Licensed electricians for one of the Grand Strand's first large master-planned communities — from Waterbridge and The Farm to Plantation Lakes and Berkshire Forest.
We offer flexible financing options for larger projects so you can get the work done now and pay over time.
Learn More About Financing →Fogle & Sons Electric is a family-owned, licensed electrician serving Carolina Forest — SC License #CLM111551 — handling EV chargers, generator hookups, panel work, smart-home wiring, and everyday repairs across the 29579 zip code. Our new-construction crews already build and wire homes across the Grand Strand, and now the same electricians run service calls from our Myrtle Beach shop. Start with our $89 diagnostic visit — credited back on any job of $275 or more — or call us any time at (843) 628-7289.
The work here follows the housing stock, and Carolina Forest's housing stock is young. The community was laid out under the 1990s Carolina Forest Master Plan, a joint plan between International Paper and Horry County on the 30,000-acre Buist Tract the paper company had held since 1937, and Carolina Forest Boulevard was finished in December 1996. Roughly 85% of homes here were built in 2000 or later, so we spend less time on aluminum wiring and fuse boxes and more on Level 2 charger circuits, standby generators and interlock kits, smart-home upgrades, and refreshing builder-grade panels in the earliest sections. Because Carolina Forest is unincorporated, permits and inspections run through Horry County Code Enforcement in Conway — we pull the permit and meet the inspector. And when something can't wait, our emergency line offers 24/7 response.
This community grew fast. Carolina Forest Elementary opened in 1996, the middle and high schools followed on a shared campus in 1997, and by the time the Census Bureau first listed Carolina Forest in 2020 it counted 23,342 people — in a metro the latest Census estimates rank third fastest-growing in the nation. All that growth shows up in our line of work: garages waiting on an EV charger, panels running near their limits, and homeowners who want standby power sorted before the next storm. Here are common issues we help Carolina Forest homeowners with:
Your mail may read Myrtle Beach, SC 29579, but Carolina Forest is very much its own community — the 29579 zip code covers more than 25,000 housing units. We work every neighborhood off Carolina Forest Boulevard and River Oaks Drive, the community's two backbone roads, and out International Drive toward Lewis Ocean Bay Heritage Preserve — home to the state's largest black bear population, per SCDNR.
A community this new calls for different work than an old city grid. This is what our crews are equipped for here.
Carolina Forest is unincorporated, so there is no city permit office. Panel changes, generator hookups, and new circuits are permitted and inspected through Horry County Code Enforcement in Conway. We pull the county permit and meet the inspector so you don't have to.
Carolina Forest is split between the two. Santee Cooper serves the Carolina Forest Boulevard corridor, while Horry Electric Cooperative serves neighborhoods on the Conway and SC-544 side. Check the name on your power bill — it determines which rebates and rate programs you qualify for, and we're happy to help you sort it out.
Yes. We install Level 2 chargers (Tesla, ChargePoint, Wallbox, and others) with the dedicated 240V circuit each unit needs, and most installs finish in a single visit. If Santee Cooper is your utility, ask about its EmpowerAuto home-charger rebate — we'll help you confirm the current program. Horry Electric members can cut charging costs by scheduling around the co-op's 3–6 p.m. summer peak window.
About 85% of Carolina Forest homes were built in 2000 or later, so the classic old-home hazards — aluminum branch wiring, obsolete fuse boxes — are rare here. What we see instead is capacity work: EV charger circuits, generator hookups, smart-home wiring, and refreshing builder-grade panels in the community's earliest mid-1990s sections. Our $89 diagnostic visit is credited back on any job of $275 or more.
Yes. Matthew in 2016, Florence in 2018, and Ian in 2022 all knocked out power across Horry County, so generator work is a big part of what we do on the Grand Strand — portable-generator interlock kits and whole-home Generac standby systems with automatic transfer switches. Book before storm season if you can.
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