“They counted our vans, read the panel and showed us how many we could charge overnight on the service we had. The utility's charges were their own line in the bid.”
Sherlene M.Operations manager, courier company
Commercial and fleet EV charging
Fleet charging starts with the survey
We walk your yard or lot, read the service and the panel, and file the utility paperwork before anyone orders a charger. Then we install it. For small fleets, dealerships and school lots around Atlanta.
Start with your site
How a job runs
Six steps from the first walk to the first charge
The utility keeps its own schedule, so its paperwork starts first.
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Step 1: Site survey
We walk the yard or lot with your fleet or facilities manager: where vehicles park, how long they sit, and what the panel and the meter look like.
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Step 2: Load study
We match the chargers to each vehicle's daily miles and dwell time, then test the plan against the service you already have.
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Step 3: Utility request
We file the service request with the utility, Georgia Power or your EMC, with the load and a site plan. Its design and schedule come back to us.
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Step 4: Written bid
The scope, the utility's charges as their own line, what is left out, and a schedule that shows the utility's steps.
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Step 5: Permit and install
We pull the permit, trench or bore, set pads and conduit, and mount and wire the chargers around the hours your vehicles move.
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Step 6: Inspect, energize, hand over
After the inspection and the utility's meter work we energize, test every charger and walk your drivers through it.
Who does what
Our side of the meter and the utility's
The utility's work runs up to your meter. Ours starts there, and we handle the paperwork that connects the two.
| The utility does | We do | |
|---|---|---|
| The request | The utility doesReviews it, then sets the design, fees and schedule | We doPrepare and file it, with the load and a site plan |
| Service capacity | The utility doesDecides whether the line or transformer needs an upgrade | We doMeasure the panel and the demand, and size chargers to fit |
| Before the meter | The utility doesBuilds the line, the transformer and the meter set | We doAgree trench routes and dates with the crew |
| After the meter | The utility doesSets the service rules we build to | We doBuild the panels, conduit, chargers and controls |
| Inspection and power | The utility doesSets or releases the meter once the inspection is cleared | We doCall in the inspection and meet the inspector |
| Rates | The utility doesSets the rates, including demand charges | We doExplain the options so you can choose |
Project cards
Four kinds of site, four kinds of survey
Each type of site has its own limits. These are the first things we check.
Fleet yardFleet yards
Vans and box trucks sit all night, so we size for the night and share power across the row.
Charging window against shift change
Panel and transformer headroom
Conduit route across the yard
DealershipDealership and retail lots
Inventory sits for weeks and customers stay an hour. We plan stalls by use: inventory, service and visitors.
Stalls for inventory, service and visitors
Power for the service bays
Access to the chargers after hours
School or districtSchool and district lots
Buses and staff cars sit all day and all summer. Summer break is the usual window for the heavy work.
Work scheduled around the school calendar
Separate bus and staff stalls
District purchasing and insurance paperwork
Garage or deckGarages and decks
Concrete, low ceilings and long runs back to the electrical room. We scan for conduit paths before we price.
Scanning and core drilling
Load sharing between floors
City or county review of the plan
Who walks your site
The person who walks the site writes the bid
Venkat Natarajan started Switchyard to do charging work for fleets and businesses. He walks the large sites himself, and Nazia Hashmi files the utility paperwork and keeps the schedule.
The rest of the twenty-person crew are electricians and apprentices who build what the survey drew.
How we work
Surveys by the people who write the bid
Utility filings done in the office
Installs scheduled around your vehicles
Venkat Natarajan
Founder and owner
Check the license before you sign
Look the number up on the state's site. The insurance certificate goes to your office or risk manager before work starts.
License
Electrical Contractor, Class I · GA Lic. 000000 · Georgia State Construction Industry Licensing BoardVerify
Georgia's electrical contractor license. The class sets how large a job the holder can take. Look the number up on the state's site before you sign.
Insurance
General liability and workers' compensation insurance · Insurer named on the certificate
A certificate goes to your office or risk manager before the first day on site.
From the people who sign
What fleet and facilities managers say
“Summer is our window. The utility request was filed before the school year ended, and the trenching was set for the week the lot was empty.”
Samira A.Transportation director, school district
“Before we agreed to anything, they drew which stalls were for inventory, which for service and which for visitors.”
Foday Q.General manager, auto dealership
Sample reviews.
Service area
Where we survey
Metro Atlanta and the counties around it. If your site is on the list, we can walk it.
Fulton County
- Roswell
- Alpharetta
- Fairburn
DeKalb County
- Lithonia
- Stonecrest
Cobb County
- Marietta
- Austell
- Kennesaw
- Acworth
- Powder Springs
Gwinnett County
- Norcross
- Duluth
- Peachtree Corners
- Suwanee
- Snellville
Clayton County
- Forest Park
- Morrow
- Jonesboro
- Riverdale
We don't work outside these five counties, and we don't build the utility's side of the meter.
ZIP codes: 30318, 30336, 30339, 30344, 30349, 30340, 30338, 30060, 30092, 30071, 30043
Questions before the survey
Why does the survey come before the bid?
The service at your site decides what you can charge without a utility upgrade. A bid written before anyone has seen the panel and the meter is a guess.
How long does the utility take?
The utility sets its own schedule, and for a new line or transformer it can run longer than the install. That is why we file the request first and show its steps in the bid.
What does a job cost?
It depends on the service capacity at your site, the distance from the panel to the stalls, trenching or boring, the number and type of chargers, permit fees and the utility's own charges. The written bid lists what is included, what is left out and the utility's charges as a separate line.
Who pulls the permit?
We do, where the city or county requires one, and the bid says so. The inspector's sign-off comes before the utility energizes the meter.
Who do I call if a charger stops working?
Start with the network or manufacturer support line on the unit. If it looks like our electrical work, call the office; we return calls the next business morning. We don't staff an overnight line.
Contact
Book a site survey
Three short steps. We'll call to set a time to walk the site.
Call(404) 555-0102
Text(404) 555-0102
Office and yard1180 Marietta Blvd NW
Atlanta, Georgia 30318
Office hours
- Monday – FridayToday
- 7 a.m. – 5 p.m.
- Saturday – SundayToday
- Closed