When Ben Baird purchased a fully electric truck, he expected to install the Level 2 charger it came with at his Yellowknife home.
Ford’s F150 Lightning comes with an 80 amp charger. It would have required Baird to upgrade the 100 amp panel in his home to a 200 amp panel — an expense he was prepared to pay.
But in order to provide that level of power to his home, Baird said, power distributor Northland Utilities told him he’d have to pay $12,000 to upgrade the transformer in his neighbourhood as well.
“It was not something that I was expecting,” said Baird.
