Smart home automation · Smart switches & hardwired alarms · Lighting control

Empire Electric USA

Kennewick electrical contractor, also serving Vancouver, that installs smart lighting, smart thermostats and whole-home automation, including Loxone systems, for homes and businesses.

At a glance

Electrical contractor (general, 01)
EMPIREU782DQ · verify with L&I
120-volt work
Does its own switch, dimmer and hardwired alarm wiring
Equipment
Loxone, Google Home, Amazon Alexa, Apple HomeKit (as the company describes it)
Serves
Kennewick, Richland, Pasco, Vancouver, Benton County, Franklin County, Clark County
Services
Smart switches & dimmers

Public record

Washington L&I records for this company’s licence from the last 5 years:

Violations (4)

  • Jul 26, 2024 Electrical work without a permit · Electrical, 19.28.101 RCW · $100 fine, paid
  • Jul 26, 2024 Electrical work without a permit · Electrical, WAC 296-46B-901(5) · $250 fine, paid
  • Jul 3, 2024 Electrical work without a permit · Electrical, WAC 296-46B-901(5) · $250 fine, paid
  • Nov 15, 2022 Did not correct an installation in time · Electrical, 19.28.101(3) RCW · $250 fine, paid

A record isn’t proof of poor work: busy companies do more jobs and so collect more records, and many fines concern paperwork or staff certificates. Ask the company about anything here. Checked Nov 2, 2026 with Washington L&I. Full record: EMPIREU782DQ. What this covers.

Empire Electric USA is a general electrical contractor based in Kennewick that also serves Vancouver (phone (360) 448-1385 there). Alongside panel, circuit and HVAC electrical work, it offers smart home services for homeowners.

Its smart home page lists smart lighting installation (brightness, schedules and zones from a phone or voice assistant), smart thermostat installation, whole-home automation connecting lighting, thermostats and devices, and Loxone systems that combine lighting, security, heating and cooling and energy management. It says it installs systems compatible with Google Home, Amazon Alexa, Apple HomeKit and Loxone, and checks wiring, switch locations and electrical capacity first. The company states it is the only company in Washington offering Loxone systems; that is its own claim.

As a general (01) electrical contractor it can do the 120-volt switch and dimmer wiring itself.