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Strata corporations across the Metro Vancouver Regional District face a December 31, 2026 deadline for Electrical Planning Reports. CF Electrical Services delivers them across the region.

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EPR deadline · Metro Vancouver

December 31, 2026

Under the Strata Property Act, for every strata corporation of five or more lots in Metro Vancouver. Confirm your strata's tier by plan number with the deadline finder below.

19 cities we serve in Metro Vancouver

VancouverBurnabySurreyRichmondCoquitlamNorth VancouverWest VancouverLangleyNew WestminsterPort CoquitlamPort MoodyMaple RidgePitt MeadowsDeltaWhite RockBowen IslandAnmoreBelcarraLions Bay

Each city link goes to its EPR page.

Deadlines and rebates

When is your report due?

The Strata Property Act sets two deadlines, depending on where the strata is. Metro Vancouver is one of the three regional districts with the earlier deadline; ferry-access islands are the exception. The finder below confirms it for any BC strata.

EPR · Metro Vancouver, Fraser Valley, CRD

December 31, 2026

EPR · Rest of BC

December 31, 2028

BC Hydro EV Ready rebates

Ongoing, no deadline announced

Where is the strata?

Strata building stock in Metro Vancouver

Metro Vancouver carries the largest concentration of strata corporations in British Columbia — concrete highrises through Vancouver, Burnaby Metrotown, Coquitlam Burquitlam, and the New Westminster waterfront; townhouse-dominant stock through Surrey, Langley, Maple Ridge, and Delta; and 1980s wood-frame walk-ups still common across the older neighbourhoods. The region's December 31, 2026 EPR deadline puts most councils in active planning mode.

Statutory deadlines

The deadlines that apply here

Electrical Planning Report

December 31, 2026

Under the Strata Property Act. Required for every strata of five or more lots. Confirm your strata's tier by plan number with the EPR Deadline & Requirement Checker.

EV Ready Plan

Voluntary

The route to the BC Hydro plan rebate (up to 75% of the plan's cost, to a $3,000 maximum) and the prerequisite for the program's later installation rebates. As of July 15, 2026, an EVRP, EPR, or Opportunity Assessment Report is also required for standalone EV charger rebates.

What CF Electrical Services delivers

Three core services for Metro Vancouver strata corporations:

We work with most BC strata building types — often wood-frame walk-ups and townhouse complexes, and larger buildings too — in a single engagement (see the FAQ below for how each report is prepared by building type).

19 cities

Cities we serve in Metro Vancouver

Each city link goes to its EPR page. EV Ready Plan pages are also available for every city — see the service hubs:EPR,EVRP.

Metro Vancouver EPR knowledge base

Electrical Planning Reports in Metro Vancouver, explained

Plain-language answers to the questions Metro Vancouver strata councils ask most — written by CF Electrical Services.

Electrical Planning Reports in Metro Vancouver: the December 31, 2026 deadline

Metro Vancouver holds the densest concentration of strata corporations in the province, and its 1960s–1980s concrete towers were wired for a era of gas heat and one car per household — not heat pumps, induction ranges, and EV charging stacked on the same service.

Under the Strata Property Act, every strata corporation in Metro Vancouver of five or more lots must have a current Electrical Planning Report (EPR) on file by December 31, 2026 (see the Province's official EPR overview). The deadline is set by the strata’s regional district, not its city — Metro Vancouver covers the Metro Vancouver Regional District. The report is not a one-time formality: it is referenced on the strata’s permanent record and disclosed to prospective buyers, lenders, and insurers for as long as the corporation exists. CF Electrical Services delivers EPRs to Vancouver, Burnaby, Surrey, Richmond, and Coquitlam councils — and every other community in the region.

What an EPR examines in Metro Vancouver

An EPR is a physical assessment, not a desktop exercise. For Metro Vancouver stratas it documents the existing service capacity, models how much headroom remains, and identifies what would have to change to support modern demand. BC strata law sets the mandatory scope: an on-site inspection of every electrical room, switchgear lineup, transformer, and distribution panel; peak-demand, spare-capacity, and load-diversity calculations to electrical-code standards; and modelled future-electrification scenarios for EV charging, heat-pump conversion, and gas-to-electric appliance changes.

