“Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the party, if re-elected, would introduce strata law changes to lower the voting threshold from 75 to 50 per cent, “to more easily install solar panels, battery storage and electric vehicle charging points in strata buildings.” ”
The ACT introduced a similar change in 2011 to enable ‘sustainability infrastructure’ to be installed on common property with a single ordinary resolution subject to a set of matters being included in the proposal such as a site map, a statement about how it would be funded, cost and benefits etc. In the ACT this is s.23 of Unit Titles (Management) Act 2011.
To blow my own trumpet just a little, the ACT’s came out of difficulties in the strata development I live in. We had a majority in favour, twice, in 2009 but were unable to proceed with a solar PV array on a common property carport to offset the OC’s electricity account because we fell a few votes short of a special resolution after a negative campaign by a few owners. On a third attempt in 2012 it got up with 86% in favour, by which time we only needed an ordinary resolution.
I hope the other NSW parties match this policy to ensure it goes ahead regardless of who wins.