Electrical & Mechanical Engineering in Oshawa.

Oshawa PUC Networks Inc. (Oshawa Power)

Oshawa PUC Networks Inc. holds OEB electricity distribution licence ED-2002-0560, whose Schedule 1 authorizes it to distribute and sell electricity in the City of Oshawa as established by the Durham Municipal Hydro-Electric Service Act, 1979 and continued by the Regional Municipality of Durham Act; the schedule describes a single service area and names no rate zones.

The City's Building Permits page makes the applicant responsible for arranging connections to electricity, gas, telephone or other services that a project needs, and the ESA notes that the electrical work needs its own permit separate from the general building permit and cautions against anyone who says the local electric utility need not be involved in a panel change or service upgrade.

What to prepare

• A service layout from the utility before any electrical service equipment is installed; the ESA describes it as the document that sets out what the utility will supply and install and what the owner must provide
• An ESA notification of work (the electrical permit) filed by a Licensed Electrical Contractor, which the ESA treats as separate from the building permit
• Site plan drawings for the City's site plan approval that show the location and type of lighting and any proposed electrical transformers, plus existing electrical transformers and overhead and underground services on the property and within at least 15 metres of it
• The utility's approval of any proposed utility extension or service connection, and the City's approval for the location of any utilities or services inside a City road allowance, both listed as site plan conditions
• A completed ESA service inspection of the customer-owned service equipment, after which the ESA authorizes the utility to energize the service (the Connection Authorization)

Electrical Safety Authority: What is a service/connection inspection and when does it take place? (esasafe.com)

Building Services, Economic and Development Services Department (City of Oshawa)

Online applications: Oshawa Application Portal, used for residential and non-residential building permits.

Region of Durham (Durham Region)

Durham Region issues permits for work on Regional roads, such as constructing or changing an entranceway and road occupancy for construction or utility work, through its online permit application; Regional roads in Oshawa include Simcoe Street, Taunton Road, Rossland Road, Thornton Road, Stevenson Road, Harmony Road, Ritson Road, Bloor Street, Champlain Avenue and Winchester Road. The City notes that a project on a parcel not yet serviced needs Regional connection permits for water and sanitary sewer, and the City's Building Services branch collects City, Region and school board development charges, with non-residential charges payable when the building permit is issued; the Region's commercial, industrial and institutional charges cover water supply, sanitary sewerage, Regional roads and Regional transit.

Building permit information (oshawa.ca)Region of Durham (Durham Region) permits (durham.ca)