Georgia Cost GuideHow much does a whole-house generator cost in Georgia?
Generator installation in Georgia: typically $10,300 to $12,100+, the middle half of the figures posted by 6 Georgia electricians, collected September 2026.
A whole-house standby generator, such as a Generac, is a larger project than most electrical work, and it often brings in gas piping and a pad. The range below comes from Georgia electricians' cost guides, with who usually does which part.
What a whole-house generator costs in Georgia
We checked 663 Georgia electrician websites.
Whole-house generator installation cost
$10,300 to $12,100+
Prices from 6 Georgia electricians
This is a typical range, not a quote. The sections below explain what moves the price for this job. The dot marks the middle price, and a + means some businesses charge more.
What the job involves
A standby generator is a permanent unit that sits outside the house and starts by itself when the power goes out. The installation connects it to a fuel supply, to a transfer switch and to your electrical panel.
That is different from a portable generator, which you wheel out and run yourself. A portable setup with a power inlet on an outside wall is a smaller job, and the range above is more likely to reflect permanent installs.
Several trades often work on one generator job: an electrician for the wiring and the transfer switch, someone who does gas piping, and sometimes a crew for concrete or digging. Ask who coordinates them.
What moves the price
- Gas meter and supply
- On natural gas, the generator shares the meter and line with any gas furnace, water heater or range, and a large unit can need more gas than they were sized for. The gas company may need to upgrade the meter.
- Propane tank
- A generator that runs on propane needs a tank on the property. The tank's size, its placement and whether it is rented or bought can all change the quote.
- Trenching across the yard
- Gas line and electrical conduit often run underground between the generator and the house. A long run, or one that crosses a driveway or landscaping, adds digging and repair.
- Placement and clearance
- Makers usually set how far a generator must sit from windows, doors and the house wall, so the allowed spot can be farther from the gas meter and the panel, which lengthens both runs.
- Service plan after install
- Standby generators need regular servicing, and some companies sell a plan along with the installation. Ask what it includes and whether it is optional.
Getting a quote
Questions to ask each electrician before you compare prices:
- Does the price include the generator itself, the transfer switch, the gas or propane connection and the pad?
- Which circuits or appliances will the generator run during an outage, and how did you size it for them?
- Who runs the gas line, and is that work in your price or a separate bill?
- Will the gas meter or the supply to my house need to change for this generator?
- Where can the unit sit on my property, and how far will that put it from the gas meter and the panel?
- Do you offer a service plan, and what does it include?
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Where this number comes from
We collect these prices with our own crawler, which reads the public websites of Georgia electricians and follows each site's robots.txt rules. It has read 663 of their websites so far. Each range is the middle half of the prices those businesses post, collected September 2026.
A price list is what a business says it charges; a cost guide is a business's own estimate of what the job usually runs in Georgia. We never name the businesses behind a range. How we collect and check electrician prices.
| Job | Businesses that post a price |
|---|---|
| Generator installation | 6 (all cost guides) |
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