Living Report · Electrical Planning Report + EV Ready Plan

Both of Edgewater's services have more than 60% spare — and no upgrade is needed for anything assessed.

Edgewater is fed by two separate BC Hydro services, each assessed on its own. About 62 percent is unused at the service feeding Buildings 1, 2 and 3 with the amenity building, and about 69 percent at the service feeding Buildings 4 and 5. That is enough to make one stall EV Ready for every one of the 201 residential units, with capacity left over afterwards. This page carries both of your documents: the sealed Electrical Planning Report and the EV Ready Plan that turns its charging scenario into a concrete design.

Electrical Room 1

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spare · Buildings 1, 2, 3 + amenity
516.9 kW of 831.4 kW

Electrical Room 2

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spare · Buildings 4 and 5
345.1 kW of 498.8 kW

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Residential units · 5 buildings

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Parking stalls · 340 resident + 48 visitor

2 services

347/600 V · three-phase · independent

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Measured peak per unit · both services

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Built 2013–2014 · three phases

What's inside

Explore the report, section by section.

Each tab restates the sealed reports in plain language. The PDFs remain the official record.

Executive summary · from the EPR

The Edgewater strata complex is well positioned for its current and future electrical needs. Both of the property's BC Hydro services carry enough unused capacity to make one stall EV Ready for every residential unit, with capacity left over afterwards, and no service upgrade is needed for anything assessed. There is spare for the installation of EV chargers, heat pumps and electric ranges as needed, and the gas-fired equipment can be electrified over time without an expensive service upgrade. The only scenario that would push the service over its limit is if every system were electrified all at once, including the gas boilers and pool heater.

Two points that matter for planning

Feed charging from the main distribution, not the house distribution. At Electrical Room 1 the house distribution has less spare (216.9 kW) than the managed charging load requires, and neither house board has spare breaker positions.
Hot water and charging draw on the same spare. A future conversion of the gas hot water systems fits, but at Electrical Room 1 the two together leave only a modest margin — so decide the order, and confirm the capacity position again before committing to the second major conversion.

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The one-sentence version

Edgewater has 516.9 kW of the 831.4 kW spare at Electrical Room 1 and 345.1 kW of the 498.8 kW spare at Electrical Room 2 — enough to make one stall per unit EV Ready under managed charging on both services with capacity left over, and enough to convert the central gas hot water to electric, though at Electrical Room 1 the two together leave only a modest margin. No service upgrade is required for any load assessed.

01 · Capacity, measured

How much electrical room is left — on each service.

Capacity is assessed at the strata's own main breaker in each electrical room, using BC Hydro's hourly load data — the property's genuine busiest hour, plus the 25 percent safety factor Technical Safety BC requires. The two services do not join anywhere on the building side, so no spare transfers between them.

Electrical Room 1 — 1000 A trip · Buildings 1, 2, 3 + amenity · 135 suites

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62.2% freeComfortable spare

314.4 kW design peak of 831.4 kW capacity · 1000 A × 600 V × √3 × 0.80

Assessed at the 1000 A trip of the main breaker in the Building 2 parkade electrical room. Its 1200 A switchboard bus describes the equipment, not the protection — the service is limited by the trip.

Electrical Room 2 — 600 A · Buildings 4 and 5 · 66 suites

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69.2% freeComfortable spare

153.7 kW design peak of 498.8 kW capacity · 600 A × 600 V × √3 × 0.80

Assessed at the 600 A main breaker in the Building 5 parkade electrical room. Both main breakers are 80-percent-rated devices, so capacity is taken at 80 percent of the rating per CEC Rule 8-104.

Spare capacity at a glance

Electrical Room 1831.4 kW capacity

314.4 kW in use516.9 kW spare (62.2%)

Electrical Room 2498.8 kW capacity

153.7 kW in use345.1 kW spare (69.2%)

Design peak — busiest measured hour × 1.25Spare

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The busiest hour was January 25, 2026 at 6:00 PM — a winter evening, consistent with a property heated by electric baseboard — drawing 374.509 kWh across all 202 metered points on both services. Surrounding hours sit close to it, so the figure is representative rather than an isolated spike. BC Hydro supplied the peak as one aggregated figure, so it is divided between the two services in proportion to the suites each serves (135 and 66 of 201), and the 1.25× factor is applied to each share: 314.4 kW and 153.7 kW.

