CNE Electrical

CNE Electrical is a one-owner Peabody, MA shop that Christopher Ellis has run since 2007 — the kind of place homeowners call when a power outage exposes a generator problem or an electrical panel needs a real upgrade, not a patch. The company says it covers the North Shore, from Peabody itself out to North Reading, Andover, Beverly, Danvers, Lynnfield and beyond, and its own site frames the work around three things: standby generators (it's a Generac dealer), panel upgrades, and EV charger installs. What shows up in the reviews from the past six months backs that framing up. One homeowner called after a power outage and got the generator hooked up and troubleshot on the spot. Another had CNE run a basement renovation that converted electrical service from 200 to 400 amps, wiring in recessed lighting and new appliance connections along the way. A third let the crew have the run of the house while an addition with a new master suite and garage went in, unsupervised, and said they never worried once. On a different job, the team adjusted crew size day to day to stay in step with the general contractor, the inspector, and the AV installer. None of the nine reviews posted in the last six months are negative, and that tracks with the longer pattern: 44 reviews dating back to 2022 across five different sources, and a flat 5.0 from 49 ratings on Google. A couple of things are worth checking directly rather than taking on faith. CNE's own materials describe Chris as a "licensed and trained electrician," but nothing in the record here is an actual state registry lookup — worth asking for his electrician license number and confirming it yourself with the Massachusetts Board of State Examiners of Electricians. The BBB listing is also a little confusing: it displays an A+ letter grade even though the business is explicitly not BBB accredited, which is a different thing than the grade suggests. For a North Shore homeowner looking at a generator install, a panel upgrade, or the electrical piece of a bigger renovation, CNE has a deep and consistently clean track record behind it. Confirm the license directly, and this looks like a safe call for exactly the jobs it's built around.