ESA Plan Review Application

Electrical Safety Authority (ESA) · version May 21, 2021, Rev. 1

Application form

Plan Review submittal form (esasafe.com → Fees and forms → Plan review forms; instructions in Submittal_Form_Instructions.pdf). Each submittal to ESA Plan Review must contain a completed Plan Review Submittal Form, which gives the minimum basic information on the submitting customer and planned electrical design. Page 1 must be completed in its entirety. Section 1 of Page 2 must be completed for all submittals; Sections 2 through 8 when applicable.

Grounding Study Submittal Form (if the project involves a Grounding Study)

Drawings

3	Electrical drawings (equipment room layout, conduit and feeder schedules, grounding drawings, panel schedules, single line drawings, legend and abbreviations, traction power system, ACER room layout, etc.)

Technical / supporting information

4	Electrical Load Calculations
5	Grounding Calculations Report (as required)
6	Short-Circuit Study & Voltage Drop Calculations for the Power Distribution System (as required)
7	HVTC Specifications (as required)

Notes

8	Plan review for a proposed electrical installation is a review and audit for compliance with the Ontario Electrical Safety Code. It does not approve or certify electrical plans and is not a substitute for the work of a Professional Engineer. Electrical work may not start until plans have been reviewed when the installation involves any one of the following: A three-phase consumer service or standby generation equal to or over 400 A circuit capacity A single-phase consumer service or standby generation equal to or over 600 A A feeder greater than 1000 A An emergency power supply for life safety systems (Section 46), excluding unit equipment Consumer-owned electric power generating equipment or energy storage systems rated over 10 kW (Micro size as defined by the Ontario Energy Board) and operating in parallel with a supply authority system Any installation operating in excess of 750 V, except: pole lines exclusively within the scope of Section 75; the portion of an underground installation between a supply-authority-owned transformer and the related supply-authority-owned switch; equipment replacement as described in Rule 2-010 2) c) and Bulletin 2-11-*
9	Online submission is the only option, through the Plan Review Portal. To set up an account: (1) email the ESA Plan Review department at plan.review@electricalsafety.on.ca; (2) indicate the name, email address and phone number of the person to be set up as your Electronic Plan Review online account Administrator; (3) a member of the Plan Review team will contact them to help set up the ESA online account.
10	The documentation must also contain the ESA Plan Review Submittal Form and Checklist. All drawings must be full size as originally created. ESA will not accept drawings reduced in size, or any documents that are not legible.
11	Examples of acceptable drawings: High O/H Low U/G Plan Review Sample Drawing; HV Pole Line Plan Review Sample Drawing (esasafe.com).
12	Partial submissions will not be accepted. Applicants shall have all information available before submitting. As long as the information required by Rule 2-010 is provided, the plan review department audits the drawings for OESC compliance. The applicant then goes through the inspection process.
13	Fee

This checklist identifies the scope of information typically required to support processing of an application. It is the responsibility of the applicant to consult with the approval authority prior to application submission to confirm the submission requirements for more complex or typical applications.

Permits this checklist is for

Electrical Safety Authority: Plan Review & Permits

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