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Why the spare is large. The measured peak works out to about 2.3 kW per residential unit on both services — modest for buildings of this size and vintage. Hot water and the suite ranges are gas, so the electrical service carries suite lighting, receptacles, dryers and baseboard heating plus the common area loads. The spare is large partly because the gas systems do work the electrical service would otherwise do — and converting them consumes part of that spare.

House distribution

Each service also carries a separately metered house distribution.

Common area and building service loads only — the 400 A house switch on each service, assessed at 80 percent. These meters are reported individually, so no allocation is needed.

Measure	Electrical Room 1	Electrical Room 2
House distribution capacity	332.5 kW	332.5 kW
House meter peak	92.509 kWh · Jan 26, 2026 at 10:00	38.287 kWh · Jan 1, 2026 at 16:00
House design peak demand (× 1.25)	115.6 kW	47.9 kW
House distribution spare capacity	216.9 kW	284.6 kW
House spare as a share of house capacity	65.2 percent	85.6 percent

A note on an older study. A 2020 electric vehicle feasibility study by another contractor is on file and still in circulation. It assessed Electrical Room 1 from the 1200 A switchboard bus rating. The bus rating describes the switchboard, not the protection: the main breaker carries a 1000 A trip, and the service is limited by the trip. This report assesses both services at their main breaker ratings.

02 · Your building

Five buildings, two services, one diagram.

Edgewater is a 201-unit residential strata registered in three phases between 2013 and 2014: five three-storey wood-frame buildings over parkade, holding 48, 51, 36, 33 and 33 strata lots, plus a common amenity building with a pool, sauna, gym, kitchen, common rooms and its own elevator. Parking is in two underground parkades plus surface visitor parking — 388 stall positions in total. Tap any box in the diagram to see what it is and what it feeds.

Where the power flows

Selected

Every transformer downstream of the two main switchboards is strata-owned. Each steps 347/600 V down to 120/208 V and sits either in the electrical room or in a caged enclosure in the adjacent parkade. Everything upstream of the main breakers — the BC Hydro service conductors and the utility pad-mounted transformer — is BC Hydro's and outside the scope of the report.

Equipment schedule

What is in each electrical room.

As documented at the July 30, 2026 site visit and on the sealed one-line diagrams E500 and E530. The main switchboards, strata-owned transformers, meter centres, house panels and parkade panels are in good condition, and no condition assessment or capacity upgrade is required.

Electrical Room 1 · Building 2 parkade · 15185 36 Avenue
Equipment	Rating	Serves
Main switchboard	Eaton Pow-R-Line C, 1200 A bus, 25 kA at 600 V	Whole service
Main breaker	1200 A frame, 1000 A trip	First point of protection
Transformer TR-1	300 kVA on a 400 A breaker	Building 1 meter centres, 48 suites
Transformer TR-2	300 kVA on a 400 A breaker	Building 2 meter centres, 51 suites
Transformer TR-3	225 kVA on a 400 A frame, 300 A trip	Building 3 meter centres, 36 suites
House switch and board	400 A at 600 V	House distribution below
Transformer TR-AM	150 kVA	Amenity building, 600 A panel
Transformers TR-H1, TR-H2, TR-H3	45 kVA, 75 kVA, 45 kVA	House panels, 200 A, 225 A and 200 A
Standby generator	Kohler, 60 kW, 78 kVA at 347/600 V	100 A transfer switch, 60 A emergency panel

Electrical Room 2 · Building 5 parkade · 15145 36 Avenue
Equipment	Rating	Serves
Main switchboard	Eaton Pow-R-Line C, 600 A bus	Whole service
Main breaker	600 A frame	First point of protection
Transformer TR-5, Building 4	225 kVA on a 400 A frame, 300 A trip	Building 4 meter centres, 33 suites
Transformer TR-5, Building 5	225 kVA on a 400 A frame, 300 A trip	Building 5 meter centres, 33 suites
House switch and board	400 A at 600 V	House distribution below
Transformers TR-H4, TR-H5	75 kVA each	House panels, 400 A each

Suite metering. Stacked meter centres, one per floor, fed from each building's transformer. Every suite is fed from a 100 A 120/208 V meter base through a 3-conductor 2 AWG aluminium feeder to a 100 A 2-pole loadcenter in the suite. The one suite panel inspected had eight unused spaces; the other 200 are assumed to match it.

