only a registered energy provider can charge for electricity. So the OC cant put an electricty meter on a power point and charge a lot owner.
Not so. Reading the Australian Energy Regulator’s information on exempt networks, owners corporations are deemed exempt from those legal provisions, both generally and specifically for EV charging, provided they are not adding a surcharge to the costs.
Also how do they know it was that lot owner who used the electricty. etc etc
At a very basic level, you can have a padlock on the powerpoint. It’s not rocket science.
Until an EV charging system is installed you have to consider the situation as this.
No, you really don’t. We need to stop placing imaginary obstacles in the way of providing clean energy for current and future car owners. One minute it’s exploding batteries, the next it’s non-existent regulations. You should read what horse and carriage owners used to say about cars when they first became popular.
No different if its electricity.
If electricity supply is no different from water, that kind of blows your whole argument out of the … um … water. But it is different and it has different regulations and they allow owners corps to charge costs of individuals’ use of OC power, provided the OC isn’t making a profit on the electricity that’s on-sold.
Any other systems will require an augmented supply. In this case, a whole of strata approach should be taken as its likely in the future more users will want this capability.
Many schemes, particulary small ones, are taking an incremental approach to this.
Stage one: let owners use overnight charging or install their own charging system at their own expense, with metered costs charged back to the car owner.
Stage two: If there is enough demand, install the infrastructure for a supply and charging system.
Stage three: If prospective demand is high enough, explore the possibilites of an embedded network which includes supply, distribution and charging.