Electrical Permit

An electrical permit is required when work is being done that impacts the electrical system in a structure. Examples include:

• extending a circuit
• wiring a new air conditioner
• adding an alarm system
• remodeling or adding kitchens or bathrooms
• installing a permanent hot tub, spa or sauna

Work can not be done by a homeowner if the residential property is for sale, lease , rent or an ADU. You will need to hire a licensed contractor to do the work. 

Who can do commercial electrical permit work? 

Any electrical work in a commercial building will need a permit. Only a licensed contractor can buy a commercial electrical permit. 
Contractors must have a license to work in Oregon. The permit application must list the license number of their business and any other applicable licenses. To do most electrical work, contractors must also have their BCD electrical license and a BCD supervising electrical license. 

Electrical work that needs to submit plans:  

If the electrical work needs plans, you can submit the application with plans online at www.buildingpermits.oregon.gov or email them to building@hermiston.or.us   This includes:

• Fire pump
• Emergency system
• Addition of new motor load of 100 HP or more
• Six or more residential units
• Patient care areas of health care facilities
• Recreational vehicle parks
• Hazardous locations
• Supply over 600 volts nominal
• Service or feeder 400 amps or more where the available fault current exceeds 10,000 amps at 150 volts or less to the ground, or exceeds 14,000 amps for all other installations
• Service or feeder 600 amps or over
• Building over three stories
• Commercial use agricultural buildings
• Installation of 150 KVA or larger separately derived system
• A, E, I-2, I-3 occupancies
• Voluntary plan review

The plans need to also contain the following:

• Feeder riser diagram showing panel location and circuit schedules
• One line riser diagram diagram showing bonding and grounding and conductor sizes
• Available fault current current on the line side of service disconnect
• Complete load calculations (or provide applicable load records) for all new installations and for additions to existing installations
• Fixture schedule, showing type, location, and layout of the fixtures
• Address of the installation and name of owner and address
• Identification of the employer, identification and signature of person who prepared the plan, license number if the person is an electrical supervisor and professional registration number if the person is an architect or registered professional electrical engineer
• Location of emergency systems, identifying the power source and the system on plan

If you have any more questions you can contact us at 541.667.5025 or building@hermiston.or.us