72 Robert St, Nanticoke, PA 18634
24/7 · Text 570-712-5460
Vishnefski Electrical Inc. provides licensed residential and commercial electrical service in East Stroudsburg, PA and the surrounding Monroe County communities of Stroudsburg, Stroud Township, Smithfield Township, Middle Smithfield Township, and Delaware Water Gap.
If you need an electrician in East Stroudsburg, PA for a 200-amp service upgrade, a panel replacement, a standby generator, a Level 2 EV charger, or an emergency repair, the company dispatches from its Nanticoke office with 24/7 availability and a guaranteed response within 24 hours.
The need is specific to this market. Roughly one third of the borough’s homes were built before 1940, and close to half of Monroe County’s occupied homes heat with electricity, so aging panels and heavy winter loads meet in the same houses. Vishnefski Electrical holds a 4.9-star rating across 156 Google reviews, is licensed and insured, and provides free local estimates with no surprise pricing. Review the residential electrical services offered in the Poconos, then request your free local estimate.
Lehighton is unusual among Pennsylvania boroughs, and any electrician in Lehighton, PA has to work within that. The borough generates none of its own power but distributes all of it, through Lehighton Light and Power, a municipal utility that has served the town since 1943 and writes its own connection rules into the borough code. Vishnefski Electrical Inc. plans service upgrades, rewiring, generators, EV charger circuits, and emergency repairs around those rules inside the borough and around PPL’s rules everywhere else in Carbon County.
The housing here is old. Nearly half of the borough’s homes stood before 1940 and three in four before 1970, and half of the occupied homes are rentals that the borough inspects every two years. Fuse boxes, 60-amp services, and knob-and-tube wiring are ordinary findings on First Street and the numbered streets.
The company is licensed and insured, holds an A+ from the Better Business Bureau alongside a 4.9-star Google average built on 156 reviews, and picks up the phone day and night, with urgent problems answered inside a day. Browse the residential services available in Carbon County, then request the free estimate.
| Local Service Detail | Verified Information |
|---|---|
| Primary service | Electrical contracting for older homes and Route 443 and Route 209 businesses, including 200-amp service upgrades, knob-and-tube and aluminum wiring removal, standby generators, charger circuits, ductless systems, and emergency repairs |
| Service area | Lehighton Borough (ZIP 18235) and southern Carbon County, including Weissport, Franklin and Mahoning townships, Jim Thorpe, Palmerton, Bowmanstown, Parryville, East Penn, and Towamensing |
| Common local need | Rewiring pre-1940 row homes and twins, replacing fuse panels and 60-amp services, clearing rental inspection items, adding generators, and coordinating service upgrades with Lehighton Light and Power |
| Typical response time | Calls taken at every hour, urgent issues answered within 24 hours, planned visits built around the 45-mile drive from Nanticoke |
| Service frequency | Repairs and projects as needed; landlords and long-time owners can add the yearly maintenance plan for an annual inspection |
| Pricing approach | Written estimate prepared free at the property; the price you sign is the price you pay |
| Permit or compliance issue | Uniform Construction Code permits through the borough’s Zoning, Building and Code office; service entrance equipment built to Lehighton Light and Power standards; rental units inspected on a two-year cycle |
| Warranty or guarantee | Response within 24 hours on urgent calls, as stated on the company website |
| Scheduling | (570) 574-3785 to call, 570-712-5460 to text, or the website contact form, answered day and night |
Most Lehighton calls trace back to the age of the house. A row home built in 1910 got a handful of lighting circuits and little else, and a century of window air conditioners, space heaters, microwaves, and dryers has been layered onto that original service. The work that follows is rewiring, panel and service replacement, grounding, added circuits, GFCI protection, and hardwired smoke alarms, along with generators, mini-splits, and charger circuits for owners ready to modernize.
The people calling are owners of those row homes and twins, landlords who own roughly half of the borough’s occupied housing and face an inspection every two years, buyers of 1960s and 1970s ranches in Mahoning and Franklin townships where aluminum wiring is possible, and businesses along Route 443, Route 209, and First Street.
What makes the borough different is the utility. Inside the borough line the electric provider is Lehighton Light and Power, so a service upgrade follows Chapter 92 of the borough code rather than a PPL tariff, and the code says where the borough’s equipment stops and the customer’s begins. Cross the Route 209 bridge into Weissport or drive out into Mahoning Township and PPL takes over.
