David R. Northup Electrical Contractors

Fifty-nine years in one town, and two reviews to show for it. David R. Northup Electrical Contractors works out of 73 Bowles Road in Agawam, and the company says it has been family owned and operated since 1967 — a run its BBB page puts at 59 years in business. Its Massachusetts electrician license is active, held in the state registry by David R Scudder. The work is broader than the name suggests: electrical, plumbing, HVAC and sewer/drain, plus traffic signals — a mix that points at municipal and commercial jobs as much as houses. The company states it covers Western Massachusetts and Northern Connecticut, from Agawam and Chicopee across to Hartford. Its Procore profile, self-listed and claimed in November 2023, lists electrical, HVAC and plumbing across commercial, industrial and residential sectors, with two projects. WWLP's coverage of the 2019 Super 60 awards in Springfield listed the company among the honorees. What homeowners have actually written is thin. Google shows 3.4 stars from seven ratings, and only two reviews are on file, both from 2023. The positive one is specific: a customer described calling before the shop opened after an overnight electrical failure — no oven, no hot water, a child at home — and getting a supervisor and a tech out within hours. The other, a two-star, describes buying a laptop and a Geek Squad visit, and reads like it landed on the wrong business. Two things are worth raising before you call. Violation Tracker lists a $6,407 federal workplace-safety penalty against the company, dated February 1, 2023 — an OSHA matter about the job site rather than a customer dispute, but recent enough to ask about. And the Berkshire Eagle reported in 2007 that a Pittsfield attorney had filed a complaint against the company in Berkshire Superior Court on a client's behalf; that one is nearly two decades old. For an emergency electrical call around Agawam and Springfield, the 2023 account is encouraging and the state license checks out. For anything larger, ask directly about the safety penalty, and confirm the plumbing and Connecticut licenses the site lists — only the Massachusetts electrician license was checked against the registry.