Texxas Power · Builder and Developer Partners
A standby generator is far cheaper to plan for than to add after the fact. Texxas Power works with builders and developers across Prosper, Celina, Frisco and the wider metroplex to wire new homes for generator readiness at rough-in, before drywall, before landscaping, before the driveway is poured. Your buyers get a clean upgrade path instead of a retrofit project, and your sales team gets a defined, bounded scope they can quote with confidence.
The case for planning early
Once a home is closed in, with walls finished, landscaping in, and the driveway and hardscape poured, adding a standby generator later means cutting into finished work to route conduit and gas line to wherever the pad ends up going. Planning for it during rough-in avoids all of that. Conduit gets run while the walls are open. Gas line gets stubbed while the plumber is already on site. The pad location gets reserved before the yard's final layout is locked in by landscaping and hardscaping.
For a buyer who wants a generator at move-in, this is the difference between a same-scope addition and a full retrofit project. For a buyer who does not want one yet, it is a clean, low-cost future upgrade path instead of a "we would need to tear things up" conversation two years from now.
The rough-in scope
This is not a vague add-on line item. It is a specific, well-defined scope.
The main electrical panel is set up with the knockouts and conductor slack needed to add a transfer switch later, without relocating or rebuilding the panel. A small step at rough-in that avoids a much bigger job after close.
Empty conduit is run from the panel to the reserved pad site and capped, sized for the expected generator class. The electrical path already exists when a generator is added, and nothing is trenched through a finished yard.
An interior gas line stub with a shutoff valve is placed and labelled for the expected generator capacity class, so whoever makes the gas connection later knows exactly what it is sized for without guesswork.
The generator's eventual site is planned against the clearance requirements for windows, doors, fresh-air intakes and service access, before landscaping, hardscape or HVAC condenser placement makes that spot unavailable or non-compliant later.
The buyer's side
Permits and inspections
Permitting timelines vary considerably across the metroplex. Dallas and Fort Worth frequently turn a residential generator permit around the same day, while Highland Park, University Park, Southlake, Flower Mound, Frisco and Plano generally take longer. We schedule against the specific jurisdiction rather than an average.
The rough-in wiring and conduit are typically covered under the home's existing building and electrical permits. No separate permit is needed at this stage.
A separate electrical permit is required when the transfer switch and generator are installed. We pull it and handle the inspection, whether that happens at move-in or years later.
Getting started
We work with your trades during rough-in to add the panel space, conduit stub and gas line stub to the build. A defined, bounded addition to the existing electrical and plumbing rough-in scope. All electrical work is performed by or under the direct supervision of our own licensed electricians. It runs under our own electrical contractor licence.
Some buyers want the generator installed before move-in. Many prefer to wait. Either way the expensive, disruptive part is already done during construction, so installing the actual generator later is a straightforward equipment job.
Whether that is before closing or two years later, we pull the required permit, connect to the pre-stubbed conduit and gas line, and complete the installation without any retrofit work.
Track record
Generator rough-in on new residential construction is work we already do, on real builds, with builders and developers we work with regularly.
We are not naming the builders here. That is their business rather than ours. References are available directly if you want to speak to someone before committing to a scope.
If your process requires documentation before a trade goes on the list, our capability statement carries the license, insurance, capacity and coverage detail in one place.
No. The rough-in scope of panel space, conduit and gas stub is sized to accommodate the expected generator class for the home, and the buyer chooses their brand and specific model when they are ready to install. We install Generac, Kohler and Champion.
The rough-in components simply sit unused. Capped conduit and a labelled gas stub carry no ongoing cost or maintenance burden for a home that was built generator-ready but never gets one.
No. The rough-in work is covered under the home's standard build permits. A separate electrical permit is only needed later, at actual generator installation, and pulling it is our responsibility at that point.
Yes. That coordination during rough-in is the whole point of this approach, and we do the electrical rough-in work ourselves rather than handing your trades a specification sheet and hoping it gets followed.
The rough-in scope described on this page is for residential developments, which is where our new-construction work has been to date. On commercial projects we have worked on remodels and retrofits rather than ground-up construction. If you are planning a commercial build, talk to us about it directly and we will tell you honestly what we have and have not done.
Texxas Power Home Services LLC, under Texas Electrical Contractor License #41809, regulated by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. Certificates are available on request.
Yes. HomeSafe Generators and Electrical is our residential brand, same licensed team, and handles the homeowner relationship after close. Your buyers deal with a company that already knows the house.
Builder enquiries
If you are planning homes in Prosper, Celina, Frisco or anywhere across the metroplex, the cheapest time to make them generator-ready is before the drywall goes up. Tell us where you are building and we will walk your team through exactly what the rough-in scope involves and what it costs.
Texxas Power Home Services LLC · Texas Electrical Contractor License #41809
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