Two limits are worth stating. Vishnefski Electrical keeps no office in Lehighton and travels about 45 miles from Nanticoke for each visit, so emergency arrival is measured against that drive. And whichever utility serves the address owns the service wires and the meter, which are off limits to any contractor.
A fuse box or a 60-amp service in a Lehighton row home dates from an era of coal stoves and single ceiling lights, and it cannot safely support a modern kitchen, let alone a mini-split or a charger. The 200-amp upgrade brings in a new panel with modern breakers, new service conductors in conduit, an outdoor disconnect, and a proper grounding electrode system, and it leaves room for what comes next.
Inside the borough the upgrade runs through the Zoning, Building and Code office for the permit and through Lehighton Light and Power for the connection, whose code calls for approved service entrance equipment and a 15-foot clearance for the service wires. The NEPA panel inspection article and the companion piece on whether residents need to inspect their panels both describe the warning signs in older panels.
With 47 percent of the borough’s housing built before 1940, rewiring is routine work here rather than a rare project. Knob-and-tube has no ground, cannot safely be buried under insulation, and is increasingly refused by insurers, so removing it and running new copper circuits room by room is often the first thing a new owner does. Beyond rewiring, the residential services list runs to troubleshooting, new devices and circuits, spa and pool wiring, alley garage feeds, hardwired smoke alarms, baseboard heaters, and full-house safety inspections.
In the surrounding townships the question shifts from knob-and-tube to aluminum. Ranches and split-levels from the copper-shortage years of 1965 to the mid 1970s can carry aluminum branch circuits, and the CPSC recognizes copper rewiring, COPALUM crimps, and AlumiConn connectors as the permanent fixes.
Lehighton’s code addresses backup power by name. Section 92-20.1 requires any emergency generator installed by a Light and Power customer to comply with Article 700 of the National Electrical Code, which governs transfer equipment and prevents a generator from feeding power back onto the borough’s lines. Vishnefski Electrical installs automatic and manual transfer switches to that standard.
Sizing is easier in Lehighton than in the Poconos, because a third of the borough heats with oil and a third with utility gas, so most generators only need to carry the furnace, the refrigerator, the sump pump, and the lights. Where gas is already at the house, the standby unit can often run on it rather than on a propane tank. Full details are on the generator services page.
A charger in a Lehighton row home means a 240-volt branch circuit, usually 40 to 60 amps, reaching a rear alley garage or an off-street parking pad, and the length of that reach sets most of the cost. The estimate begins with the service, because a fuse panel or a 60-amp service cannot host a charger and the 200-amp upgrade comes first. Inside the borough the combined job is coordinated with Lehighton Light and Power. Full details are on the EV charging station installation page.
Row homes and twins were never built for ductwork, which is why a ductless mini-split fits Lehighton so well. Indoor heads go room by room, the outdoor unit sits in a side yard or on a rear wall, and the heat pump provides both heating and cooling while drawing far less current than resistance heat. Circuit, refrigerant lines, indoor heads, and condenser are installed as one job on an upgraded service. See the ductless heating and air conditioning service page for the full scope.
The commercial electrical services reach the retail and restaurants on Route 443 in Mahoning Township, the storefronts on First Street, the medical and professional offices near St. Luke’s Carbon Campus, and the businesses around the Turnpike interchange. Service capacity, lighting, structured cabling, code corrections, and commercial standby power are all available.
Pole lights and signs are the province of the bucket truck crew, and motors, controls, and distribution for warehouses and manufacturing come under industrial electrical services. One borough-specific detail applies to motors. Section 92-19 makes the phase, voltage, size, and type of a customer’s motors subject to Light and Power approval, and the company folds that review into the plan.
The yearly residential electrical maintenance plan starts at $29.99 a month and brings a yearly inspection of the entire home, infrared scanning of the panel, a place at the front of the schedule, and reduced labor and material rates. For a Lehighton landlord the annual visit falls neatly between the borough’s two-year rental inspections and catches the panel labeling, GFCI, and junction box items that fail them.
Lehighton Light and Power buys wholesale electricity from American Municipal Power and steps it down at a borough substation from 69,000 volts to 12,000 volts for its own distribution lines. Because the borough is the utility, the rules for connecting a house are ordinances rather than tariff pages, and they are specific.
