Electrical Work in the City of Chippewa Falls is regulated by Chapter 15 of the City of Chippewa Falls municipal ordinances and the State of Wisconsin Electrical Code.

• An electrical permit is required for the installation or alteration of electrical wiring, raceways or other electrical equipment. 

• Only Contractors licensed by the City of Chippewa Falls as Electrical Contractors may engage in the business of performing electrical work in the City of Chippewa Falls, except the owner of a single family home may perform electrical work on a single family home that he/she owns and occupies or intends to occupy. 

Permit Applications

Electrical Contractor License Application Form

• All individuals performing electrical work within the City of Chippewa Falls must be licensed as either a State of Wisconsin Journeyman or Master or Beginner except individuals grandfathered in with a local Journeyman License may continue to renew their local license.  Apprentices indentured in the state inside wiring program need not be licensed. A State beginner or apprentice may work under the supervision of a State Journeyman or Master. There are some City of Chippewa Falls Journeyman licenses still "grandfathered" in but no new City Journeyman licenses are issued. These "grandfathered" license holders may renew each year, but if they let them lapse, they would then need State Certification to perform electrical work.

• Licenses are renewed on July 31^st o f each year. Renewal notices are mailed to License holders about two months prior to expiration.

• There are no provisions that allow industrial maintenance personal to perform electrical      

           work within a facility without proper licensing.

• The City has a fire District Downtown restricting wiring method types.

• The City restricts the use of NM and similar type cables to residential construction.

• The City has sign and control wiring license categories. Local testing is required.