5.11 Content Of Report—general

• 5.11 (1) In this section, “utility” means

• (a) a public utility, within the meaning of section 1(1) of the Utilities Commission Act, and
• (b) a municipality or regional district that, but for paragraph (c) of the definition of “public utility” in section 1(1) of the Utilities Commission Act, would be a public utility within the meaning of that section.

• (2) For the purposes of section 94.1(3) of the Act and subject to section 5.12 of this regulation, an electrical planning report must include the following information:

• (a) the date of the electrical planning report;
• (b) the name of the person from whom the electrical planning report was obtained and a description of
  • (i) the person’s qualifications,
  • (ii) the error and omission insurance, if any, carried by the person, and
  • (iii) the relationship between the person and the strata corporation;
• (c) the current capacity of the strata corporation’s electrical system;
• (d) a list of existing demands on the electrical system, including, without limitation, demands from
  • (i) EV charging infrastructure, if any, and
  • (ii) heating, cooling, ventilation and lighting systems;
• (e) the current peak demand on and spare capacity of the electrical system;
• (f) if applicable, an estimate of the electrical capacity that would be needed to power systems, including heating, cooling and ventilation systems, that are currently powered by an energy source other than electricity;
• (g) an estimate of the electrical capacity needed for any other anticipated future demands on the electrical system, including electrical capacity needed to power
  • (i) heating, cooling, ventilation and other systems that the strata corporation anticipates may be modified or installed in the future, and
  • (ii) EV charging infrastructure that the strata corporation anticipates may be installed in the future;
• (h) steps, if any, that the strata corporation could practicably take to reduce the demands on the capacity of the electrical system;
• (i) upgrades or modifications, if any, to the electrical system that the strata corporation could practicably undertake to increase the capacity of the electrical system;
• (j) an estimate of the electrical capacity that would be made available if the strata corporation were to take steps referred to in paragraph (h) or undertake upgrades or modifications referred to in paragraph (i).

• (3) Despite subsection (2) of this section, if each strata lot in the strata plan is supplied with electricity by a utility independently from each other strata lot, the electrical planning report is only required to include the following information:

• (a) the information referred to in subsection (2)(a) and (b) of this section;
• (b) a statement that each strata lot is supplied with electricity by a utility independently from each other strata lot.

[en. B.C. Reg. 261/2023, App., s. 2.]