Johnson Lighting Services, a commercial lighting maintenance company in Kennewick whose trucks have been a familiar sight around the Tri-Cities and Yakima region since 1972, has new owners.

Preferred Industrial Electric LLC bought Johnson Lighting Services from longtime owner Bob Spaulding of Kennewick.

The deal closed Nov. 21, 2021. Terms were not disclosed.

Johnson Lighting, established in 1972 by David Johnson of Pasco, will maintain its name and other details.

Spaulding and his late wife, Judy, bought it as an adjunct to their Kennewick lighting business in 1994 and operated it until selling it in 2003. Spaulding re-acquired the business after her 2010 death.

Preferred Industrial Electric is led by principals Raquel Lechuga and Ferman Fernandez.

The new owners are veterans of the electrical contracting industry.

Fernandez graduated Perry Tech in 2009 and has been in the electrical business for 11 years. He has owned a full service electrical contracting business, Commercial Electric, and has been in business since 2012. 

Johnson Lighting Services is a commercial electrical contracting and service maintenance company specializing in maintaining inside and outside lighting systems for retail, commercial and industrial, medical, professional office, and multifamily buildings including lighting controls and LED energy upgrades.

The company has more than 200 active service accounts.

The company’s phone number, 509-551 9898, and email address [email protected] will remain the same.