shreveport commercial buildings run one of three services: 120/208V wye three-phase in multi-tenant retail and offices, 277/480V wye in warehouses and big-box space where high-bay lighting and large HVAC live, or 120/240V single-phase in older converted storefronts. Which one you have decides what equipment you can add. Restaurant kitchens, compressors, elevators, air handlers, and most commercial refrigeration want three-phase — putting them on a single-phase service means bigger conductors, higher current, and motors that run hot and die early.

When a tenant brings in equipment the building was never designed for, we do a load calculation against the existing service before anything gets ordered. That usually means a demand study on the main, checking available fault current for the new gear's AIC rating, and confirming the utility transformer can carry the added kVA. If it can't, we handle the SWEPCO service-upgrade application and schedule the cutover for a night or a closed day so you don't lose a shift. Motor loads get proper starters or VFDs, not oversized breakers, and every new feeder leaves with a torque record and an updated panel schedule taped inside the door.

Types of commercial projects we take

Restaurants and bars: hood interlocks, walk-in cooler and freezer disconnects, make-up air, dedicated 3-phase equipment circuits, and health-department inspection prep. Retail and strip centers: tenant metering, sign circuits, track and display lighting, and parking-lot pole maintenance across the whole center on one invoice. Offices and clinics: furniture whips, dedicated IT and imaging circuits, isolated grounds, UPS feeds, and emergency egress lighting testing. Warehouse and light industrial: high-bay LED, motor controls, VFDs, welding receptacles, dock equipment, and 480V distribution along the I-20 corridor. Each of those has its own page below with the details.

24/7 emergency commercial repair — with no overtime billing

A commercial outage is a revenue problem before it is an electrical problem. A restaurant that loses the walk-in circuit at 11 p.m. is throwing out product by morning; a clinic with a dead imaging feeder cancels a full day of appointments; a strip center with a tripped house panel has every tenant calling at once. We answer the phone around the clock at 318-688-2788, dispatch a licensed commercial electrician, and bill the same rate at 2 a.m. Sunday that we bill at 10 a.m. Tuesday — no overtime, weekend, or holiday premium. Most Shreveport and Bossier City emergency calls are on site inside 60–90 minutes.

The failures we get called out for most often are main-breaker and feeder trips after a storm, burned lugs and loose terminations in older gear, failed RTU and compressor disconnects, water intrusion into exterior panels and sign circuits, and utility single-phasing that quietly cooks three-phase motors. We isolate the fault, get you running safely on the spot when we can, and give you a written scope for the permanent repair before we leave — not a surprise invoice a week later.

Preventive maintenance contracts for Shreveport properties

The cheapest commercial electrical work is the failure that never happens. Our maintenance agreements are built per property: quarterly or semiannual infrared thermal scans on every panel and disconnect to catch hot terminations before they burn, torque verification to spec with documentation for your insurer, monthly and annual emergency-lighting and exit-sign testing to satisfy fire-marshal inspections, GFCI and AFCI device testing in kitchens and wet areas, lighting audits with a lamp-and-driver replacement schedule, and generator load-bank and transfer-switch exercise checks.

Property managers running multiple buildings get one point of contact, per-property or per-suite invoicing, consolidated monthly statements, and certificates of insurance kept on file. If you manage locations across Shreveport, Bossier City, Haughton, Benton, Greenwood, and Keithville, we cover the whole footprint on one agreement instead of five different contractors and five different response times.

Commercial repair, troubleshooting, panel upgrades & renovations

Business owners and property managers call us for nuisance-tripping breakers, dead circuits, flickering or failed lighting, overheating panels, and equipment that keeps shutting down. We trace the root cause instead of resetting breakers, then repair it. When a building has outgrown its electrical system we handle commercial panel replacements, single-phase to three-phase conversions, and service upgrades. For office, retail, and restaurant renovations we rework circuits, lighting, and receptacle layouts to match the new floor plan.