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You can’t bypass obstinacy and ignorance, but there is no impediment getting EV charging going in a building unless one believes that approval of a by-law by a mere 50% of those attending a meeting is an impediment. Is it really ?
I don’t think we disagree on this, except in the terminology. Section 132B does not contain the word “by-law”. It refers to Special Sustainability Resolutions. And we are comparing ducks and apples if we set the same standards for attaching a meter to a single power point as we do to the cabling of a building.
If we are seriously expecting owners to pay for a lawyer to draw up a by-law (as many strata schemes demand) so that their tenant can plug their car into an electrical socket, then we are effectively deterring and excluding half the population of strata schemes from going electric (and many owner-residents too).
All I’m arguing for is a graduated response and I strongly believe the law was intended to allow this to occur. What is lacking in this is clear direction from government about what is permissible in real world terms. But I agree there has to be a disciplined approach. Every scheme that has had a request for EV charging should be required to at least decide on a plan for the future.
My concern is that, as we’ve already seen, where the majority of owners in some schemes have no interest in EV charging, that quickly becomes a decision not to allow it for anyone. And that has to be a retrograde step.