What draws power today

Heat is electric; hot water, ranges and the pool are gas.

The property's energy systems are split between gas and electricity. Suite space heating is electric baseboard on two 2-pole 20 A circuits per suite. Domestic hot water is gas, produced by tankless water heaters with storage tanks in each mechanical room. Suite ranges are gas, with no electrical rough-in for an electric range — which the strata council confirmed. Here is what sits on the electrical services.

03 · The future, scenario by scenario

What could go electric — and does it fit?

Pick a service, then a scenario, to see the report's estimated added load, its verdict, and what it does to the spare. The Strata Property Regulation requires the scenarios to be modelled separately rather than as one combined figure — and they all draw on the same spare. Central-system estimates follow the April 2026 CHOA guidance, converting nameplate BTU/h at a coefficient of performance of 2.5.

Electrical Room 1 · Buildings 1, 2, 3 + amenity · 516.9 kW spare

In use today Added load Spare Over capacity

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The scenarios are not all additive

For electric vehicle charging the assessment is whether the service supports one stall per residential unit, and both services do. At Electrical Room 1, charging with the hot water conversion and the amenity boilers together would take 581.8 kW against 516.9 kW of spare. Decide the order in which to pursue them, and confirm the capacity position again before committing to the second major conversion.

The scenario tables, as printed

Electrification scenarios by service.

Electrical Room 1 · 516.9 kW spare
Scenario	Estimated added load	Can accommodate
In-suite heat pumps, all suites	Approximately 0 kW net with baseboard interlock	Yes
Gas domestic hot water to electric	263.6 kW	Yes
Amenity pool and hot water boilers to electric	93.6 kW	Yes (with consideration)
Gas range to electric, all suites	110.1 kW (6 kW per suite, apartment diversity applied)	Yes
EV charging, one charger per residential unit	224.6 kW managed	Yes

Electrical Room 2 · 345.1 kW spare
Scenario	Estimated added load	Can accommodate
In-suite heat pumps, all suites	Approximately 0 kW net with baseboard interlock	Yes
Gas domestic hot water to electric	128.9 kW	Yes
Gas range to electric, all suites	68.7 kW (6 kW per suite, apartment diversity applied)	Yes
EV charging, one charger per residential unit	109.8 kW managed	Yes

These are planning estimates for the added equipment, not a code load calculation. The hot water figures are an upper limit, stated as such deliberately: they scale from the Building 1 plant's gas firing rate, which is the capacity to meet simultaneous draw rather than a load the building sustains. Size any replacement from a full year of the strata's gas consumption data rather than from these figures.

04 · Our recommendations

What to do, in plain order.

The report works through the electrification topics common to a strata of this type. Each is addressed even where no action is needed, so the council can see it was considered.

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Conclusion and statement · from the EPR

No service upgrade is required for any load assessed here. The next step would be for the strata council to set forth a long term plan for the highest priority items. This is a planning-level report: it gives the strata a clear, current picture of the electrical capacity and demand and satisfies the Electrical Planning Report obligation under the Strata Property Act; it is not a design. Any system-wide installation or electrification, such as converting a central gas system to electric or upgrading the main service, should be undertaken with an engineering study at that time.

Three things to do now

Put it on file, including on your Form B. This is the legal requirement you commissioned it to meet.
Fold the Recommendations into your planning. Use it as a starting point for strata conversations related to electrical installations or future planning.
Share it with owners. It is written for them as much as for council.

Two questions to ask yourselves

Does anything in the Recommendations belong in next year's budget?
Are our owners going to want EV chargers or heat pumps installed, and have we planned for it?

You do not need to act on every future scenario now. The report shows what is possible over time so that you can plan. You act when you're ready.

When you are ready

A walkthrough with your council is included with your report — contact CF Electrical to book a session. If owners are asking about EV charging, the is where the detailed plan is laid out. When you decide to install something, CF Electrical Services provides project management services — sourcing quotes from contractors and helping you understand the options.

Part two · EV Ready Plan · BC Hydro CS-4042 · Project 2026-EPS867EVRP

Every unit's stall, EV Ready — with no service upgrade.

