A public service of The Hunterdon Scoop · Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Rural roads, big trees, and a grid that gives up in every ice storm: this is a generator county. We verified the business permits and the factory dealer claims, because both get exaggerated. Nobody paid to be here, and nobody can.
8 checked · 3 we'd call first
Lebanon, Hunterdon County
Lebanon, 17 years, owner Jeremy Kope, BBB-accredited since 2016 with zero complaints on file, and a factory-verified Generac PowerPro Elite dealership. In an outage-prone rural county, this is the generator call. Permit verified Active.
Pittstown, Hunterdon County
Pittstown since 1995, the most deeply rooted electrician in the set, and the county's verified Kohler generator dealer. If you want Kohler instead of Generac, this is the call. One slow-response complaint in the record; nothing on workmanship. Permit verified Active.
Asbury, Hunterdon County
Reviewers specifically praise how they handle permits and inspections, which tells you something about how they run everything else. Permit verified Active. Their Generac dealer claim is the one thing we haven't confirmed with the factory yet.
We pull credentials from the official registries ourselves and print the date next to every status — New Jersey electrical contracting businesses hold a business permit (34EB) and individual electricians a contractor license (34EI) from the state board; a proper contracting business carries both, and we pull them directly. Picks are editorial judgment on the checkable record: years in the trade, complaint patterns, review consistency, real presence in the county. No company paid to be listed, none can pay to become a pick, and when a pick has a weak spot we print it. Here are the full rules.
| Company & services | Based in | Electrical permit # | Registry status | BBB | Reviews (as reported) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kope Electric Registered as Kope Electric LLC Generator installation (Generac PowerPro Elite dealer, factory-verified) · Generator service · Panel upgrades · General residential electrical · EV chargers | Lebanon In county | 34EB01623900 | ✓ Active · 2026-07-14 | A+, accredited | 4.7 (multi-platform) |
| Fusco Electric Registered as Fusco Electric LLC Kohler generator installation (factory-verified dealer) · General residential electrical · Service upgrades | Pittstown In county | 34EB01329000 | ✓ Active · 2026-07-14 | Not rated | (aggregate) |
| Plesh Electric Registered as Plesh Electric LLC Residential electrical · Generator installation (Generac claimed; dealer status unconfirmed) · Permit-heavy jobs (praised for handling them) | Asbury In county | 34EB01414900 | ✓ Active · 2026-07-14 | Not rated | 4.5 (aggregate) |
| LaMaster Electrical Registered as LaMaster Electrical (license holder: 34EI01600600, Electrical Contractor) Residential electrical · Generator work (Generac claimed) | Flemington In county | 34EI01600600 | ✓ Active · 2026-07-14 | Not rated | 4.7 · 37 reviews (Google) |
| Mr. Electric of Hunterdon Residential electrical · Generator installation · Panel upgrades | Asbury In county | 34EB01809700 | ✓ Active · 2026-07-14 | Not rated | 5.0 · 100 reviews (Google) |
| Allstate Jersey Central Electric Registered as Jersey Central Electric Inc Residential electrical · Generator installation · Service work | Lebanon In county | 34EB00697800 | ✓ Active · 2026-07-14 | Not rated | 4.9 (Google); 3.9 (Angi) |
| CJM Electric Residential electrical | Stockton In county | 34EB01709200 | ✓ Active · 2026-07-14 | Not rated | |
| Innovative Electrical Contracting Registered as Innovative Electrical Contracting Inc Generator installation (Kohler factory-verified; also Generac and Cummins) · Residential electrical | Chester | 34EB01507700 | ✓ Active · 2026-07-14 | Not rated | 4.8 · 157 reviews (Birdeye) |
Registry status comes straight from the state's verification system on the date shown, and you can rerun any number there yourself in about two minutes. Review scores are what the named platforms report and we have not audited them. BBB grades as of July 2026. "Based in" is the registered address city, which sometimes differs from where a company says it operates. An active registration is the floor, not an endorsement; the picks we would actually call are above.
Sourced ranges: 200-amp panel upgrade $1,300 to $3,000 (to $4,000 with meter work); whole-house generator installed in NJ $6,000 to $12,000 typical, $12,000 to $20,000 for larger whole-home coverage (NJ contractor guides, 2025-2026).
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An automatic standby generator, a transfer switch, a fuel source (propane tank or natural gas), an electrical permit, usually a gas permit, and an inspection. It's a five-figure project in most cases, which is exactly why the factory-dealer question and the permit question both matter. In this county's outage map, it's also the single most-asked-about home upgrade.
Yes, twice over: the individual holds a state electrical contractor license and the business holds a business permit (numbers starting 34EB). Both are checkable at newjersey.mylicense.com — use the Business Search for the permit. Every permit on this page was pulled directly, with the date shown.
Service size, meter work, utility coordination, and whether your existing wiring passes inspection all move the number. Make each quote itemize the same scope, and be suspicious of the one that's dramatically lowest — inspection-day surprises are where that money comes back.
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