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Strata Electrical Planning

Strata electrical planning · High-rise

High-rise tower stratas in British Columbia

Concrete high-rise towers carry the largest shared electrical services of any strata type — and the biggest future demand from EV charging and heat-pump conversions.

What to know

Electrical planning for high-rise stratas

The considerations that tend to matter most for this building type. We confirm exactly what applies to your strata in the proposal.

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Large services, switchgear, and distribution mean spare-capacity and load-diversity calculations are the heart of the report.

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EV charging demand is concentrated in a shared parkade, where energy-management strategy can defer or avoid a costly service upgrade.

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Future heat-pump and electric-hot-water conversions add load that a thorough Electrical Planning Report models up front.

Find your service

What is your high-rise strata trying to get done?

Pick the goal that sounds like your council's conversation — we'll point you at the service that answers it, and what it means for a high-rise building.

Mandatory · Strata Property Act

Electrical Planning Report

Every BC strata corporation of five or more lots must obtain an Electrical Planning Report — an assessment of the building's electrical capacity and what future electrification will need from it.

For a high-rise strata

The spare-capacity and load-diversity calculations on the main service and switchgear are the heart of the report.

Deadline · Metro Van / FVRD / CRD December 31, 2026
Deadline · rest of BC December 31, 2028

Not sure an EPR is the whole picture? Tell us your goals and we will scope what your strata needs. About Project Management →

BC Hydro rebate route

EV Ready Plan

An EV Ready Plan maps a complete charging strategy onto your building's existing electrical service — stalls, conduit, energy management, and phased costs. It is the route to BC Hydro's plan rebate (up to 75% of the plan's cost, to a $3,000 maximum) and, from July 15, 2026, a qualifying plan on file is required before a strata can access standalone EV charger rebates.

For a high-rise strata

Parkade charging at tower scale is where energy management earns its keep — a well-designed plan can defer or avoid a costly service upgrade, and it opens the BC Hydro rebate stream.

Plan rebate Up to $3,000
Rebate prerequisite from July 15, 2026

Plan adopted and ready to build? We can manage the rollout for your strata. About Project Management →

Customized consulting

Project Management

Heat pumps, EV charger rollouts, service upgrades — implementing a large electrification project means scope documents, comparable quotes, rebate paperwork, and months of coordination. We manage the project on the strata's behalf — one point of contact from planning through completion.

For a high-rise strata

Tower-scale electrification — heat pumps, hot water, charger build-outs — is a multi-month, multi-contractor undertaking. Project management on your council's side of the table gives you one accountable point of contact across all of it.

Scope Customized per project

Most managed projects start from an Electrical Planning Report or EV Ready Plan. Start with the report →

Not sure which fits? Tell us what's going on — describing the problem is enough, and we'll reply within one business day with what your strata actually needs.

Request a proposal

Get a fixed-price proposal for your high-rise strata

Send your building details and we'll reply within one business day with a clear scope and a firm price.

Have these ready

  • Your name, email, and phone
  • Your role on the strata (council or manager)
  • Strata Plan number and full property address
  • Unit count (and building count, if more than one)
  • Your strata plan — optional, but it unlocks a same-day proposal

We ask for complete details so every proposal is accurate and to protect against fraudulent requests. Your information is used only to prepare your proposal — no spam, no resale.

Prefer to talk first? Call 778-910-4772 or email info@cfelectrical.ca.

PDF, JPG, or PNG up to 10 MB. Attaching your strata plan lets us turn around a comprehensive proposal the same business day.

Fixed-price proposal in one business day · Your details are never shared.