"EV Ready" does not mean chargers get installed. It means the infrastructure is in place so every resident can easily add a charger when they're ready — an energized, networked, managed termination at one stall per residential unit. The plan is built to BC Hydro's program standard, which is also what makes the building eligible for BC Hydro's EV rebates. Your building may choose a more limited installation; those options are on the tab.

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EV Ready stalls · one per unit

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Managed circuits · 4 stalls each

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New 400 A EV panels · own meters

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Room 1 spare after full build · 35.0%

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Service upgrade required

The recommended solution

Three new EV panels, their own meters, and 51 smart circuits.

201 Level 2 networked chargers, one per residential unit, on assigned stalls in the parkades, with charging coordinated by energy management software at a 4:1 ratio across 51 branch circuits. Chargers are fed from new 400 A EV panels — each on its own 150 kVA step-down transformer from the 600 V main distribution and on a new BC Hydro meter — so EV electricity never touches the strata's common-area account, and the house distribution is untouched.

Three 400 A EV panels

Two at Room 1 · one at Room 2 · 150 kVA each

Electrical Room 1 gets two panels rather than one larger one, because a single panel for all 34 of its circuits is not practical to feed in a parkade of this layout, and placing the second further into the parkade shortens the branch runs. Each panel's 144.1 kW rating holds a 113.2 kW managed peak. Final locations are fixed at detailed design.

51 managed circuits

2P-40 A · #8 AWG copper NMD90 · 17 per panel

Each circuit serves four chargers through 4:1 load sharing — 34 circuits at Electrical Room 1, 17 at Electrical Room 2 — and the breaker is never overloaded. Terminations at 32 A / 208 V deliver 6.656 kW at every junction box, within 5 m of any part of the stall served, on the front wall of the stall or the ceiling above it, labelled with the stall numbers and "EV CHARGING ONLY".

The charger

Fractal EV FR48C · set to 32 A · 6.656 kW at 208 V

A hardwired, OCPP-networked Level 2 unit with an on-unit status display, rated to 48 A and commissioned at 32 A for the shared parkade service, on the building wireless network. Equipment is representative; equivalent products meeting BC Hydro eligibility may be substituted.

Management & billing

Foresta Energy · per-session billing

Software coordinates the load and bills each resident per session. The chargers carry their own networking and metering, so no separate controller is installed. Residents pay from their own account as they charge, the strata recovers the meter bills through the software, and owners without electric vehicles pay nothing toward running the system. Most councils add a small premium to the BC Hydro rate as a contribution to the contingency reserve.

Parkade network

20 wireless access points · $40,000

There is no parkade wireless coverage today and the networked chargers need it, so conduit and access points are run through both parkades and linked to an internet service in each main electrical room — one access point per 50 ft of parkade cabling run.

Chargers arrive with the cars

139 further stalls can follow later

Every unit's stall is EV Ready once the work is done, so an owner who buys an electric vehicle waits on no electrical work. The 139 resident stalls beyond the per-unit requirement — second, tandem or unassigned — fall outside the EV Ready scope and can be added later from the post-EV spare (290.7 kW at Room 1, 231.9 kW at Room 2) with no service upgrade or main equipment change.

Capacity after the build

The managed peak, checked against each service.

The energy management system hard-caps EV draw at one charger at full output per circuit — 226.3 kW at Electrical Room 1 and 113.2 kW at Electrical Room 2 — and those are the values used in the plan's spare capacity calculation.

Main service spare capacity after EVSE installation	Electrical Room 1	Electrical Room 2
Main service capacity	831.4 kW	498.8 kW
Pre-EV design peak demand	314.4 kW	153.7 kW
Pre-EV spare capacity	516.9 kW (62.2 percent)	345.1 kW (69.2 percent)
Chargers · branch circuits at 4:1	135 · 34	66 · 17
Managed EV peak	226.3 kW	113.2 kW
Post-EV design peak	540.7 kW	266.9 kW
Post-EV spare capacity	290.7 kW (35.0 percent)	231.9 kW (46.5 percent)

Existing charging. The strata reported no permanently installed EV chargers, and none were observed at the site visit. A small number of residents charge from existing 120 V receptacles at their stalls under a paid arrangement with the strata; these are standard receptacles rather than EV supply equipment, unmanaged and separately unmetered, and already captured within the measured peak. The recommended solution is a new installation and no integration with existing equipment is required.

