Meridian, ID
Meridian Electrical Permit Cost
Meridian electrical permits price by scope:
a new single-family home pays $120.00 (up to and including 200-amp service) or $210.00 (201-400 amps), an existing-home permit is $40.00 plus $10 per branch circuit, multi-family runs $120 per building plus $60 per unit at three or more units, and commercial work pays by wiring cost — $40 plus 2.5%, $100 plus 1%, or $180 plus ½% by bracket.
How this fee is calculated
These are the components the schedule defines for this permit, as they applied on 2026-09-28. A component only applies to your project if its conditions match — read that column before assuming a figure. Want a figure for your own project? Estimate this fee with the permit fee calculator.
| Component | Formula | Applies when | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial wiring cost $2,001-$10,000 ($100.00 + 1% of total wiring cost)Permit fee | 1% of project valuation + $100.00 | Occupancy is not residential and Project valuation over $2,000 and Project valuation up to $60,000 | — |
| Commercial wiring cost over $10,000 ($180.00 + ½ of 1% of the portion over $10,000)Permit fee | 0.5% of project valuation above the first $10,000 + $180.00 | Occupancy is not residential and Project valuation over $60,000 | — |
| Commercial wiring cost to $2,000 ($40.00 + 2.5% of total wiring cost)Permit fee | 2.5% of project valuation + $40.00 | Occupancy is not residential and Project valuation is provided and Project valuation up to $2,000 | — |
| Multi-family dwellings — duplexes ($210.00)Permit fee | $210.00 flat fee | Occupancy is residential and Dwelling units is 2 | — |
| Existing residential permit fee ($40.00)Permit fee | $40.00 flat fee | Occupancy is residential and existing residential wiring is true and circuits at least 1 | — |
| Existing residential branch circuits ($10.00 each)Permit fee | $10.00 per circuit | existing residential wiring is true and circuits at least 1 | — |
| Ground grid ($40.00)Permit fee | $40.00 flat fee | ground grid is true | — |
| Multi-family, three or more units — per building ($120.00)Permit fee | $120.00 flat fee | Occupancy is residential and Dwelling units at least 3 | — |
| Multi-family, three or more units — per unit ($60.00 each)Permit fee | $60.00 per dwelling unit | Occupancy is residential and Dwelling units at least 3 | — |
| New residential, up to and including 200 amp service ($120.00)Permit fee | $120.00 flat fee | Occupancy is residential and new residential wiring is true and amperage is not provided or amperage up to 200 | — |
| New residential, 201-400 amp service ($210.00)Permit fee | $210.00 flat fee | Occupancy is residential and new residential wiring is true and amperage over 200 and amperage up to 400 | — |
| Hot tubs, swimming pools and other spas ($40.00)Permit fee | $40.00 flat fee | hot tub is true or swimming pool is true | — |
| Electrical re-inspection fee ($45.00)Inspection fee | $45.00 per inspection | reinspections at least 1 | — |
| Temporary power pole, residential 200 amps or less ($40.00)Permit fee | $40.00 flat fee | temporary service is true and Occupancy is residential and amperage is not provided or amperage up to 200 | — |
A real permit fee is these components added together. The department’s final calculation is the one that applies — this is the schedule it will be based on.
A worked example
Follow the arithmetic by hand. Every line is produced by the engine from the rules above, so the total cannot drift away from the schedule behind it.
Worked example
A homeowner adds four new branch circuits in an existing Meridian single-family home.
| Input | Value |
|---|---|
| Occupancy class | Residential |
| Type of work | Alteration |
| Active circuits | 4 |
| Existing residential wiring | Yes |
Example total
$80.00
An estimate, not an official fee. It is calculated from the published fee schedule as it applied on 2026-09-28. The permit office’s own calculation is the one that applies, and your project may fall under rules this schedule does not describe.
Fee schedule as of 2026-09-28Rules applied 2Rules considered 14
| Component | How it is calculated | Amount |
|---|---|---|
Existing residential permit fee ($40.00)Permit feeBuilding Electrical Fees, sec. 1.2, Existing Residential: $40 permit fee plus $10 for each branch circuit.Show the working
| $40.00 flat fee | $40.00 |
Existing residential branch circuits ($10.00 each)Permit feeBuilding Electrical Fees, sec. 1.2, Existing Residential: $10 for each branch circuit, added to the $40 permit fee.Show the working
| $10.00 per circuit | $40.00 |
| Total | $80.00 |
Fees that do not apply here
Listed so you can see what was considered and left out, rather than wondering whether something is missing. A rule can also be left out because it is not published for this permit at all, and that is stated where it matters.
- Commercial wiring cost $2,001-$10,000 ($100.00 + 1% of total wiring cost) — This fee does not apply to the inputs provided.
- Commercial wiring cost over $10,000 ($180.00 + ½ of 1% of the portion over $10,000) — This fee does not apply to the inputs provided.
