Not every job starts with a tripped breaker. We schedule EV charger circuits, panel and service upgrades, recessed and outdoor lighting, ceiling fans, generator interlocks and transfer switches, and new circuits for a kitchen remodel or a workshop.
Older homes bring their own planned work: rewiring knob-and-tube or aging aluminum branch circuits before they become an inspection failure or an insurance problem, rather than after.
Planned work gets the same paper trail as emergency work - a stated licence number, a pulled permit where one applies, and an inspection sign-off - because the standard does not lower just because nothing is on fire.