How the sharing works

One breaker, four stalls — and nobody waits for a charge.

One 40 A breaker feeds a circuit shared between four parking stalls. The energy management system dynamically allocates power to whichever chargers are operating — when a car unplugs, current is instantly reallocated to the remaining cars. No matter how many cars are plugged in, the breaker is never overloaded. Tap a scenario:

5 kWh

a typical day's driving (25 km, the BC Hydro planning minimum) — 45 minutes at full output, 3.0 hours even at the fully shared 1.66 kW rate

~2.5×

at the managed rate of 8 km per hour, the 8-hour overnight window supplies about 64 km of range — about 2.5 times the 25 km/day target. When the system is lightly loaded the rate rises toward the unmanaged 33 km per hour, up to about 264 km over the same window

96%

of survey respondents drive 100 km a day or less, and two thirds drive 50 km or less — so the design covers the reported driving pattern, not just the program minimum.

06 · Resident survey insights · EV Ready Plan

97 residents answered — an unusually strong return.

The strata circulated an anonymous resident survey between July 27 and August 11, 2026, using a web link and a poster in the common areas. Respondents were not asked for their name and no response is attributed to any unit, stall or individual. The survey does not set the charging performance basis — that follows the BC Hydro program minimums — but it tells the council how residents are placed on cost, timing and demand.

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Responses received

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Of the 201 residential units

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Drive a plug-in vehicle today

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Would use charging here

Would use charging at this property

541033

16 right away · 38 once they have a plug-in vehicle · 10 not sure · 33 no

Support for adding charging infrastructure

373426

25 strongly support · 12 support · 18 neutral · 16 with questions or concerns · 26 opposed

Willingness to contribute to cost

284029

28 would pay at their own stall · 24 depend on the amount · 5 prefer a shared option · 11 not sure · 27 not willing · 2 no answer

In favourUndecidedAgainst

Typical daily driving distance

Under 20 km

29 · 30%

20 to 50 km

35 · 36%

50 to 100 km

21 · 22%

Over 100 km

6 · 6%

It varies a lot

6 · 6%

Plan to get a plug-in vehicle

Already drive one

12 · 12%

Within 1 year

2 · 2%

In 1 to 2 years

7 · 7%

In 2 to 5 years

15 · 15%

In more than 5 years

5 · 5%

No plans or not sure

56 · 58%

What the plan takes from it

Five findings, as the plan states them.

Charging demand is larger than vehicle ownership

Thirteen respondents drive a plug-in vehicle today — seven fully electric and six plug-in hybrid — but 54 would use charging here either immediately or once they have one, and a further 24 expect to have a plug-in vehicle within five years. Infrastructure sized to today's vehicles would be undersized within the period this plan covers.

Support and opposition divide on cost, not on charging

The recurring theme among those opposed is that owners who do not charge should not pay for those who do. Willingness to pay is concentrated among the people who would use the system: of the 54 who would use charging here, 24 would pay at their own stall and a further 18 say it depends on the amount, against five who would not pay. A design where users carry the running cost matches how the majority of likely users answered.

Driving distances are short

Two thirds of respondents drive 50 km a day or less and 96 percent are at or below 100 km, against the 64 km the recommended solution delivers overnight at the fully loaded managed rate and the 264 km it delivers when lightly loaded.

Every plug-in driver supports the project

Twelve of the 13 respondents who drive a plug-in vehicle support or strongly support adding charging and none is opposed, against 31 percent opposition among those who do not drive one.

A visitor-stall first step was proposed

Several respondents proposed converting a small number of visitor stalls to shared charging as a first step, ahead of a property-wide installation. That option is set out as Alternative 2 on the Cost & Alternatives tab. The recurring concerns raised — cost allocation, fire safety in an underground parkade and its effect on insurance, electrical capacity, and the low number of EVs today — were reviewed by theme; the capacity concern is answered by the assessment: both services have substantial spare and the managed system keeps the charging load inside it.

