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Hurricane and Storm Electrical Repair

Service reconnects, meter base replacement, damaged panel repair, and full rebuild wiring for homes and businesses hit by hurricane, tornado, or flood across south Louisiana and southwest Mississippi.

Definition

What is hurricane and storm electrical repair?

Disaster relief and storm-repair electrical is the recovery work after a hurricane, tornado, or flood damages the electrical system of a building. It includes everything from a same-day service reconnect after a tree took down your meter base, to full rebuild wiring for a home that took on water. After every major Gulf storm, Pelican State Electric LLC adds capacity for emergency calls, prioritizes homes and businesses without power, and coordinates with the utility on service reconnects as fast as the grid will let us.
When You Need This

You should be calling about this if…

Common situations that bring homeowners and businesses to Pelican State Electric LLC. If any of these sound familiar, the rest of the page is worth your time.

A tree took down your weather-head, meter, or service drop

The utility will not reconnect until the meter base and weather-head are repaired by a licensed electrician. We do that work and coordinate the reconnect with Cleco, Entergy, or your local utility.

Your panel sat in flood water

Submerged panels and breakers cannot be safely re-energized. We replace the panel, the meter base if needed, and test the home wiring for water intrusion damage before any power is restored.

You smell burning insulation or see scorched wiring after a storm

Power surges and lightning strikes can damage wiring inside walls. Do not flip the breaker back. Call us and we will assess what is safe and what needs replacing before anything is re-energized.

You need a temporary power pole to live in an RV on the property

We install temporary 50 A service poles for displaced homeowners, coordinate the utility hookup, and convert it back to permanent when the home is repaired.

Your business has to be back up fast

We carry commercial repair capacity for restaurants, clinics, warehouses, and offices that lose more revenue every day they are down than the repair will cost.

Our Process

How Pelican State Electric LLC delivers this work.

Every job runs through the same defined process. You know what is happening, why it is happening, and what comes next.

01

Phone Assessment

Call 985-590-2337. We triage over the phone, ask the right safety questions, and schedule the soonest possible site visit. If the situation is dangerous, we tell you what to do until we arrive.

02

On-Site Damage Survey

We walk the property, document the damage with photos for your insurance, and produce a written scope of work.

03

Safety-First Repair Plan

Anything that is not safe to re-energize stays de-energized. We work in the order that gets you safely back to power: meter base, panel, branch circuits, devices.

04

Utility Coordination

If a service reconnect is required, we pull the permit, schedule the parish inspection, and coordinate the reconnect with the utility so the meter is re-set the same day as the inspection if at all possible.

05

Repair and Test

Every replaced component is torqued to spec. Every re-energized circuit is tested for continuity, polarity, and ground. No power is restored until the system is safe.

06

Insurance Documentation

We hand you a written scope, photos, and a copy of the permit and inspection sign-off, which is what your homeowner or commercial insurance carrier needs to settle the claim.

What's Included

Every part of the job, covered.

The work included as standard scope. No add-ons, no surprise line items.

Standard Scope

  • Same-day phone triage after declared weather events
  • Service reconnect coordination with Cleco, Entergy, and local utilities
  • Meter base, weather-head, and service-drop replacement
  • Panel replacement after flood, surge, or lightning
  • Temporary 50 A service pole install for displaced occupants
  • Branch-circuit testing and re-energizing
  • Commercial emergency restoration
  • Written scope and inspection sign-off for insurance documentation
  • Generator install or repair as part of the recovery scope

Where We Work

Pelican State Electric serves the Northshore, Southshore, Acadiana, and southwest Mississippi from a home base in Folsom, Louisiana. The service region reaches from McComb, Mississippi in the north to Lafayette, Louisiana in the west, including Covington, Mandeville, Madisonville, Slidell, Hammond, Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Metairie, and Houma.

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Frequently Asked

Answers to the questions we hear most.

If your question is not below, call 985-590-2337 and we will answer it on the spot.

How fast can Pelican State Electric respond after a hurricane?
Response time depends on storm severity and access. After a declared event we triage by safety: no-power households with medical equipment, then businesses, then routine service reconnects. Call 985-590-2337 and we will give you a realistic window based on the day.
My meter base was ripped off the house. Can the utility just put it back?
No. The utility will not reconnect a service where the meter base, weather-head, or service entrance was damaged until a licensed electrician repairs it and a parish or municipal inspector signs off. We do that repair and pull the permit on your behalf.
Is a flooded panel safe to use after it dries out?
No. A flooded panel and any breakers that were submerged must be replaced. Water damages the bus, the breaker contacts, and the insulation in ways that are not visible from the outside and will cause failure later. Insurance carriers know this and expect a full panel replacement, not a clean-and-dry.
Do you do insurance claim documentation?
Yes. We document the damage with photos, write a clear scope of work, and hand you the parish-stamped permit and inspection sign-off. That packet is what the insurance carrier needs to process the claim quickly.
Can you install a generator while we are still repairing storm damage?
Yes, and it is a smart time. Pulling a generator install in the same scope as the service rebuild saves on labor compared to coming back for a separate project later.
Do you work in southwest Mississippi after Gulf storms?
Yes. Our service region reaches into Pike County, Mississippi including McComb. We respond to declared-event calls in that area when capacity allows.
What about commercial storm damage?
Restaurants, clinics, retail, and small industrial recovery is part of our commercial scope. Call as soon as you have access to the property and we will prioritize the restart.
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Ready to plan it?

Call Pelican State Electric LLC and tell us what you are building, fixing, or backing up. We will walk the job with you, plan it together, and give you a straight answer.

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