Stall-to-service map
Coordinate charging use, parking, route, distribution, load management, equipment, dwelling or strata, City and utility records.
Decision file
Record vehicle type, daily distance, dependable parking duration, backup charging and sharing goals without prescribing charger size. Include seasonal travel and a likely future vehicle. BC Hydro recommends starting with available service capacity and actual charging needs so equipment power follows the use case.
Document stall assignment, distance, proposed conduit or cable route, walls or fire separations, access, trenching and restoration. For a strata property, distinguish limited common property, common property and any route needing council approval before pricing it as available.
Record existing unit or building panels, meter arrangement and electrical rooms only from authorized documents and safe access. Mark equipment ratings or spare capacity as unknown until the qualified calculation and building records resolve them.
Ask how the load evidence, exact charger model, current setting, power management, metering and future stalls are coordinated. Require written compatibility among the charger, breaker, management device and monitoring method rather than accepting a generic equipment allowance.
Track owner or strata approval, bylaws, cost allocation, electricity billing, common-property access, maintenance and insurance questions. Provincial guidance sets out a specific owner-request and strata-review process in applicable circumstances, so preserve the submitted request and decision record. For a strata project, ask council whether an electrical planning report (EPR) has been obtained and which owner-request process currently applies to this strata. Keep the report’s capacity information, the qualified contractor’s description and estimate, and council’s installation decision as separate records; an EPR informs the decision but does not by itself approve a charger.
Check the current City EV information and contractor permit requirements against the building type and route. Surrey's permit page requires load calculations for EV charging and can require current-year strata approval; document the actual answer rather than assuming approval from another installation.
Record vehicle, daily distance, dwell time, backup charging and sharing goals without prescribing power. Give those use facts to the capacity and equipment review so charger selection follows need and evidence.
Map stall status, panel or electrical-room options, distances, walls, fire separations, trenching, access, metering and restoration. For strata property, identify common-property decisions and future shared-infrastructure interfaces.
Match charger and any management equipment to the verified capacity path, current Surrey bulletin, contractor licence verification and BC Hydro dependencies. Keep model data, settings, inspections and strata authorization in one commissioning file.
Combine vehicle-use goals, stall authorization, the accepted cable route, capacity findings, exact charger and control equipment, metering, fire separations, City permit and inspection requirements, contractor licence verification, BC Hydro dependencies and strata decisions. Assign access, shutdown, trenching, fire stopping, restoration, inspection, settings and ongoing maintenance. Reopen review when route, model or future-stall plan changes. This record coordinates one project without promising a charging time, declaring available capacity, transferring common-property rights or treating equipment listing as approval of the complete installation. At completion, reconcile the installed route, fire stopping, charger, control settings, labels, inspection and strata authorization. Keep this final package available for maintenance, future vehicles and later shared-infrastructure planning.
Primary references
Links checked in the approved research packet on August 26, 2026. Applicability still depends on the property and proposed scope.