Chilliwack electrical contractor says a load check often changes a strata's EV charging plan, and is easier to act on before chargers go in.

Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada, October 23, 2026 -- With less than three months left before British Columbia's electrical planning report deadline, Chilliwack electrical contractor WePower Electric Inc. is urging strata councils in the Fraser Valley and Metro Vancouver to book their reports now and to look at what the reports find before they promise EV chargers to owners.

Under the Strata Property Regulation, existing strata corporations with five or more strata lots in the Fraser Valley Regional District, the Metro Vancouver Regional District or the Capital Regional District must obtain an electrical planning report by December 31, 2026. Stratas elsewhere in the province have until the end of 2028. The report sets out the building's electrical capacity, its existing demands such as heating, ventilation and lighting, its peak demand and the spare capacity left for EV charging.

For buildings made up of houses, townhouses and low-rise apartments, which the BC Building Code calls Part 9 buildings, the report can be prepared by a journeyperson construction or industrial electrician as well as an engineer or technologist. WePower Electric Inc. prepares reports for Part 9 strata buildings, along with the separate EV Ready Plans that make a strata eligible for BC Hydro's EV charging rebates.

Many councils come to the report expecting a formality. Muzz, Founder & Owner of WePower Electric Inc., a Red Seal Electrician and FSR-B with 13 years in the trade, describes one recent building where the council had called for a quick quote on a few parkade chargers after owners asked for them.

A load check on the main service changed the plan. The building was already close to the limit of its main breaker, mostly from electric baseboard heat and a shared laundry room, and the feeder to the parkade was undersized for chargers drawing power for hours at a time. Installing the chargers as planned would have meant breakers tripping overnight at best and an overloaded feeder at worst.

The council had two options: a full service upgrade, which was beyond its budget and would have stopped the project, or a load management system that shares the available power between chargers. It chose load management for the first phase. WePower Electric Inc. replaced the parkade feeder in the same project and left room for more chargers later.

"If you're on a council and owners are asking about chargers, get the building's capacity checked before you promise anyone anything," Muzz said. "It's a lot easier to change the plan on paper than after the first few chargers are in."

Part of every report depends on 12 months of the building's demand data from BC Hydro, and that request is usually the slowest step. On a recent seven-unit townhouse complex, the company's report took about two weeks from first call to delivery, and most of that time was spent waiting on the data. Councils that start in December are queuing behind everyone else who left it late.

"The data request is the part nobody controls, so that's the first thing we get moving," Muzz said. "Councils that call now still have room for that."

WePower Electric Inc. was founded in Chilliwack in 2022. Before starting it, Muzz wired bank branches, care homes, grocery stores, restaurants and commercial kitchens. The company now works for homeowners, businesses, farms and stratas from Hope to Vancouver, and has recently moved into a new base in Chilliwack. Its work includes panel and service upgrades, more than 20 Level 2 EV charger installations, new home and laneway home wiring, legal suites, commercial tenant improvements, three-phase power for farms and shops, and maintenance contracts for property managers.

WePower Electric Inc. is a licensed electrical contractor with Technical Safety BC (licence LIC-00214467). Its owner is a Red Seal Electrician and holds an FSR-B licence, and the company is insured and registered with WorkSafeBC.

The office is open Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., with emergency service 24 hours a day. The team speaks English, Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu. Information on strata electrical planning reports is at https://wepowerelectric.ca/electrical-planning-report-bc/

About WePower Electric Inc.

WePower Electric Inc. is a licensed electrical contractor founded in Chilliwack, British Columbia, in 2022. It serves residential, commercial, strata and farm customers from Hope to Vancouver, and prepares strata electrical planning reports across the Fraser Valley, Metro Vancouver and Greater Victoria. Services include electrical planning reports and EV Ready Plans, EV charger installation, panel and service upgrades, new home and suite wiring, commercial tenant improvements and three-phase power.

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Name: Muzz, Founder & Owner
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Organization: WePower Electric Inc. | Red Seal Electrician & FSR-B
Address: 8465 Harvard Pl #12, Chilliwack, BC V2P 7Z5, Canada
Phone: 604-991-1889
Website: https://wepowerelectric.ca/

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