CNE Electrical

CNE Electrical is a Peabody-based electrician whose reviews keep circling back to one thing: it's Chris Ellis who answers the phone, and customers notice. Across 44 Google reviews running from 2022 through this summer, almost all five stars, the pattern isn't one narrow service — it's that when someone calls with a job, from a routine fix to a from-scratch addition, Chris and his crew show up and see it through. Two kinds of jobs come up most. One is panel work: reviewers describe 200A-to-400A service upgrades with new disconnects, main panels and sub panels, and a basement renovation that folded in recessed lighting and new appliance circuits along with the amperage bump. The other is generators — several customers hired CNE specifically for a generator hookup or install, and one reviewer describing a major addition in Essex notes CNE is a Generac Authorized Dealer. Beyond those two, the record includes whole-home rewiring on additions and renovations, a Tesla Wall Connector install, Lutron and Ring wiring folded into a first-floor remodel, and — in a 2025 review — taking over and fixing a previous electrician's shoddy work and bringing it up to code. A handful of reviews come from other contractors and builders, including a general contractor who says he's used CNE 'on numerous customers of mine' with consistent results and Windhill Builders, who called the pricing fair for the work — trade referrals that are harder to fake than a one-off homeowner review. Its Massachusetts electrician license is active, and its BBB profile carries an A+ grade (it isn't a BBB-accredited business, which the grade doesn't require) and lists the company as operating since 2007, a sole proprietorship under Ellis. Before calling, it's worth checking the stated coverage area — the company lists Peabody, Boxford, North Reading, Lowell, Andover, Beverly, Danvers, Lynnfield and several other North Shore towns, so confirm yours is on it. For a panel upgrade, a generator install, or electrical work bundled into a bigger renovation or addition, this is a shop other contractors already send business to. There's little in the record to flag before booking — mainly just confirm the address is in range and get a sense of timing, since crew size on a job seems to flex with its scope.