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- 9 work photos
Highlights
- National award — named Klein Tools' 2020 Electrician of the Year
- Volunteer home repair — rallied the community to fix an elderly widow's home for free
- Caught hidden hazards — spotted a fridge on an extension cord during a routine call
Kinney Electric is John Kinney's Woburn-based operation — and the reason his name shows up far beyond a typical review page is a job he didn't bill for. Sent in August 2020 to fix a single ceiling light for 72-year-old Gloria Scott, he found half her lights out, her stove not working, and her fridge running off an extension cord. According to CBS News coverage picked up nationally by outlets including WCVB and Breitbart, Kinney rallied local tradespeople and the wider community to repair Scott's entire home for free, eventually raising more than $90,000 for the project. The following year he spoke to trade students about the experience, and in December 2020 Klein Tools named him its national Electrician of the Year for it. For anyone in Woburn weighing him, the story that made him known is really a professional trait on display: attentive enough to catch a hazard nobody asked him to look for, and organized enough to turn that into a fully volunteer home repair with a documented, widely reported result.
What does electrical work cost in Greater Boston?
Typical Greater Boston range for this kind of work, from regional averages — not a quote from Kinney Electric. Use it to sanity-check bids, then get the real number in writing.
Standard receptacle swaps — a new dedicated circuit is a bigger job ($350–$750).
Flush mounts, pendants, chandeliers — hung on existing boxes.
Estimated range
$530 – $1,100
Typical electrical project around $820
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