My neighbor has his own electrical company and says the same.....it all comes down to the price and cost...In my business, we use to design and bid what we think the customer wanted and got the job with a few small design revisions.
Today, we design and bid as cheap as possible, so the builder does not lose the bid to build a house. Then comes the homeowner, and we re-design what the home owner wants, until they see the price. Then we re-design multiple times to try and get the price down, until eventually we are almost back at the initial cheap as possible bid.
He said the cost of equipment and supplies have gone up but the customers don't want to pay a mark up. He's also noted that with new custom home building some of the lofty electrical plans are scaled back somewhat these days in order to keep the overall costs down.
..........and I foresee this only getting worse before getting better....