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Perhaps instead of telling Strata Communities their position is extremely short-sighted. Electric Vehicle Council CEO Behyad Jafari, and his organisation could be pro-active and research, and create a “standard bylaw” proposal
Maybe because strata law isn’t his area of expertise. Perhaps someone will pass his comments on to SCA or Fair Trading or the Property Commissioner or anyone who wouldn’t have to learn a completely new skill set just to ask the right questions. (oh, hang on, I think I kind of did that already).
I am flabbergasted at the level of resistance there is to electric vehicles in this country, especially among politicians. The recent reversal of sustainability measures proposed by NSW Planning is a huge retrograde step and a clear message to the strata community that our leaders think climate change and energy security aren’t serious issues.
All it would take is for our invisible Fair Trading Minister to get one of her many minions to say: “Go ahead and fix a meter or two to the electricity supply, on a user-pays basis, and charge the owners for the energy used, until such times as you want to upgrade to full EV charging in your block. We’ll sort out the legalities later.”
If we need to have a by-law every time there’s a miniscule change to common property – and I’m not convinced a by-law is necessary in this case – we’ll be back in the stone-age before we know it.