When a winter storm drops the grid or a wildfire-season shutoff takes your neighborhood dark, a standby generator keeps the heat on, the well pumping, and the fridge cold. Manzanita Electric is a Generac certified installer — we size, wire, permit, and commission backup power systems for homes and businesses across Central Oregon.
Tell us about your home and what you need to keep running — we'll reply within one business hour.
Central Oregon's grid takes a beating: heavy snow loads snap lines in January, summer lightning and wildfire-risk shutoffs hit in August, and if you're outside the city core, a single downed juniper can mean a full day without power. For homes on wells, that also means no water. For remote workers, no income. For anyone heating with a furnace or heat pump, a cold house fast.
As a Generac certified installer, we design backup power around how your household actually runs. That starts with a real load calculation — not a guess — and ends with a commissioned system that exercises itself weekly and picks up your home in seconds when the grid drops. If your electrical panel needs work to accept a transfer switch, we handle both sides in one project.
Not ready for a full standby system? A generator inlet and interlock lets you run essential circuits from a portable unit safely — no suicide cords, no backfeeding risk to line workers. We build those too, and we'll tell you honestly which option fits your home and budget. Serving Bend, Redmond, and all of Central Oregon.
Every home and budget is different. We install the full range — and help you pick the right fit before you spend a dollar.
We walk your property, run a load calculation, and talk through fuel supply — natural gas or propane — before recommending a system.
You get an itemized price for the generator, transfer switch, pad, and wiring — plus the interlock alternative if it fits your needs better.
We set the pad with proper setbacks, mount the unit, wire the transfer switch, and coordinate the fuel connection — all under permit.
We commission the system, simulate an outage to prove it transfers, register your Generac warranty, and show you the mobile monitoring app.
A generator is only as reliable as its installation. Every job we do covers the details that determine whether your system actually starts when the storm hits.
Factory training means your generator is installed to Generac's spec, commissioned properly, and registered so the manufacturer warranty actually protects you.
We calculate your real loads — well pump surge, heat, refrigeration — and recommend the smallest system that does the job. Sometimes that's an interlock, not a full standby unit.
Cold-weather kits, battery warmers, and placement that accounts for snow shed off your roofline — because a generator that won't start at 5°F is lawn art.
Transfer switch and generator circuits are permit-required work. We pull them with the City of Bend or Deschutes County and see the inspection through.
Older panel that can't take a transfer switch? We do panel upgrades too, so one crew handles the whole project end to end.
We connect Generac's Mobile Link monitoring, walk you through it, and remain a phone call away for maintenance and service after the install.
The further you get from town, the longer outages last. We install standby generators and interlock systems across Bend and the outlying communities that feel every storm first.
Get a free generator estimate before the next storm season — whole-home Generac standby or a budget-smart interlock, quoted honestly.