Kinney Electrical Services

When power dropped out in half a Woburn house this April, Matt and Zach were there quickly, traced the fault and explained it in plain terms — the kind of call Kinney Electric is built around. John Kinney has run the business himself since 2012, per its BBB file, and its own site lists lighting installation, troubleshooting, panel and service upgrades, knob-and-tube replacement, new-construction wiring and repairs. The jobs customers describe run well past a service call. A March 2026 review covers a panel upgrade, EV charger wiring and knob-and-tube replaced through half a house on one visit; a February 2026 customer hired the team to rewire a whole house; a December 2025 one had a circuit panel upgrade and a new circuit added. In a December 2023 review, Matt arrived at the appointed time with a second electrician, traced two dead GFCI outlets and turned up more failures and minor wiring faults while he was at it. Nine Google reviews between 2022 and 2026 average five stars. Pricing turns up as fair and quoted upfront — a May 2026 customer used those words — and a Reddit commenter in a December 2023 Medford thread said Kinney's bid to rewire their whole upstairs sat in the middle of the quotes they had collected. The same names keep coming back: John, Matt, Zach. So does the cleanup, down to that May 2026 light install, which ended with the crew carrying off every box and all the packing. Kinney is known around Woburn beyond the panel box. Patch and WCVB covered his Gloria's Gladiators charity work in 2020, after a Woburn woman called him about a light fixture, and in 2021 a master electrician teaching at Nashoba Tech invited him in to talk to students. One thing to settle yourself before work starts: BBB lists a Massachusetts electrician licence, #14832-B, for the business — that is the BBB's own listing rather than a state check, so ask for the number and confirm it with the state. For a panel upgrade, knob-and-tube replacement, or a circuit that has quit, this is a small named crew whose customers keep describing the same on-time, tidy job.