Electrical & Mechanical Engineering in Kitchener.

Enova Power Corp.

Enova Power Corp. was created by the merger of Kitchener-Wilmot Hydro and Waterloo North Hydro, and serves the City of Kitchener, the City of Waterloo and the Townships of Woolwich, Wilmot and Wellesley.

Enova keeps a separate developer page and a separate service request form for Kitchener and Wilmot properties; Waterloo, Wellesley and Woolwich properties use a different form.

For commercial properties going through municipal site plan review, Enova's connection process asks customers to contact Enova before submitting site plan, zoning change or committee of adjustment applications; the municipality circulates the electrical site plan to Enova for review.

Rate zone: Kitchener-Wilmot Rate Zone.

What to prepare

• Enova's Service Request Form – Engineering (Victoria Street Office), the request form for properties in Kitchener or Wilmot
• Customer, electrical contractor and (where applicable) consultant contact details
• Whether the request is for a new or an existing service, with the existing and requested amperage, voltage and overhead or underground service type
• For an existing service, the scope of work (for example a panel change, meter base change, or adding or removing a meter), plus any supporting files
• For commercial projects: an approved site plan drawing in PDF and DWG formats
• For commercial projects: a final load calculation prepared to ESA guidelines and a single-line diagram, each sealed by an electrical P.Eng.
• For commercial projects: a list of equipment that could affect power quality (such as large motors or welders) and, where applicable, vault room drawings, customer-owned transformer specifications with a protection coordination study, or a remote grounding design

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Building Division (City of Kitchener)

Online applications: City of Kitchener online services portal.

For new ICI buildings and additions, Kitchener's ICI building permits page lists stamped mechanical, electrical and site servicing plans and, where required, the City's flow control roof drainage declaration form. The City's energy efficiency certification form records the chosen energy efficiency design or exemption reason, carries the seals and signatures of the architect and the mechanical and electrical engineers, and is joined by an SB-10 form when a design is chosen.

Kitchener's apply for a building permit page asks for fully dimensioned drawings at a minimum scale of 1:75 or 3/16 in. = 1 ft, with drawing sets of more than 20 pages uploaded as one PDF per section (such as architectural or mechanical). Sprinkler drawings are not required at application, but they must be submitted for approval after the permit is issued and before installation.

Under the City's site plan process (Full Site Plan, Stamp Plan A or Stamp Plan B), permit applications can start at conditional approval, but permits are issued only after final site plan approval. For a change of use in a commercial building, a Zoning (Occupancy) Certificate confirming the use is allowed under the zoning bylaw can be sought through the online service portal before or with the building permit.

Region of Waterloo

The City of Kitchener collects development charges, including those levied by the Region of Waterloo, when it issues a building permit, and the Region issues access permits for new entrances onto properties from Regional roads.

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