Section 92-15 requires the customer’s wiring to reach the outside of the building at a location the department approves, with approved-type service entrance equipment the department may seal. Section 92-16 sets a 15-foot minimum clearance between the borough’s service wires and the ground. Section 92-17 draws the line at the point of attachment, with everything from there inward paid for, installed, and maintained by the customer. Section 92-18 limits the number of services per building to what the National Electrical Code permits.
The housing explains the rest. American Community Survey estimates for 2020 through 2024 show 2,234 housing units in the borough, 1,055 of them built in 1939 or earlier and 1,711, roughly 77 percent, built before 1970. Those Victorians, row homes, and twins along the numbered streets are where the fuse panels, 60-amp services, ungrounded outlets, and knob-and-tube wiring live.
Heat is split three ways, with oil in 633 of the 1,912 occupied homes, electricity in 612, and utility gas in 578, so the panel carries the heating load in only about a third of the borough. County-wide, oil heats 40 percent of homes and coal still heats 1,321. Winters run January highs of 36 and lows near 15, and ice on the Lehigh valley lines is what puts generators and sump pump circuits to the test.
Every Lehighton job carries a free written estimate prepared at the house rather than a figure from a rate sheet. Under the company’s no surprise pricing policy the amount billed is the amount estimated unless the scope changes.
Older housing sets the variables. A rewire is priced by the circuit and by how much plaster and lath must be opened and patched. A charger feed to a rear alley garage is priced by the run. Borough permit fees are set by resolution and passed through, and Lehighton Light and Power charges a disconnection and reconnection fee that the code sets at no less than $35 each. A generator’s cost follows its kilowatt rating and whether utility gas is already at the house.
| Service Level or Scenario | How It Is Priced | Main Cost Variables |
|---|---|---|
| Repair call (blown fuse or tripped breaker, dead outlets, GFCI, smoke alarms) | Diagnosed at the house, then priced in writing at no charge | Device count, plaster walls, wiring access, fault location |
| Fuse panel replacement or 200-amp service | Written price; permit and utility fees at cost | Existing service, meter location, Light and Power or PPL scheduling, entrance equipment standards, grounding |
| Knob-and-tube or aluminum wiring removal | Written price after the walkthrough | Circuit count, plaster and lath, attic and basement access, aluminum repair method |
| EV charger feed | Written price | Amperage, run length to the garage or pad, trenching, service capacity |
| Generator and Article 700 transfer equipment | Written price after the load calculation | Kilowatt rating, gas versus propane, pad and trench, circuits, NEC Article 700 transfer equipment |
| Rental inspection corrections | Written price itemized to the property maintenance checklist | Where GFCI and detectors are needed, panel labeling, tenant access to the panel, unclosed junction boxes |
One piece of advice for owners of pre-1940 homes. If a mini-split, a charger, or a generator is on the list and the house still has a fuse panel or a 60-amp service, ask for the service upgrade in the same estimate, since one permit and one utility disconnect cost less than two.
Lehighton Borough applies the Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code, on the 2021 International Codes since the first of this year, through its Zoning, Building and Code office on the second floor of Borough Hall at 1 Constitution Avenue, (610) 377-4002 extension 219. The borough’s construction code chapter adopts the state code and sets fees by resolution, and 34 Pa. Code § 403.42 sets the statewide baseline, a permit for alterations and repairs with an exemption for lamp replacement and portable equipment. A panel, a service, a rewire, a transfer switch, or a charger circuit is permit work; a light fixture swap is not.
Chapter 92, the borough’s Electrical Service chapter, governs the connection to Lehighton Light and Power. Section 92-15 sets the service entrance standard, 92-16 the 15-foot wire clearance, 92-17 the customer’s responsibility for inside work, 92-18 the NEC limit on services per building, 92-19 department approval of customer motors, and 92-20.1 NEC Article 700 compliance for emergency generators. Section 92-8 sets disconnection and reconnection charges at not less than $35 apiece.
Rental owners answer to a separate program. According to the Times News report on the July 2024 update, every rental unit is inspected on a two-year cycle against the International Property Maintenance Code at $75 per unit, or $50 per unit for owners of ten or more, and the borough manager described it as a safety inspection rather than a building inspection. The property maintenance items that most often fail are missing GFCI protection near water, an unlabeled or blocked panel, open junction boxes, and missing smoke detectors.
Pennsylvania licenses no electricians at the state level and neither does the borough, but the Attorney General does require home improvement contractors to register, and the HIC search verifies any contractor. Vishnefski Electrical is registered, licensed, and insured, and its NJATC-trained electricians work under an IBEW Local 1319 affiliation.
