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Electrician in Livingston, NJEssex County
You want an electrician in Livingston who isn't driving in from three towns away. Steven is based right here and holds the license on every job.
Copper Electric works out of Livingston, so a job in town starts close to home. Steven Byrne holds NJ license #19255. He's insured and bonded, and he oversees the work himself.
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- NJ #19255, active
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- Insured and bonded
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Livingston electrician, every service
Looking for a licensed electrician in Livingston, NJ?
Copper Electric is a licensed electrician in Livingston, NJ, and it's based right here in town. Steven Byrne holds NJ license #19255, and he's insured and bonded. Almost half the homes in Livingston went up in the 1950s and 1960s. Homes from those years often have small panels and too few circuits for a new kitchen or a car charger, so the panel's room matters before anything new goes on it. The post office address for Livingston is zip code 07039.
In Livingston he hangs chandeliers and pendants and puts in recessed and kitchen lights. He adds lights outside, along a walk or over a patio, and he upgrades panels, runs new circuits and puts in Level 2 EV chargers. When a breaker keeps tripping or an outlet goes dead, he finds out why. And he wires kitchens and baths for a remodel, for homes and for businesses.
Permits here go through the Building Department at Town Hall. The town books inspections online through GovPilot, so put an email you check on the permit. Livingston is on PSE&G's list and its ZIP is on JCP&L's, so check your bill before a service or meter job, then call Steven at 973-900-3543 and tell him what the house is doing.
Send the job over
Tell him what you need done and where the house is.
Residential and commercial
Everything electrical in the house, from a switch to the panel.
Lighting installation
Pendants, chandeliers, recessed and kitchen lighting hung level, wired right and on a dimmer that actually suits the bulbs.
Read moreTroubleshooting and repairs
Dead outlets, tripping breakers and lights that flicker get traced to the cause and fixed, not just reset.
Panel upgrades and circuits
A panel with room for what you are adding, and new circuits for the kitchen, the garage or the charger, permitted and inspected.
Read more04EV charger installation
A Level 2 charger on its own 240 volt circuit, so the car is charged by morning and the work is signed off.
Read moreOutlets and switches
New outlets where you actually need them, GFCI where the code wants them, and switches and dimmers that work the way you expect.
Kitchen and bath electrical
Lighting, outlets and dedicated circuits for a kitchen or bathroom remodel, done to code and ready for the inspector.
Outdoor and landscape lighting
Security lights, path and landscape lighting that make the house safer at night and look good doing it.
Read moreWhat is true in Livingston
Three things that are true in Livingston and not three towns over.
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Built in the 1950s and 1960s
About 47% of Livingston's homes were built in the 1950s and 1960s, and the median home was built in 1962.
- 02
New cabinets, no permit. New wiring, permit.
In Livingston, swapping only the kitchen cabinets needs no permit, but any new electrical work in the kitchen does.
- 03
Inspections are booked online
Livingston asks for inspection requests through its online GovPilot portal, and GovPilot emails the permit updates.
Each card was read from censusreporter.org and livingstonnj.org, and checked on 2026-10-20.
Livingston, Essex County
Where jobs in Livingston actually get approved.
Livingston's Building Department at Town Hall handles electrical permits. It opens early but stops taking permits at 2:30, and it books inspections online, so here is what the town publishes.
The office that signs off jobs in Livingston
Livingston Building Department
- Where
- Town Hall, 357 S. Livingston Avenue, Livingston, NJ 07039
- Phone
- 973-992-5000 ext. 5200
- Open
- Weekdays 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., permits taken until 2:30 p.m. Shorter Fridays in summer.
- Electric
- PSE&G or JCP&L
PSE&G's territory list names Livingston for electric, and JCP&L's ZIP list includes 07039 too. Check the company name on your own electric bill.
Before you call, in Livingston
Do I need a permit to redo my kitchen in Livingston?
Livingston says replacing only the cabinets does not need a permit. If the job adds any new electrical or plumbing work, or changes the structure, you need a permit first.
Source: livingstonnj.orgIs my Livingston electric company PSE&G or JCP&L?
It depends on the street. PSE&G's territory list names Livingston for electric, and JCP&L's ZIP list includes 07039 as well, so the name on your electric bill is the answer. It matters for a service upgrade or a meter move, because that utility handles the meter.
Source: firstenergycorp.comI'm selling my Livingston house. What do I need for the electrical side?
Livingston does not require a certificate of occupancy for a home sale. You do need a smoke detector certification from the Fire Department, and the Building Department can tell you if any permits are still open.
Source: livingstonnj.org
Office details and the answers above are read from the town's own pages, the utilities' own lists and the Census, and were checked on 2026-10-20. Call ahead before you drive there, because hours move.
Linear chandelier over a dining table
NJ Lic. #19255 · insured · bonded
Who you are calling
On a job in Livingston, the license is the license of the person you talked to.
Copper Electric is Steven Byrne. He holds New Jersey Electrical Contractor license 34EI01925500, the #19255 on his site, and Copper Electric is insured and bonded. He oversees residential and commercial work himself, and you can check the license on the state's own lookup before anyone comes to the house.
Livingston is his home base, and the license on a Livingston job is the license of the person you talked to on the phone.
From his Google listing, in the words people wrote
“Steve B is the ultimate professional; he is knowledgeable, determined to solve any problem and extremely courteous. He's the best we've ever had.”
“Top-notch service. Steven is prompt, responsible, and gets the job done efficiently without overcharging. Always my go-to for any electrical needs”
“very professional and quality work.”
Other towns he covers from Livingston
Tell him what it’s doing and he’ll tell you what it needs.
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