Access your building's peak load electrical data
Many of our customers in multi-unit residential, strata property or mixed-use buildings are interested in gathering their peak load electrical data. It's essential information when you and your neighbours are planning to change how you use electricity, such as by:
- Adding electric vehicle (EV) chargers.
- Switching from gas heating to electric.
- Installing heat pumps.
- Installing a heated pool.
Information from your building's peak load electrical data can also inform electrical planning reports. For strata corporations with five or more units, electrical planning reports are now mandatory. Having an electrical planning report helps assess current electrical capacity and new electricity demands, so that strata corporations can plan and avoid unexpected costs or complications when adding new electrical amenities.
Related: Rather than peak load data, some buildings may need their building’s total consumption data for the purposes of energy efficiency benchmarking, monitoring or reporting. For that, see energy efficiency benchmarking.
Your contractor will review the data to see if there's enough available capacity to support the new electrical load. If not, you may need infrastructure upgrades, which come at a cost.
How to access your building, strata, or facility's data
For individual homes, or commercial buildings serviced by a single meter
Residential or commercial customers can access their historical usage data in MyHydro. Simply log in to MyHydro, then:
- Select "View detailed consumption" to view recent or annual data.
- Or, select "Data download centre" to view more detailed data.
How to get the data and guidelines for what to do next.
For an entire multi-unit residential, strata property or mixed-use building
To obtain electrical peak load data for a building with multiple owners, submit a building data request form. Once processed, we'll send you a report with the requested data.
Permission and privacy
We provide our customers with the information they need to make informed energy decisions, while also ensuring our account holder's information is protected from unauthorized access. We may ask authentication questions or request proof that a contractor/consultant is working on behalf of our customer.
How to interpret the data
Here's what you'll see in the report, and what it means.
kWh: Our meters measure electrical energy in kilowatt-hours (kWh). One kWh is equivalent to 1,000 watts consumed for one hour.
One-hour intervals: For residential and small commercial meters, kWh consumption is usually presented in either one-hour intervals (the shortest interval available for these meters), or for the duration of the billing period.
Calculated demand: Demand (or peak demand) is not provided, demand can be calculated using the maximum kWh reading and applying a reasonable for correction factor. For guidance on what correction factor to use, refer to Technical Safety BC.
Related information
Access your building's aggregated consumption data
For multi-unit residential, commercial or mixed-use buildings looking to get their building's total electricity consumption on a monthly or annual basis. This is used for energy efficiency benchmarking or reporting regulations.