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Hi PeterC,
Not sure whether your most recent comments were for me or for ccbaxter.
I was just trying to highlight some of the questions a decent EC would be answering in a thorough proposal.
But, ccbaxter’s comments about advertising material being sent to individual owners leads me to think that what is being proposed is not a communal system owned by the OC but each interested owner getting their own system on the OC’s roof.
Either way, a Special Resolution (75% or more) would be required.
My comment about inverters wasn’t so much about cost (as that would be included in the installation price) but about physical space to house them. If they’re individual systems, they would have to have individual inverters.
Not every scheme has a meter room. Our 12-lot 3-storey pitched-roof block has a meter cupboard. No room even for 12 more meters (if gross), let alone 12 inverters.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but my understanding is that for new installations in NSW there is no longer a “gross” feed in tariff or a “net” feed in tariff, just a feed in tariff. For which the going rate is $0.06 per KWh. Which means that anybody would be crazy to connect up their PV system in a “gross” fashion these days.
Like ccbaxter, our block had significant restoration work on the roof about 5 years ago. The original problem was bad workmanship during construction, but the multitude of attempts by tradesmen with hob-nailed boots to fix leaks finished the roof off, and we had to get a complete re-tile. We no longer allow tradesmen on the roof.
So I would have severe reservations about allowing (up to 36) tradesmen with hob-nailed boots installing PV systems by drilling through the tiles to affix rails. Especially as ccbaxter lives on the top floor.
I wonder what happened at the “information night”?