Electrician in Harrison, NJ
Malfettone Electric is a licensed electrician serving Harrison, NJ — family-owned since 1977 and holding New Jersey Electrical Contractor License #17130. We work both Harrisons: the 1900s–1930s two-family blocks off Harrison Avenue and Bergen Street, and the new waterfront apartment and condo buildings around the arena and the PATH station where EV charging is the constant ask. Permits filed with Harrison's Construction & Engineering Department.
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The three jobs we do most in Harrison
We do the full range of residential and commercial electrical work here — see the full Hudson County service list — but these three account for most of what Harrison homeowners and landlords call about.
What Harrison homes are actually wired like
Harrison is a square mile with two completely different electrical realities. The older residential grid — Harrison Avenue, Bergen Street, the numbered streets off Frank E. Rodgers Boulevard — is early-1900s to 1930s attached and semi-attached two-families, tight lots, shared basements, and services that were sized for a household with a radio. Fuse boxes, original 100-amp panels, Federal Pacific and Zinsco replacements from the 1960s, and cloth-insulated branch wiring all turn up regularly. The waterfront redevelopment is the opposite problem: new mid-rise apartment and condo buildings where your unit is fine but the building's riser, main service and garage electrical decide what can be added — and with a young, commuting population, Level 2 EV charging is the single most requested job. Between the two sits the old industrial riverfront along the Passaic, where warehouses and converted buildings need commercial service work.
nearly 50 years of this exact housing stock is why we can quote Harrison work accurately from photos instead of guessing on site. See the Hudson County overview for how the county compares town to town.
Town of Harrison Construction & Engineering Department, 401 Warren Street
Harrison permits electrical work through the Construction & Engineering Department at 401 Warren Street under the NJ Uniform Construction Code. Approval typically takes 5–10 business days, with fees for typical residential work of $150–$300 included in our quoted price. Work in the newer waterfront buildings often needs building-management sign-off alongside the town permit, and we handle both. We file the application and meet the inspector.
PSE&G in Harrison
Harrison is PSE&G territory, with roughly 1–3 weeks of scheduling for the disconnect and reconnect once the permit is issued. On the older attached blocks, adjoining houses sometimes share an overhead service drop — if your upgrade needs PSE&G to run a separate one, that adds coordination time, and we flag it at the assessment rather than mid-job. In the waterfront buildings there is no meter pull at all for in-unit work; the constraint is the building's house service, which we verify with management before quoting.
More Harrison electrical detail
Electrician FAQs — Harrison, NJ
Third-generation owner of Malfettone Electric, family-owned in Jersey City since 1977. Michael has personally run panel upgrades, rewires and service changes across Harrison and the rest of Hudson County— filing the permits, submitting the PSE&G applications, and meeting the inspectors himself. The prices and timelines on this page come from our own recent Harrison jobs.
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Need an electrician in Harrison?
Send us photos or hop on a short video call — most Harrison jobs can be quoted without a truck roll. Written price, permit included, nearly 50 years of doing this work here.