Raymond D Melanson Electric DBA Next Electric Pro

Half the outlets in a house went dead one morning in June 2025; the crew arrived that afternoon, diagnosed it, replaced the main breaker and had the problem solved in under an hour. That kind of call is the bread and butter of Next Electric Pro, the Somerset electrical company formally named Raymond D. Melanson Electric & Safety Corp. Its Massachusetts electrician licence, #8177, is active, held in that corporate name. The company's site describes a second-generation, family business owner-operated by Master Electrician Raymond D. Melanson, who it says started in the trade at 14 alongside his father, and claims over 35 years of industry experience across Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. On Google it holds 4.9 stars from 206 ratings. Recent customers describe service calls more than projects: a GFI outlet fixed after a May 2026 customer texted in the evening and heard back within minutes, an electrician on site within an hour of the call and the problem resolved in forty-five minutes, a bathroom exhaust fan swapped in March 2026 after the crew drove to Home Depot to exchange the customer's oversized unit. Technicians get named often — Tony, Mark, Kyle, Nate — and a March 2026 reviewer credited Mark with replacing breakers, repairing wiring and sealing things up. Two reviewers mention online estimates, quoting and invoicing. Bigger jobs show up too. A 2025 review describes a 200-amp service upgrade with an EV charger installed; another that year describes old degraded lines replaced and the service raised from 100 to 200 amps. A December 2025 customer credited Raymond and his team with renovating a basement, and in a 2023 review a family described Jeremy and Nate updating very old wiring and offering alternatives as problems came up. Two recent Google reviews are critical. In July 2026, a customer wrote that a city inspector came to inspect the meters so the power could be turned on, and Raymond was not there as scheduled. Earlier that month, another customer said the crew arrived with only a text ten minutes ahead, did not perform all the work as written but charged the same amount, and that one of the garage lights they installed gets knocked out when the garage door opens.