Metro Vancouver carries the largest concentration of strata corporations in British Columbia — concrete highrises through Vancouver, Burnaby Metrotown, Coquitlam Burquitlam, and the New Westminster waterfront; townhouse-dominant stock through Surrey, Langley, Maple Ridge, and Delta; and 1980s wood-frame walk-ups still common across the older neighbourhoods. The region's December 31, 2026 EPR deadline puts most councils in active planning mode. That building stock is exactly what shapes an EPR’s findings here — older concrete and wood-frame services frequently sit far closer to their limit than owners realise, while townhouse complexes raise the question of where capacity should be added. The report ends with specific upgrade recommendations and the amount of capacity each one would free, so council can sequence work instead of guessing.

BC Hydro data and EV charging capacity in Metro Vancouver

Across Metro Vancouver, the distribution utility is BC Hydro, and a compliant EPR analyses 12 months of BC Hydro interval consumption data to establish real peak demand.

That consumption analysis is what makes the EV-charging conversation real. An EV Ready Plan — the voluntary companion to the EPR — qualifies a strata for the CleanBC EV Ready Plan rebate of up to 75% of the plan's cost, to a $3,000 maximum, delivered in this region by BC Hydro (program details on BC Hydro's apartment & condo charger-rebate page). The program's later infrastructure and charger rebates apply to the infrastructure work that follows the plan. As of July 15, 2026, an EV Ready Plan, an EPR, or an Opportunity Assessment Report is a prerequisite for standalone EV charger rebates. For Metro Vancouver councils, the practical sequence is to establish true spare capacity through the EPR first, then size a charging program the building can actually support.

Metro Vancouver guides

Plain-language guides for Metro Vancouver councils

Each guide written for your region — with Metro Vancouver deadlines and local context.

All guides, each in its Metro Vancouver version

Metro Vancouver

Metro Vancouver FAQs

778-910-4772
What is the EPR deadline in Metro Vancouver?
Strata corporations across Metro Vancouver of five or more lots must have a current Electrical Planning Report by December 31, 2026 under the Strata Property Act.
Which electrical utility serves Metro Vancouver strata buildings?
BC Hydro is the electrical distribution utility across Metro Vancouver. An Electrical Planning Report analyses 12 months of BC Hydro interval consumption data to establish each building's real peak demand and spare capacity.
Does CF Electrical Services serve every city in Metro Vancouver?
Yes — CF Electrical Services delivers reports BC-wide. Distance is not a constraint on engagement; the report scope and process are the same regardless of city.
Who prepares these reports?
CF Electrical Services prepares Electrical Planning Reports and EV Ready Plans for most BC strata building types — often wood-frame walk-ups and townhouse complexes, and larger buildings too — so a council deals with one team. EV Ready Plans are prepared in line with BC Hydro EV charging program requirements.

Find your building

What kind of strata do you have?

We work with most BC strata building types, most often wood-frame walk-ups and townhouse complexes, and larger buildings too. Each guide covers what the report looks at for that type of building and what to expect.

A wood-frame townhouse row in British Columbia with a cherry tree in bloom

Townhouse complex

Side-by-side units, often individually metered.

A three-storey walk-up apartment building in Victoria, BC

Low-rise apartment

Wood-frame walk-ups and garden apartments.

Downtown Vancouver high-rise towers with the North Shore mountains behind

High-rise tower

Concrete towers with large shared services.

Baker Street in Nelson, BC: shops at street level with floors above

Mixed commercial / residential

Residential above, commercial at street level.

Crystal Mall, a commercial strata in Burnaby

Commercial strata

Office, retail, and light-industrial stratas.

Benchland lots above a lake in the BC Interior, pines in the foreground

Bare land strata

Lots are land parcels, not buildings.

The report

What an Electrical Planning Report is

An Electrical Planning Report assesses your building's electrical capacity today, estimates the demand that EV charging, heat pumps and other electrification will add, and sets out the upgrades or demand-management steps needed. For most BC stratas it is required under the Strata Property Act.

What we assess

The electrical service and distribution, twelve months of metered consumption data from BC Hydro or FortisBC, and the loads your strata is likely to add. Every recommendation rests on that data and on the council's goals for the building.

What you receive

A compliant report in plain language, with clear next steps.

What we take off your plate

An experienced team handles the whole engagement so your council and your manager are not running a project.

What the regulation requires

Eight items every compliant report must contain

Section 5.11 of the Strata Property Regulation sets the content. A report missing any of these is non-compliant. Every CF report also rests on a property assessment and twelve months of consumption data, as the Province's guidance recommends.

References available on request.

