Current
from Progress and Heritage Electric
Practical, local guides to the electrical side of homes and businesses in Central Virginia, the Roanoke Valley and Southside, written by the electricians who do the work.
Residential
- Structured Wiring and Smart Home Basics: Getting Your House Ready
How structured wiring, wired access points and smart home wiring make a home network reliable, and the best time to run low-voltage cable. - Powering Hot Tubs, Pools and Outdoor Spaces Safely
What the electrical code requires for hot tubs, pools and outdoor kitchens: dedicated circuits, GFCI, disconnects, bonding and permits in Virginia. - Your Home’s Electrical System After a Storm, Flood or Fire
What to do and not do with your home’s electrical system after water or fire damage, what must be replaced, and how to get power back safely. - Electrical Items on a Home Inspection Report, and What to Fix Before Closing
The electrical findings that show up most on Virginia home inspections, what each one means, and how buyers and sellers should handle them before closing. - Electrical Permits in Virginia: Remodels, Additions and Who Pulls Them
Which electrical work needs a permit under Virginia’s statewide building code, what’s usually exempt, who can pull the permit and what inspection involves.
Commercial & Industrial
- Structured Cabling for Business: Data, Phones and Cameras Done Once
What business structured cabling includes, Power over Ethernet, doing it right, and planning cabling together with your electrical work. - EV Charging for Workplaces and Apartments in Virginia
Level 2 vs DC fast charging, building capacity and load management, make-ready planning and incentives for workplace and multifamily EV charging. - Electrical Prefabrication: How Contractors Save Field Hours
What electrical prefabrication includes, why contractors use it, how the process works and who it’s for, from a Virginia prefab shop. - Electrical Work After Fire and Water Damage: A Guide for Restoration Contractors
Make-safe, temporary power, damage assessment, adjuster-ready scopes and code items a rebuild triggers, for restoration contractors in Central Virginia. - LED Lighting Retrofits and the Controls the Energy Code Expects
LED retrofit options for businesses, the lighting controls Virginia’s energy code can require when lighting is replaced, and what else to plan for.
Our Communities
- Winter Electrical Safety: Space Heaters, Extension Cords and Holiday Lights
Space heater and holiday light safety, generators in ice storms, heat tape and outdoor outlets: simple habits that keep winter safe. - Getting Ready for Storm Season and Long Outages in Central and Southside Virginia
How to prepare for storm outages in Central and Southside Virginia: before, during and after, plus the generator rules that save lives. - How to Check a Virginia Electrician’s License Before You Hire
How to look up an electrician’s license with Virginia DPOR, what Class A, B and C mean, other questions to ask, and red flags to watch for. - Call VA 811 Before You Dig: Fences, Posts and Buried Lines
How Virginia 811 works, when to contact it, what the colored marks mean, what 811 doesn’t mark, and what to do if you hit a line. - Powering the Communities We Call Home
Where Progress and Heritage Electric works across Central Virginia, the Roanoke Valley and Southside, and why being a local electrician matters.
Company News
- What to Expect When We Come to Your Home or Business
How a visit with Progress and Heritage Electric works, from booking and background-checked technicians to estimates, permits and payment. - We’re a Generac Aligned Contractor: What That Means for You
What being a Generac Aligned Contractor means, the Generac backup power we install and service, and how we take a system from sizing to service. - How Our Home and Business Maintenance Plans Work
What our Home Safety and Home + Generator plans include, how commercial plans are built, and how sign-up, renewal and cancelling work. - The Story Behind Progress and Heritage Electric
Who Progress and Heritage Electric is, what our name means, what sets us apart and where we work across Central Virginia. - Your Complete Electrical Partner: The Services We Provide
Every residential, commercial, industrial and contractor service Progress and Heritage Electric offers, with a guide to each.