Our household has been trying out the new BC Hydro (electric utility) optional time of day rate. Saving money so far. We have been able to shift most load out of the peak time. Shifting a good chunk (EV Charging, Dishwasher, and clothes drying) to the night time discount period. No gas use.

Nice design for a lot where a pole support wire would impact parking. This design for a 4 home Multiplex lowers the impact and makes best use of the area for car parking.

Free fuel! We are getting a 40A electric vehicle charging circuit installed using RVE DCC-9 which allows us to charge off our townhomes 100A service (our own bill), without a service upgrade & enables free charging leveraging the peak payments from the utility & the clean fuel standard payments.

Whole home Mitsubishi going in a townhome, 100A service. Two semi ducted units with one low low wall / floor unit. Silent operation of the outdoor unit. Going from Electric resistance heating. Just in time for this spring heat wave!

Great turnout at British Columbia Institute of Technology this morning for the Homebuilders of Vancouver on air to water heat pumps. Thanks to Daikin for the learning set up!

Chaos this morning. These cars are all driving the wrong way down a 1 way street that is a major E-W artery. Has the @cityofvancouver.bsky.social given up? Looks like it. We need physical infrastructure to stop this. @visionzerovancouver.ca @bikeyvr.bsky.social @hubvancouverubc.bsky.social

I helped this place of worship get an affordable electrical connection and they were able to get off gas and go renewable. Was nice to see the gas stove at the curb for their grand reopening tonight!

Great to be back at Electricity Camp this year in Banff. The sessions and new connections have been energizing. I have had some great thought provoking conversations. Thanks @blakeshaffer.bsky.social and @shastingssimon.bsky.social for the invite and the opportunity!

Come on @cityofvancouver.bsky.social do better. You are forcing people on bikes out into a car lane. Making the road less safe.

Look similar to my old place in kits. 10 plex built in the early 90's

I supported "Brixton Flats" at Gore & Pender to become the boxy vision Gair Williamson had for this all electric and nearly a Passive House project (missed two metrics). Today it is 56 homes with a very nice roof top amenity deck. Outside forces tried to articulate it, but the vision prevailed.

This one in Vancouver has never needed paint or reflectors. ;P

Some free EV charging while stopping for an appointment? Love to see it! I think it is mostly put in for people there for the whole day, but I will take a couple hours of free charging when I can get it.

Cool to see more of these electric vans about. Hardly a day goes by I don't see one working.

What replaces 5 parking stalls [@lanefab.com :)] & stores 3-5X the energy of water? Phase change material. A solid wax when cold, a thin molasses coloured liquid when hot, every AM when Pacific Center mall cools, it dumps the waste heat in(typically vented 2 atmosphere), & pulls it out in the night

Hell Yes Canada! You love to see it.

Know any Canadian Load Management hardware manufacturers (make product in Canada). Hardware must handle electric vehicle charging at a minimum but loads beyond that ideal. I know EVECTRIX RVE& FUTURi. Am I missing any? Taranis, the Celtic God of Electricity in a Canadian fit, for visibility and fun.

Searching for the perfect EVSE (charger), so far none meet all the criteria though United Chargers comes closest, I am hopeful they will start DR w bchydro soon and be an easy choice. FLO are supposed to be launching something, but no details yet?

Last year China passed 50% of new vehicles sold being new energy (Electric or plug in electric hybrid). China's demand for oil for transportation just dropped 4% last year. www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...

@bchydro.bsky.social lets support Canadian manufacturers United Charger and Flo EV Charging. You should modify your EVSE incentive. Today $350 goes to a US made or Canadian EVSE. Change it so $450 goes to a Canadian made charger and $0 for a US made option. No change for other countries.

Anyone have experience w Pion Power's EVSE? It looks like they pay you 10c/kWh charged. With that, under the new optional time of use rate from BC Hydro, you could buy power 11PM-7AM at 6.72 cent/kWh, charge your EV and get 10 cent/kWh under the Clean Fuel Regulation. Making money in the process

The pink bins from Recycle BC are here! Soft plastic curbside pick up happen next month!

Great to see another successful call for power by BC Hydro. More grid scale (up to 496 MW) wind and perhaps some solar proposals have been received. With 14 proposals totaling more than 9,100 gigawatt hours per year, this is nearly double the targeted amount. news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...

Heck yes! Looks like almost 50,000 Chinese electric vehicles would be allowed in at just a 6% tariff rate. This is progress. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Australila had a heat wave and solar took most of extra daytime load. Demand hit new records, with batteries carrying much of the evening load. This is January 7th:

The pink bin is coming February 16th. Vancouver residents will get curbside pick up for source separated soft plastics. This will be a great option to divert more locally.

@bchydro.bsky.social your peak saver program needs to adjust its clock. This was sent out 25 minutes early.

Solar is nearly unstoppable. Canada should reduce the 154%-286% tariff we have on solar. Even in Texas solar is out producing coal.

I am hoping a lot of it falls as snow as it is today in Whistler. Would be great to break the snowpack drought we have been in for a few years, improve hydro electric output.

I get the electrical bills (for research) from some Net Zero Homes I have helped over the years. Always makes me a little jealous, this is a family of 4 with an EV. They have a $8 credit in October. No gas bill! All in the rainy Pacific Northwest.