About Us

"The best equipped and most highly trained solution for your electrical installation or maintenance needs."

For over 25 years Preferred Electric has been serving the needs of Lambton County by providing the highest standard of service and attention to the priorities of any job. Three generations of the Smith family have performed safe and successful electrical installations, making safety and maintenance not just a responsibility, but their way of life. Preferred Electric is so well-respected that they are relied upon to supervise worksite safety and regulations, supply the required equipment, as well as provide documentation for other electrical contracting companies.

Capable, ready and willing to address the requirement of any sized job, Preferred Electric offers 24 hour emergency response, troubleshooting, installation, maintenance and repair for all electrical requirements in municipal, institutional, industrial, commercial and residential environments. Our master electricians and highly trained staff deliver top of the line customer service, attention to detail, as well as an unsurpassed saftey record. Our respect of budgets, schedules and timelines is reflected in the number of requests that we receive from satisfied clients.

Highly diverse sets of equipment, some of it proprietary in design, make Preferred Electric the most qualified to perform any electrical job, whether indoors, outdoors or underground. We even maintain a fleet of snow removal equipment should the need arise to access work sites and pumping stations during inclement weather.

Some of our specialized equipment allows us to:

Repair and maintain parking lot and street lamps, as well as manage any exterior electrical work;
Dig trenches, excavate and remove debris from any underground electrical work;
Detect underground infrastructure obstacles such as pipes and cables;
Repair and maintain high positioned interior lighting, such as ceiling lights in industrial settings;
Repair and maintain pumping stations, even without disabling or disrupting a pumping stations service;
Data collection at pumpiing stations with our proprietary pump station service software;
Residential emergency repairs or replacement of power without waiting for permits or city officials / inspectors.