Full tabulated results · Appendix C (all 97 respondents, shares rounded)

Ownership

Owner	94 · 97%
Renter / tenant	3 · 3%

Parking

Assigned or owned stall

97 · 100%

Vehicles in household

1	55 · 57%
2	39 · 40%
3+	3 · 3%

Currently drive an EV or plug-in hybrid

Yes, fully electric	7 · 7%
Yes, plug-in hybrid	6 · 6%
No	84 · 87%

Would use charging at this property

Yes, right away	16 · 16%
Yes, once I have a plug-in vehicle	38 · 39%
Not sure	10 · 10%
No	33 · 34%

Support for adding charging infrastructure

Strongly support	25 · 26%
Support	12 · 12%
Neutral	18 · 19%
Have questions or concerns	16 · 16%
Opposed	26 · 27%

Where they charge or would charge

At this building, already have charging	7 · 7%
Would rely on charging at this building	12 · 12%
Public charging stations	4 · 4%
Not applicable	70 · 72%
No answer	4 · 4%

Willingness to contribute to cost: willing to pay at my stall 28 (29%) · depends on the amount 24 (25%) · prefer a shared option 5 (5%) · not sure 11 (11%) · not willing to pay 27 (28%) · no answer 2 (2%). The stall or unit reference, free-text comments and submission time are not reproduced anywhere, so no response can be traced to a household. The same results are filed with the plan as Edgewater_EPS867_Survey_Results.xlsx.

07 · Cost, rebates & alternatives · EV Ready Plan

What it costs, and what BC Hydro pays back.

The infrastructure is the strata's one-time build: the managed 4:1 installation and the parkade network. Chargers are a separate, owner-selected cost per stall, added as owners acquire electric vehicles. Pricing is before tax and valid for 30 days from the plan date of August 24, 2026; final pricing is confirmed by the installing contractor at detailed design.

The strata's build · once

EV Ready infrastructure — 51 circuits at $7,250 ($369,750, a rate that includes the second EV panel and transformer at Room 1), electrical permit $4,000, engineering design $10,000. Materials and labour$383,750

Telecom & network infrastructure — 20 wireless access points at $2,000$40,000

Total infrastructure, before tax$423,750

BC Hydro EV Ready infrastructure rebate — 50% of eligible cost, to $600 per stall and a $120,000 maximum per complex−$120,000

Net infrastructure after rebate, before tax$303,750

Per charger · as owners buy EVs

Fractal FR48C charger hardware + installation (mounting, hardwiring, commissioning)$1,500 + $500

BC Hydro charger rebate — 50% of the $2,000, to the $14,000 per complex cap, claimed as chargers are added−$1,000

Net per charger$1,000

Rebates require pre-approval before purchase and installation, so BC Hydro confirms it can supply the load before the strata commits the cost. Where BC Hydro identifies a supply constraint, the solution would be managed or phased, or an alternative used, with BC Hydro engaged early. Rebate amounts are subject to program eligibility at the time of application. The Foresta software is an operating cost, billed per charger as chargers come online — $180 per charger per year plus a 10 percent transaction fee, or 7 cents per kWh — with the electricity billed to the residents who use it. The estimate excludes GST and PST, non-EV electrical work, suite panel modifications, future electrification of the gas equipment, electricity consumption, the software fees, and legal fees associated with strata governance.

Alternatives considered

Two other designs were on the table.

The recommended 4:1 managed solution delivers full BC Hydro charging performance at the lowest installed cost per stall while keeping ample spare at both services, separates EV consumption onto its own meters so residents without EVs carry none of the running cost, secures the $120,000 infrastructure rebate, and gives a clear path for owner enrolment as EVs are purchased. Here is what else was considered, and why.

A reasonable near-term step

Alternative 2 · Shared charging at visitor stalls, as a first phase

Eight shared Level 2 chargers on two managed branch circuits at visitor stalls, pay-per-use and open to any resident, deferring the property-wide installation — a connected load of 53.2 kW. Electrical Room 2 is the better location: the Building 4 electrical room has floor space, existing telecommunications service and visitor stalls immediately outside it, and Buildings 4 and 5 hold 18 of the property's 27 underground visitor stalls. Fed from a new EV panel on the main distribution, because the house distribution has no spare breaker positions.