  1. The date and the preparer's details, including insurance and relationship to the strata.
  2. Current capacity of the electrical system.
  3. Existing demands, including EV charging, heating, cooling, ventilation and lighting.
  4. Current peak demand and spare capacity.
  5. Gas-to-electric conversion estimates, where they apply.
  6. Future demand estimates for heating, cooling, ventilation and EV charging.
  7. Demand-reduction steps that are practicable.
  8. Upgrades, with the capacity each frees.

Pricing

Fixed price, in writing, before you commit.

Every proposal states one fixed price. We set our pricing with strata operating budgets in mind, and the reviews further down say how councils found it.

Request your fixed-price proposal

One price, in the proposal

Within one business day, with the scope spelled out.

How it works

Four steps from first contact to the report

We handle the process end to end.

  1. 01

    Send us your strata details

    Strata plan number, address and unit count. That is all we need to start.

  2. 02

    Review your fixed-price proposal

    It arrives within one business day. Share it with council.

  3. 03

    Property assessment

    Our team assesses the building. We handle the paperwork with the utility.

  4. 04

    Report

    You receive the report, built on the property assessment and twelve months of metered consumption data.

Chris Farrar reading an equipment label in a strata mechanical room
Chris Farrar, founder
A CF Electrical Services property assessment of a strata building's switchgear
A property assessment in progress.

About CF Electrical Services

From the job site to the planning desk

Chris Farrar started in the electrical trade and spent years doing installation and service work. Over that time he noticed that strata managers were constantly struggling with electrical planning. They needed reports and they needed expertise, but they did not need another vendor adding to their workload.

That is what led to CF Electrical Services: a team that handles the complexity, delivers accurate work, and makes it easy for the people managing these buildings.

"Strata councils need information they can use to set guidelines and budgets, and the confidence that their decisions are backed by evidence from their own infrastructure. CF Electrical Services exists as a bridge between that technical complexity and the day-to-day decisions of diligent strata council volunteers."

Chris Farrar, Founder

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Who you will work with

Chris Farrar, Founder

Started in the electrical trade and built CF Electrical Services around strata electrical planning.

Alex, Client Services

Your proposal, onboarding, scheduling and questions, from the first email to delivery.

Our assessment team

Our team visits your property to assess your electrical infrastructure and understand the distribution of your unique strata. This information is carefully recorded and becomes an important step in the project.

Our office

Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM Pacific. 778-910-4772 or [email protected].

Today's 30-second brief

One council question, answered in 30 seconds

A short video from Chris on a question we hear from councils: deadlines, rebates, owner EV requests, what happens at a property assessment. A new one each weekday.

Reviews

What strata councils and managers say

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"Our Strata, a small townhouse complex in East Vancouver, had a great experience with CF Electrical. They prepared a helpful Electrical Planning report at a very reasonable price. The entire process was straightforward and seamless. We would highly recommend."
Garden Drive StrataStrata Corporation, Vancouver, BCGoogle review
"We selected CF Electrical from three providers due to their excellent communication. They answered (and anticipated) all our questions before we'd even heard back with a quote from the third potential provider. They completed an EPR quickly and comprehensively, at a fair price. [...] The more we learned about CF Electrical and its founder, the more we appreciated their approach. Highly recommended!"
Strata Council MemberClient feedback survey
"CF Electrical Services responded promptly to my request for proposals for the Electrical Planning Reports and EV Ready Plans on the buildings I manage, and completed every report on time. Their professionalism, responsiveness, and efficiency throughout the process helped move these projects forward smoothly — excellent service and support."
Mark dela CruzStrata Manager, Colyvan Pacific, Vancouver, BCClient feedback survey
"The process of providing pre-visit documentation was made very easy and the site visit was arranged in a timely manner. [...] At every step CF Electrical was a pleasure to work with and I would highly recommend them for their exceptional service."
Mary LouOwner, Strata Plan VIS 4679, Victoria, BCClient feedback survey
"Great service. CF Electrical provided our condo building owners with an Electrical Planning Report and an EV Ready Plan to help us with long-term planning. Chris was easy to work with and provided a thorough presentation to all owners at the completion of the project. We can highly recommend CF Electrical Services for their report writing."
MariaStrata Council Member, Landmark Arms, Vancouver, BCGoogle review
"Prompt, honest service, highly recommend"
DonStrata Council Member, Macdonald Park Place, North Saanich, BCGoogle review

Our work

Projects for stratas big and small, and everything in between

CF Electrical Services has completed a substantial number of projects for strata corporations across British Columbia: townhouse complexes, wood-frame walk-ups, towers, mixed-use and bare land stratas. As part of our consultation with your strata council, we are happy to outline examples of our work on buildings like yours and connect you with references.

