Orchard Electric Inc

A Florence homeowner with a 1910 house found their insurer had stopped tolerating the active knob-and-tube wiring. In a November 2025 review they described shopping the job around and landing on Orchard Electric to rip it out and rewire. That is the kind of work this company keeps turning up in: the awkward, old-house, must-be-done-right jobs in the Connecticut River valley. Orchard has been at it since 1987 — the BBB records 39 years — and the Massachusetts registry lists electrician licence 22802 as active in Kevin Kochapski's name. The company's own site says it is veteran-owned and covers residential, commercial and industrial work across Western Massachusetts and Vermont, with 24/7 availability and generators supplied as well as installed. BuildZoom's permit database shows 240 permitted projects and scores the firm in the top 9% of Massachusetts licensed contractors. What customers describe most is problem-solving under pressure. A 2022 reviewer had an underground service cable fail between the street and the house; Kevin's team came the same day, then spent several days coordinating the power company, an excavator and the homeowner to lay new cable. In 2021 another had a service mast and meter destroyed by falling trees and needed both replaced before power could be restored — the crew reshuffled its schedule and worked with the utility directly. The other recurring note is restraint about billing. In June 2026 a customer said Orchard diagnosed a tripping outlet another company had installed and recommended the smaller, cheaper repair; a 2025 reviewer said a technician talked them through fixing something themselves rather than sending an invoice. Reviewers name the people — Kevin, Jeremy, Tyler, Vandeem — which is what a stable crew looks like from outside. Worth knowing: every customer account sits on Google, and its BBB page is unclaimed and carries no rating. Ask for local references on work like yours if that matters to you. For rewiring an old house, a storm-damaged service, or a generator, this is a straightforward call.