Thoma Electric News

  • Thoma Electric presents SLO Chamber 2017 Citizen of the Year award

    Thoma Electric congratulates the San Luis Obispo Chamber’s 2017 Citizen of the Year: Anita Robinson. For the last two years, Thoma Electric has sponsored this prestigious award at the Chamber’s annual dinner. Jeff and Bill Thoma introduced the award at the 2018 event. The Annual......

  • Ed Thoma Announces Retirement; Jeffrey Thoma Named Vice President of Thoma Electric

    Prominent Central Coast company adds third generation to family business leadership San Luis Obispo, CA – Thoma Electric, Inc., an engineering, design and construction business based in San Luis Obispo, has announced the retirement of Ed Thoma and the promotion of Jeff Thoma to Vice......

  • Jeff Thoma Sits Down with SLO Chamber

    Thoma Electric is proud to be a long time member and supporter of the San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce. Jeff Thoma, principal engineer, sat down with chamber staff to talk about what it’s like to be back in San Luis Obispo after his time......

  • Meet the Team: Thoma welcomes two new employees to specialize in CAD

    Two new employees have joined the Thoma team as computer-aided-design (CAD) professionals, bolstering the company’s design efforts with more than 30 years of experience. The new drafters are Seth McIver and Tina Reyes. CAD software was designed to make a variety of design tasks more......

  • Experts Continue Their Studies at “Thoma University”

    When an electrician from Thoma Electric visits your business, you’re looking at a technician who has received formal training and years of experience. NECA together with the IBEW sponsor one of the best electrical vocational programs in the USA. In this program electrical apprentices receive......

  • Preventive Electrical Maintenance Keeps Catastrophes Away

    Imagine operating a hotel on a busy weekend, and all of the sudden you have to tell your guests to leave. Actually, you probably don’t want to imagine that. Because not only would that cost your business substantial amounts of money, but word of evacuation......

  • 2016 Jennifer Thoma Memorial Ballet Scholarship awarded to Morro Bay High School student

    San Luis Obispo Tribune – APRIL 14, 2016 A’lia Martin, a freshman at Morro Bay High School, was recently awarded the Jennifer Thoma Memorial Ballet Scholarship of $2,500 to help pay for a six-week summer intensive with the Houston Ballet. The scholarship is administrated by The......

  • Jeff Thoma joins a third generation at family business

    SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – Jeff Thoma has returned to the Central Coast to join the business his grandfather created more than a half-century ago. Thoma left his position as a senior engineer for Apple Inc. in the Silicon Valley and joined the company that’s......

  • A Tribute to Pearl Thoma

    Pearl Thoma passed peacefully to her heavenly home on July 9, 2015, surrounded by her husband and family. Pearl Mae Jespersen Thoma was born in September 1924 in rural Paso Robles, proud of being a third generation resident of San Luis Obispo County.  She was......

  • Winners of 2015 Jennifer Thoma Memorial Ballet Scholarship announced 

    Paso Robles Daily News April 14, 2015 Annually awarded scholarship supports attendance at summer ballet programs The Community Foundation San Luis Obispo County (CFSLOCO) is pleased to announce that Lauren Wood of Paso Robles and Virginia Harding of San Luis Obispo are this year’s recipients......

  • Thoma Electric helps Lucia Mar School District harness the power of the sun

    The Lucia Mar Unified School District has big plans to harness the power of the sun, helping its campuses become more green and saving money at the same time. Thoma Electric is helping with the energy efficiency and solar power project....

  • Thoma Electric releases new radio spots for 2014

    Back by popular demand! Thoma Electric’s Ed Thoma has recorded a series of new radio spots for 2014. You can listen to all six radio spots here, and catch them on local radio programming on the Central Coast....

  • Local ballet dancer awarded 2014 Jennifer Thoma Memorial Ballet Scholarship

    KSBY News, April 2014 A local 13-year-old ballet dancer will get to go to an intensive training in San Francisco this summer thanks to the scholarship she just received. Rylie Norby received $2,500 to enhance her training over the summer from the Jennifer Thoma Memorial......

  • 50 Years of Seamless Electrical Design, Engineering, and Construction Excellence

    US Builders Review, April 2014 It takes a lot more than luck to keep a business going strong for 50 years. Since 1962, Thoma Electric has maintained family ownership, a dedicated, professional team and comprehensive services; all of which have contributed to the California-based company’s......