Infrastructure — 2 circuits at $10,000, permit $4,000, design $2,800$26,800

Telecom — 2 wireless access points$4,000

Total infrastructure, before tax$30,800

Chargers — 8 at $1,500 supply and $500 install, installed with the infrastructure$16,000

Rebates: the infrastructure rebate is tied to one stall per residential unit, so a visitor-stall phase does not qualify; the standalone charger rebate (50 percent, to $2,000 per charger and $14,000 per complex) does apply, returning about $8,000 on eight chargers. Converting visitor stalls needs confirmation against the City of Surrey development permit parking schedule, and the six accessible visitor stalls are not candidates. The survey supports this step: 54 respondents would use charging here, five expressly prefer a shared option, and several proposed exactly this sequence.

Not selected

Alternative 1 · One DC fast charger at a shared stall

A single Teal 30 kW dual-gun DC fast charger (model I-RF-4G-D-CCS-NACS) at a visitor or common stall, pay-per-use. One CCS1 and one NACS connector, 100 A at 150 to 1000 V dc, adding roughly 150 to 200 km of range per hour to a mid-size vehicle. Estimated cost approximately $40,000 before tax — the charger at $19,550 together with the step-down transformer, feeder, concrete and mounting work and installation labour — plus a Foresta network fee of $360 per year. It requires a three-phase supply between 340 V and 528 V, so it connects to neither the 600 V distribution nor the 120/208 V secondary directly and needs a dedicated transformer.

Why not selected: one unit serves one or two vehicles at a time rather than making one stall per residential unit EV Ready. It therefore does not meet the BC Hydro EV Ready requirement and does not qualify for the $120,000 infrastructure rebate, and fast charging suits short stops rather than the overnight charging pattern the resident survey describes.

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Before any work proceeds

This is a planning-level document for strata budgeting, BC Hydro EV Ready program submission, and reference by the strata's project design professional during detailed design — not a permit package or final design. The strata is responsible for obtaining council approval, notifying BC Hydro before energizing any additional load under the BC Hydro Electric Tariff, and obtaining all required electrical permits. Detailed design, permit drawings and construction drawings are prepared under a separate arrangement.

08 · Methodology & the fine print

For those who want to check the math.

How the capacity was measured, what standards the reports follow, what they are not, and the questions owners ask most.

Calculation worksheet · Appendix C of the EPR

Capacity, demand and spare, line by line.

Line	Electrical Room 1	Electrical Room 2
Main overcurrent device	1000 A trip at 347/600 V	600 A at 347/600 V
Capacity, amps × volts × 1.732 × 0.80	831.36 kW, stated as 831.4 kW	498.82 kW, stated as 498.8 kW
House switch capacity, 400 A × 600 V × 1.732 × 0.80	332.5 kW	332.5 kW
Aggregated account peak, all 202 metered points	374.509 kWh	374.509 kWh
Suites served, of 201	135	66
Allocated peak, account peak × suites ÷ 201	251.535 kWh	122.974 kWh
Design peak demand, allocated peak × 1.25	314.42 kW, stated as 314.4 kW	153.72 kW, stated as 153.7 kW
Spare capacity, capacity less design peak	516.94 kW, stated as 516.9 kW	345.10 kW, stated as 345.1 kW
Spare as a share of capacity	62.2 percent	69.2 percent
EV: connected load, chargers × 6.656 kW	898.6 kW	439.3 kW
EV: managed peak, connected load ÷ 4	224.6 kW	109.8 kW
EV: spare after installation · share of capacity	292.3 kW · 35.2 percent	235.3 kW · 47.2 percent
Gas range to electric: 6 kW × apartment diversity factor sum (18.35 / 11.45)	110.1 kW	68.7 kW
Hot water: gas input scaled at 16,658 BTU/h per suite ÷ 3,412 ÷ COP 2.5	263.6 kW	128.9 kW
Amenity pool and hot water boilers, 798,000 BTU/h ÷ 3,412 ÷ 2.5	93.6 kW	Not applicable
In-suite heat pumps with baseboard interlock	Approximately 0 kW	Approximately 0 kW

The EV Ready Plan sizes the managed peak by circuit count instead — 34 circuits at Room 1 and 17 at Room 2, each at one charger's full 6.656 kW output — giving 226.3 kW and 113.2 kW, and post-EV spare of 290.7 kW (35.0 percent) and 231.9 kW (46.5 percent). Both documents reach the same conclusion: full EV Ready coverage fits within both services with useful capacity behind it.