- Commercial wiring cost to $2,000 ($40.00 + 2.5% of total wiring cost) — This fee does not apply to the inputs provided.
- Multi-family dwellings — duplexes ($210.00) — This fee does not apply to the inputs provided.
- Ground grid ($40.00) — This fee does not apply to the inputs provided.
- Multi-family, three or more units — per building ($120.00) — This fee does not apply to the inputs provided.
- Multi-family, three or more units — per unit ($60.00 each) — This fee does not apply to the inputs provided.
- New residential, up to and including 200 amp service ($120.00) — This fee does not apply to the inputs provided.
- New residential, 201-400 amp service ($210.00) — This fee does not apply to the inputs provided.
- Hot tubs, swimming pools and other spas ($40.00) — This fee does not apply to the inputs provided.
- Temporary power pole, residential 200 amps or less ($40.00) — This fee does not apply to the inputs provided.
- Electrical re-inspection fee ($45.00) — This fee does not apply to the inputs provided.
Assumptions
- Calculated from 2 fee rules in effect on 2026-09-28.
- Amounts are rounded to the nearest cent, once, at the end of each component.
Existing residential: $40.00 permit fee + 4 branch circuits × $10.00 = $40.00. Total: $80.00.
What is different in Meridian
Electrical permits issue under Building Electrical Fees sec. 1.2 (Res. 18-2110). The new-home rows include everything wired at the same time inside the structure and attached garage; hot tubs, pools and spas permit separately at $40, as do ground grids. Temporary power poles for construction are $40 for residential service at or under 200 amps (Res. 20-2230) — Idaho Power will not set the meter until the pole passes city inspection. Work without a permit doubles the fee.
What this figure does not include
Impact fees, utility connections and other departments’ permits are the usual omissions, and in some jurisdictions they are larger than the permit fee itself.
Not included in these figures
This estimate covers the electrical permit only. It excludes:
- Idaho Power meter, service-drop and transformer charges.
- Fire alarm and sprinkler inspections ($125 for limited-license fire alarm work under Res. 22-2306).
- Building, plumbing and mechanical permits for the same project.
- After-hours inspections ($57.41/hour) and re-inspections ($45).
- Temporary poles over 200 amps and commercial temp power, which price from the commercial schedule.
Common questions
How much is an electrical permit for a new house in Meridian?
$120.00 for a single-family dwelling with service up to and including 200 amps, $210.00 for 201-400 amps. The row covers everything contained within the residential structure and attached garage, all wired at the same time. Service above 400 amps prices from the commercial schedule.
City of Meridian City Fees Schedule, Building Electrical (Res. 18-2110)
What does electrical work on an existing home cost to permit?
$40.00 permit fee plus $10.00 for each branch circuit — a four-circuit job totals $80.00.
City of Meridian City Fees Schedule, Existing Residential
How are Meridian multi-family electrical permits priced?
Duplexes pay a flat $210.00. Buildings with three or more multi-family units pay $120.00 per building plus $60.00 per unit.
City of Meridian City Fees Schedule, Multi-family Dwellings
How is a commercial electrical permit priced in Meridian?
By total wiring cost (all labor and material to install the wiring system): $40 plus 2.5% up to $2,000 of wiring cost; $100 plus 1% from $2,001 to $10,000; $180 plus ½ of 1% of the portion over $10,000. The same rows cover lawn sprinkler systems, limited energy wiring, escalators and moving walks.
City of Meridian City Fees Schedule, Commercial, Industrial and other
How much is a hot tub or pool electrical permit in Meridian?
$40.00 for hot tubs, swimming pools and other spas; a ground grid is also $40.00.
City of Meridian City Fees Schedule, Hot Tubs/Pools/Spas
What does a temporary construction power pole cost in Meridian?
$40.00 for residential service of 200 amps or less at one location (Res. 20-2230). Every pole must be called in for inspection, and Idaho Power will not set the meter until the pole passes. Residential over 200 amps and all commercial construction price from the commercial fee schedule.
City of Meridian City Fees Schedule (Res. 20-2230)
What is the mobile home electrical service fee in Meridian?
$50.00 permit fee plus $10.00 per each additional branch circuit.
City of Meridian City Fees Schedule, Mobile Home Service Fee
What are Meridian's electrical inspection fees?
Re-inspection $45.00; after-hours inspection $57.41 per hour. Work constructed without a permit is charged double permit fees as the minimum.
City of Meridian City Fees Schedule, Re-Inspection (Res. 20-2234)
Source and verification
The documents behind every figure on this page, with the dates that make them checkable.
- City websiteCityPrimary source
The city's official fee database; each row carries its adopting resolution number. Building Structural (1.1), Electrical (1.2), Mechanical (1.3) and Plumbing (1.4) rows read in full from the portal. Retrieval required a browser session (the portal serves a Cloudflare challenge to plain HTTP agents).
Verification
Last verified against the official source in Sep 2026.