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Storm Damage Electrical Repair in New Port Richey, FL
Flooded and Red-Tagged Homes|Repairs in the City's Order|Licensed & Insured, EC13011268
Say whether the city has inspected the house or sent you a letter.
After Hurricanes Helene and Milton, the City of New Port Richey put red stickers on flooded homes in one of its mobile-home communities, marking them uninhabitable because of water damage. City officials said an inspection had to come before any repairs.
Our repair follows the city's inspection and the permit.
Call (352) 251-2795, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., or send a request online. Calls after hours are returned the next business day.
One Flooded Community
One Flooded Community After Helene and Milton
The community is a 99-lot mobile-home park west of US 19, with a tidal creek on three sides. A city planning memo from April 2025 places all of it in the AE flood zone, where the base flood elevation is 10 feet, on ground the county property appraiser puts at 5 feet or less. Helene and Milton both flooded it, and many residents had to leave.
In 2024, the city issued 13 storm-related building permits and six demolition permits there. By spring 2025, owners of other homes across the city damaged by the two storms had not applied for permits. For a house in that position, the electrical repair is still ahead.
Six Steps
Six Steps for a Flooded House Inside the City
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1. The city's damage inspection
After Hurricane Idalia in 2023, the city said properties in its mapped flood zones that were damaged by wind, water, fallen trees, or other hazards must be inspected before it can issue repair permits. The inspection covers the electrical system along with the foundation, roof, plumbing, and air conditioning. After Helene and Milton, the city offered to do that inspection by appointment, or an owner could hire an inspector.
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2. The results letter
The results go into the city's database, and the owner gets a letter with them and any requirements that apply.
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3. The electrical permit
We apply for the electrical permit with the Building Division.
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4. Repairs with the power off
Wiring, devices, and equipment the water reached are replaced.
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5. Inspection of the repair
We request the inspection, and the city's inspector checks the repair.
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6. Duke Energy reconnects
Duke, which serves the city, says it can't reconnect a flooded home until a licensed electrician has inspected the electrical system. With the repair passed, the service can come back.
A Replacement home
A Replacement Home's Electrical at 11 Feet
When a flooded mobile home in that community is replaced, the city's flood rules decide where the new home's electrical sits. A manufactured home placed or replaced in a flood hazard area has to be elevated so the bottom of its frame is at or above the base flood elevation, and the city's April 2025 memo puts new residential redevelopment's electrical systems at 11 feet there. The 2024 flood ordinance also puts the utility equipment serving a manufactured home under the building code's flood provisions.
On ground at 5 feet or less, that can lift the service equipment 6 feet or more above the lot.
For the estimate
What to Have Ready for the Electrical Work
- The city's letter: It tells us what the damage inspection found and which requirements apply to the house.
- The water line: How high the water stood inside, so we know which outlets, circuits, and equipment it reached.
- The panel and the meter: Whether water reached either one, and whether Duke has disconnected the service.
Billing
Billed by the Hour, From Arrival
Repair and troubleshooting visits are billed by the hour from arrival: $100 residential, $150 commercial, one-hour minimum, then half-hour increments, plus materials. No trip charge and no service fee. No hidden fees: the 3.5% surcharge on card and ACH payments is listed in our terms.
Our warranty after a flood repair
02If something we installed fails because of our workmanship within 30 days of completion, we waive the hourly labor to put it right. Materials Kennedy Electric purchases for your job carry the manufacturer's one-year warranty. To replace defective materials we supplied, or materials damaged by storm, flood, fire, or other acts of God, we charge a reduced warranty labor rate of $50 an hour residential and $75 an hour commercial. The warranty does not cover materials not purchased by Kennedy Electric, work performed by the customer, or materials the customer purchased or damaged. Our warranty terms are printed on the estimate, the invoice, and the receipt, and the product boxes stay with you so you can register each product with its manufacturer.
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Other Customers' Experiences With Us
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Does the city's process cover every New Port Richey mailing address?
We're nowhere near the Gulf. How did the water reach us?
Contact us
Line Up the Electrical Repair for a Flooded New Port Richey Home
Send the address and where the city's process stands for the house. Our office will reach you during business hours.