The job Lehighton’s older homes need most is the one Vishnefski Electrical documented on its Google profile in September 2026, a complete service replacement at a house in Dallas Township, Luzerne County. Out went the old service; in went 200 amps with a new outdoor disconnect, a new panel and breaker set, new service conductors in conduit, and a rebuilt grounding and bonding system. The company also managed the utility side, arranging the disconnect, the upgrade, and the re-energizing with the power company, which is the step that Chapter 92 makes essential inside Lehighton.
Swap Lehighton Light and Power for the utility in that story and the sequence is identical, from the permit and the inspection to the cut-in and the reconnect. The project is visible on the company’s Google Business Profile.
Ted L., a Google Local Guide, wrote in a five-star review that the crew “were extremely professional, punctual, and offered a fantastic, fair price,” and singled out their “serious commitment to safety.” Safety-first work at a fair, fixed price is the combination a landlord facing a rental inspection or an owner rewiring a 1920 twin should be looking for.
Inside the borough the company serves the row homes and twins on the numbered streets rising from First Street toward the hill, the storefronts along First Street and Iron Street, the blocks around Borough Hall on Constitution Avenue, and the Bridge Street area at the Route 209 crossing to Weissport. Every one of those addresses is a Lehighton Light and Power customer.
Across the Lehigh River the service area picks up Weissport and Franklin Township, and around the borough it includes Mahoning Township, with its Route 443 commercial strip and the newer subdivisions off Route 902. Jim Thorpe, three miles upriver, and Nesquehoning are served on the same trip, as are Palmerton, Bowmanstown, and Parryville along Route 248 and Route 209 toward the Lehigh Gap. East Penn Township and Towamensing Township, including the Beltzville State Park area, complete the coverage.
One scheduling reminder. Everything outside the borough line is PPL territory, so a service upgrade in Mahoning or Franklin follows PPL’s disconnect process instead of the borough’s, and the estimator confirms which utility applies at the first visit. The areas we serve page, Luzerne County, and Columbia County pages describe the home territory, and the East Stroudsburg page covers the Poconos.
Reputation is the first reason. As of September 2026 the Better Business Bureau grades the company A+, and 156 Google reviewers average 4.9 stars, naming knowledgeable staff more than any other quality, followed by courteous technicians, fast response, and a clean job site.
Credentials are the second. The company is licensed and insured, its electricians trained through the NJATC and work under an IBEW Local 1319 affiliation, and the team carries more than 65 years of combined experience, much of it in the same kind of pre-war housing that fills Lehighton. Every job opens with a free written estimate, urgent calls are returned within 24 hours, and plan members jump the queue with reduced labor and material rates. The about page and FAQ page cover the rest.
The third reason is specific to this borough. A contractor working in Lehighton has to know Chapter 92 as well as the electrical code, from the entrance equipment standard to the Article 700 generator rule, and building that knowledge into the estimate is what keeps a service upgrade from stalling at the cut-in.
| Business Information | Details |
|---|---|
| Business name | Vishnefski Electrical Inc. |
| Business type | Service-area electrical contractor; Lehighton is served from the Nanticoke headquarters with no borough office |
| Public address | 72 Robert St, Nanticoke, PA 18634 (Luzerne County headquarters) |
| Phone | (570) 574-3785 |
| Text | 570-712-5460 |
| daniel@vishelectrical.com | |
| Hours | Every day, all hours |
| Appointment requirements | Complimentary written estimate at the property, requested by phone, text, or online form |
| Emergency availability | 24-hour phone coverage with a response within 24 hours on urgent calls |
| Primary service area | Lehighton Borough and southern Carbon County, Pennsylvania |
| Additional areas served | Weissport, Franklin Township, Mahoning Township, Jim Thorpe, Nesquehoning, Palmerton, Bowmanstown, Parryville, East Penn Township, and Towamensing Township, together with the company’s home ground in Luzerne, Lackawanna, and Columbia counties |
| Website | https://vishelectrical.com/ |
| Google Business Profile | Google Maps Listing |
Vishnefski Electrical Inc. serves Lehighton and southern Carbon County as a service-area contractor without an office in the borough. The map above points to the company headquarters and Google Business Profile address at 72 Robert St in Nanticoke, roughly 45 miles to the northwest.
