Conduct Load Calculations and Navigate Permitting Processes

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Before any physical installation, conduct thorough load calculations to ensure the building's electrical system can safely support the added demand from EV chargers. This necessitates contacting the local utility company to request peak demand data for the past 12 months, as obtaining an accurate load calculation from individual unit meters is often impossible. The electrician explicitly warns against rushing into such projects, highlighting that securing approvals and permits for multi-unit EV charging can take 'over a year' due to the extensive 'legwork' involved with local authorities and utility companies. Therefore, this is not a project to 'just jump into' without meticulous planning and patience.

Goal: Understand the critical steps for load calculation, utility coordination, and securing permits for EV charging installations.

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we ended up calling the utility company and asking them for their peak demand over the past 12 months because it's impossible to get a true load calculation from all these individual meters. Now, I'm going to say this. You don't need to be involved EV charging on a job like this. If you get a call from a place like this, like from the say number 306, who wants an EV charger, don't put a lot of stock into it, okay? It's been over a year before we've got the approval and the permits and a lot of leg work to do this. So, this is not something that you want to just jump into. Don't get excited when you get these type of calls. Takes a long time before you see any money. Okay, let's go to work.

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