Long Island towns and villages generally leave electrical inspections to private agencies. Your electrician pulls the permit from the town or village, files with one of the agencies on that town’s approved list, and the agency inspects the work and issues the certificate. The building department needs that certificate to close the permit, and PSEG Long Island needs it before it sets a new meter or service.
Why the town sends you to a private agency
The Town of Huntington states that it does not conduct electrical inspections. Electrical work tied to a town building permit needs a certificate of approval from an authorized inspection agency, the permit holder hires and pays that agency, and the approval is part of getting a Certificate of Occupancy.
Islip says the same thing a different way. Its building department accepts electrical approval certificates from any of the agencies on its list. Brookhaven tells permit holders to contact their chosen agency before any work begins and ask for its application and inspection procedures.
Villages work the same way. The Village of East Rockaway’s electrical permit application has to come with a completed application to an East Rockaway approved inspection agency, and the form says all work must be inspected and certified before it is covered up. The village charges $75 for a residential electrical permit and $150 for commercial, and says the agency’s inspection fees are separate. The Village of New Hyde Park posts its own list of approved electrical underwriters for the electrician or owner to call.
The agencies on Brookhaven, Islip and New Hyde Park’s lists
Brookhaven’s list is dated November 1, 2024 and Islip’s December 5, 2024. Both name the same nine agencies, though a few addresses and phone numbers differ between them. New Hyde Park’s list was posted in April 2022. Call the agency to confirm before you rely on a number here.
| Agency | Office as listed | Phone as listed | On these lists |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance Electrical Inspections Limited | Garden City South (Brookhaven); West Islip (Islip, New Hyde Park) | (516) 280-9496 Brookhaven; 631-539-6055 Islip; (516) 248-0820 New Hyde Park | Brookhaven, Islip, New Hyde Park |
| Certified Electrical Inspections, Inc. | Amityville and East Islip; Garden City on New Hyde Park’s list | 631-598-5610 or 888-238-1338; 516-348-8975 Garden City | Brookhaven, Islip, New Hyde Park |
| East End Inspections | East Quogue | 631-594-2272 | Brookhaven, Islip |
| Electrical Inspection Service, Inc. | East Patchogue | 631-286-6642 | Brookhaven, Islip, New Hyde Park |
| Electrical Inspectors, Inc. | East Meadow | 516-794-0400 | Brookhaven, Islip, New Hyde Park (listed there as d/b/a New York Board of Fire Underwriters) |
| Long Island Electrical Inspectors, Inc. | Bay Shore | 631-892-7068 Brookhaven; 631-647-7447 Islip; 631-581-8697 New Hyde Park | Brookhaven, Islip, New Hyde Park |
| New York Electrical Inspections, Inc. (NYS Electrical Inspections on Brookhaven’s list) | Kings Park | 631-466-4235 | Brookhaven, Islip |
| Prestige Electrical Inspections, LLC | St. James | 516-652-5681 | Brookhaven, Islip |
| Suffolk Bureau of Electrical Inspectors, Inc. (Nassau Suffolk Bureau on New Hyde Park’s list) | Miller Place | 631-495-8136 | Brookhaven, Islip, New Hyde Park |
Brookhaven’s sheet prints the Kings Park agency’s phone as “(632) 466-4235.” Islip’s list gives 631-466-4235 for the same agency at the same address, so the 632 is a typo.
If your house is in another town or village, ask its building department for the current list. Each one keeps its own.
Suffolk licenses the inspectors too
Suffolk County Consumer Affairs’ license search includes an Electrical Inspector License category alongside the Master and Restricted Electrician licenses. If you are in Suffolk and want to confirm the person who shows up is licensed, you can search for them by name there.
How an inspection fits into a job
- The electrician pulls the permit from your town or village.
- Before work starts, the electrician files with an agency from that town’s list, as Brookhaven asks.
- For work inside walls, the agency inspects before anything is covered. East Rockaway’s permit form spells this out.
- When the work is done, the agency does the final inspection and issues the certificate of approval.
- The certificate goes to the building department to close the permit. Huntington ties it to the Certificate of Occupancy.
- If PSEG Long Island is setting a new meter or service, it needs the Electrical Inspection Certificate first, according to its Electrification Guideline.
What it costs and who pays
Huntington puts the cost on the permit holder, which is normally the electrician, who builds it into your price. East Rockaway says the agency’s fee is separate from the village permit fee. For a panel job, Long Island Electric Co. lists a final inspection at $85 to $185 and includes it in its own quotes. Ask whether yours does.
Old work with no certificate
Huntington’s rule covers past work as well as new: any electrical work tied to a town building permit needs an agency certificate of approval. If a finished basement, addition or pool was wired years ago and the certificate was never filed, call the building department and an agency about it well before the house goes on the market.