Electrical Planning Reports

An EPR assesses your building's electrical capacity and peak load, evaluates energy-saving opportunities, and models what would happen if all units had heat pumps and EV chargers. Importantly, EPRs address loads and capacity — they are not required to include upgrade costs, since technology may change by the time additional power is needed.

What Is an EV Ready Report?

EV Ready Reports focus specifically on charging station infrastructure. In most cases, the EPR should be completed first — a growing number of municipalities will not issue permits for EV Ready work until the EPR is registered and compliant. That said, having both done simultaneously can save money, since some of the analytical work overlaps. BC grants for installation of EV chargers is not available until the EPR and EV Ready Reports are complete. Strata Reserve Planning and Innovative Power offer bundled pricing for exactly this reason.

Our Electrical Planning Report provider?

Electrical Planning Reports are outside the scope of our core services — but we know who does them well.

In the Lower Mainland and the Okanagan, Strata Reserve Planning works with Innovative Power, a team of electricians and electrical engineers with deep experience in EPR electrical capacity analysis. What sets them apart is their focus on smart load-sharing technologies for EV charging stations and heat pumps — rather than defaulting to expensive new capacity installations. For many stratas, this approach saves hundreds of thousands of dollars to meet the same objective.

 

EPRs must be completed to BC Hydro standards and registered with BC Hydro. A non-compliant report will be rejected — and there are many reports of this happening across the province.

Some Strata's have hired low-cost providers who believe pulling BC Hydro data with a minimal site inspection is sufficient. If that were the case, BC Hydro would do it themselves. Stratas that go this route risk paying twice — first for the non-compliant report, then for a compliant one completed under deadline pressure, if they can find a qualified provider in time.

Strata corporations that miss the EPR deadline may be subject to fines.

The bottom line: choose a provider with a proven compliance record. Innovative Power's reports are completed to BC Hydro standards and can be registered without problems.