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A wood-frame townhouse row in British ColumbiaDowntown Vancouver high-rise towersA three-storey walk-up apartment building in VictoriaBare land strata lots in the BC Interior

Our services

Strata electrical consulting. Three services, one firm.

The report that assesses your building, the plan that maps the EV charging, and the project management that delivers the upgrades. The same team and consistent numbers from the first report to the finished project.

01

Electrical Planning Report (EPR)

Mandatory under BC strata law. Built on a property assessment and twelve months of consumption data, and written to be read by the council.

Learn more02

EV Ready Plan (EVRP)

The route to BC Hydro's plan rebate, up to 75% of the plan's cost to a $3,000 maximum, and the prerequisite for the program's later installation rebates.

Learn more03

Electrification Project Management

Customized consulting for the projects a plan leads to: EV charging rollouts, heat pump conversions, service upgrades and large retrofits. We manage the project on your strata's behalf; licensed contractors carry out the installation.

Learn more

EV Ready Plan

Add an EV Ready Plan to your report and get up to $3,000 back from BC Hydro.

Most stratas receive an owner's EV charging request sooner or later. An EV Ready Plan prepares the building for it, and the BC Hydro rebate covers up to $3,000 of the plan itself. Report and plan together also come with LivingEPR™, our interactive Living Report, an online version of your report your council can return to.

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Free tools

Answers for your strata in a minute, no email needed

All free tools

EPR Deadline & Requirement Checker

Your EPR deadline, who may prepare the report and what it must contain.

Use the tool

EPR Price Guide

What sets the price of an Electrical Planning Report and how to compare quotes.

Read the guide

EV Ready Plan Rebate Estimator

The rebate stages, municipal top-ups and who administers the file.

Use the tool

Guides for councils

Plain-language guides to the Electrical Planning Report

Free to read, no sign-up required.

01What Is an Electrical Planning Report, Anyway?02BC Electrical Planning Report Deadlines: Who Needs an EPR, and by When03$2,500 or $14,000? Why Electrical Planning Report Prices Vary So Widely in BC04Not All Electrical Planning Reports Are Equal: Why EPR Quality Varies for BC Strata Councils05How to Choose an Electrical Planning Report Provider: Four Questions BC Strata Councils Should Ask06Does Your EPR Provider Follow BC's Official 2026 Guidance? A Strata Council Checklist

Where we work

All of British Columbia

Every region of the province. Each region page lists the cities we serve and the deadline that applies.

Common questions

Questions we hear most often

If yours is not here, call the office. Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM.

778-910-4772
Does our strata need an Electrical Planning Report?
If the strata corporation has five or more lots, the Strata Property Act requires one by the deadline for your region. Stratas with fewer than five lots are exempt. If you are not sure of the lot count, send us the strata plan number and we will check.
What does it cost, and how do we get a price?
Send your strata plan number, address and unit count and we reply with a fixed-price proposal within one business day. The price depends on the building, and it is set with strata budgets in mind. The written proposal is where the figure appears.
Who is allowed to prepare the report?
Under the Strata Property Regulation, who may prepare the report depends on whether every building on the strata plan is a Part 9 building. The regulation's own wording is in our Electrical Planning Report FAQ.
Our units are individually metered. Do we still need one?
Yes. The Act requires it of every strata of five or more lots, even where each home has its own meter. Send us the strata plan number and we will confirm what applies to your building.
Can you manage the upgrades the report recommends?
Yes. Project management for strata electrification projects is one of our three services. When a strata proceeds with an EV charging rollout, a heat pump conversion or another large retrofit, we manage the project on the strata's behalf: scope and specifications, comparable contractor quotes, rebate coordination, schedule and budget oversight, and plain-language council communication.
What if the council is not ready to decide?
Request the proposal anyway. It puts a fixed figure in front of council for its next meeting. If you would rather talk it through first, book a 15-minute call.

Request a proposal

A fixed-price proposal within one business day, Metro Vancouver

Send us your strata plan number and address. We look up the rest and reply with a written fixed-price proposal.

Prefer to call?

778-910-4772, Monday to Friday 8:00 AM to 6:00 PMBook a free 15-minute call[email protected]

What happens next

Alex confirms your request. The proposal arrives as a PDF and as a link you can forward to the rest of council.

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We prepare proposals for strata council members and strata managers.

We reply within one business day.

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