York County, Maine
Licensed, insured electrical work for Ogunquit homes and businesses, with the owner on every job.
Ogunquit packs a resort village, Perkins Cove, the Marginal Way and a mile and a half of beach into just over four square miles of land. Its year-round population is small, about 1,400 people, but nearly two-thirds of its housing is held for seasonal use, so many homes spend the winter empty and the summer full. That pattern shapes almost every electrical decision here. Goodnow Electric, a licensed Maine master electrician based in Westbrook, handles service upgrades, generators, EV chargers, wiring and lighting in Ogunquit.
Much of Ogunquit's housing predates today's electrical loads. About 36 percent of homes were built before 1960 and nearly 20 percent before 1940, according to the Census, with a median year built of 1978. The older stock includes cottages and inns from the resort years that followed the art colony's founding in 1898, and buildings of that age often carry old wiring, small services and circuits added one room at a time. About 29 percent of homes were built between 1980 and 1999. Roughly 8 percent of homes are in buildings of two to four units. Of the town's roughly 2,100 housing units, about 1,340 are seasonal, and about 94 percent of the year-round homes are owner-occupied.
Among year-round households, about 70 percent heat with fuel oil, one of the highest oil shares in York County. Electricity heats about 16 percent, propane about 11 percent, and utility gas and wood about 1 percent each, according to Census estimates. That makes Ogunquit a strong candidate for heat pump conversions, but in older cottages and guest houses the service often has to grow first. For seasonal owners, the bigger question is keeping an empty house safe in winter, which puts heat, sump pumps, freeze alarms and backup power ahead of anything else.
Central Maine Power supplies electricity in Ogunquit, and the Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Wells Water District supplies public water. The town sits on an exposed shore, between the tidal Ogunquit River and the rocky cliffs along the Marginal Way. In January 2024, two storms on the 10th and 13th brought record tides, with Portland's gauge reaching 14.57 feet, and caused more than $110 million in dune and beach damage across coastal York County. Inland, wooded roads toward York and South Berwick see outages from falling limbs, and seasonal owners who are away need a way to know when the power goes out.
Ogunquit began as a village within Wells, with a sawmill by 1686 and shipyards along the tidal Ogunquit River. Fishermen dug a channel to create Perkins Cove, now crossed by a wooden double-leaf pedestrian drawbridge. After the Ogunquit Art Colony was founded in 1898, hotels and inns followed. The Marginal Way, a 1.25-mile shoreline path from Shore Road to Perkins Cove, joined the National Register in 2022, alongside the Ogunquit Playhouse, the Ogunquit Memorial Library, the Winn House and the Colonial Inn. Ogunquit became a separate town in 1980.
Ogunquit's permit guidance lists one- and two-family electrical permits as required for all new electrical work, any upgrade or change in service, subpanels and grounding. The Code Enforcement office reviews plans for zoning, building, plumbing, electrical and environmental compliance, conducts inspections and issues certificates of occupancy. It also enforces limits on vegetation cutting along the Marginal Way and the shoreland, which matters when trenching or placing equipment. Projects that go before the Planning Board may first need design review by the Ogunquit Historic Preservation Commission. Statewide, the 2026 National Electrical Code applies to installations begun on or after July 1, 2026.
Commercial, solar, smart home and new construction work are covered on our full list of electrical services.
Close to Ogunquit, we also work in Wells, York, South Berwick, North Berwick, Kennebunk, and Kittery. Every town we serve is listed on our service area page.
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More resources: answers to common electrical questions, our generator sizing guide, and electrical tips and guides for Maine homeowners.
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