TeslaCanuck
Member
In anticipation of my Model 3, I recently inquired about getting an EV charging station installed in my condo parking garage.
I was informed that commencing May 1 the province is implementing new changes for electrical vehicles in condos, at which point they will revisit my request.
I decided to do a little more digging and found the following regulation: https://www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/r18114
It basically lists out all the requirements that must be met in order to get a charger installed in a condo.
Below is a little overview of what can be found in the document above.
TLDR: I want to install an EV Charger in my condo. there are new laws coming into affect May 1st (which should make it easier). If the installation+Operating costs are less than 10% of the Condo's budget, and doesn't infringe on enjoyment of public space, then the board can proceed with the installation in 2 months. If these conditions are not met, you have to make your case to your condo board.
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In some cases, a condominium board will have the right to install an electric vehicle charging station at the condominium’s expense (and owners won’t have any right to requisition a meeting to consider the installation). This will apply if:
1. The board has determined that the estimated cost of the installation (excluding post-installation / operating costs) will not be greater than 10 per cent of the condominium’s annual budget; and
2. In the reasonable opinion of the board, the owners would not regard the installation as causing a material reduction or elimination of their use or enjoyment of the condominium property.
If these conditions are met, the board could provide notice to the owners (including details of the above two conditions), and then the board could proceed with the installation 60 days after providing the notice.
In other cases – where either of the above two conditions are not satisfied – the 60 day notice to the owners would need to include an opportunity for the owners to requisition a meeting to consider the proposed installation. In other words, if either of the above two conditions are not satisfied, owners would have an opportunity (by requisitioning a meeting) to challenge the Board’s proposed installation of an electric vehicle charging station.
New procedures will also apply to owners who wish to install charging station(s) (at the owner’s expense) at a condominium. In particular:
• The board would be required to respond to an owner’s request or application (to install a charging station) within 60 days.
• The board could only reject an application based on the opinion of an expert (such as an engineer) that the installation would:
• Be contrary to the requirements of a statute or regulation;
• Adversely affect the structural integrity of the condominium property or assets of the corporation; or
• Pose a serious health and safety risk to an individual or a serious risk of damage to the condominium property or assets of the corporation.
• If and when the board accepts the owner’s application (subject to any permitted conditions), the parties must enter into an installation agreement. Among other things, the agreement could say that the owner is responsible for all reasonable costs to carry out the requested installation.
• Responsibility for other costs (such as the cost to prepare and register the agreement) could be subject to negotiation between the corporation and the owner.
• Any disagreements between an owner and a condominium corporation would be resolved via mediation and arbitration.
Another point to be aware of is that the status certificate form has been updated to reflect the new regulations respecting charging stations. As of May 1, 2018, condominiums will be required to use the new status certificate form which has been amended to reference the new regulations respecting electric vehicle charging stations. The changes to the form are found in:
• Paragraph 23 (dealing with modifications to common elements) – The changes made reference the agreement to be entered into by an owner that installs an electric vehicle charging station; and
• Paragraph 25 (respecting changes to the common elements) – The changes made relate to a proposed installation of an electric vehicle charging station.
I was informed that commencing May 1 the province is implementing new changes for electrical vehicles in condos, at which point they will revisit my request.
I decided to do a little more digging and found the following regulation: https://www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/r18114
It basically lists out all the requirements that must be met in order to get a charger installed in a condo.
Below is a little overview of what can be found in the document above.
TLDR: I want to install an EV Charger in my condo. there are new laws coming into affect May 1st (which should make it easier). If the installation+Operating costs are less than 10% of the Condo's budget, and doesn't infringe on enjoyment of public space, then the board can proceed with the installation in 2 months. If these conditions are not met, you have to make your case to your condo board.
=======================================================================================
In some cases, a condominium board will have the right to install an electric vehicle charging station at the condominium’s expense (and owners won’t have any right to requisition a meeting to consider the installation). This will apply if:
1. The board has determined that the estimated cost of the installation (excluding post-installation / operating costs) will not be greater than 10 per cent of the condominium’s annual budget; and
2. In the reasonable opinion of the board, the owners would not regard the installation as causing a material reduction or elimination of their use or enjoyment of the condominium property.
If these conditions are met, the board could provide notice to the owners (including details of the above two conditions), and then the board could proceed with the installation 60 days after providing the notice.
In other cases – where either of the above two conditions are not satisfied – the 60 day notice to the owners would need to include an opportunity for the owners to requisition a meeting to consider the proposed installation. In other words, if either of the above two conditions are not satisfied, owners would have an opportunity (by requisitioning a meeting) to challenge the Board’s proposed installation of an electric vehicle charging station.
New procedures will also apply to owners who wish to install charging station(s) (at the owner’s expense) at a condominium. In particular:
• The board would be required to respond to an owner’s request or application (to install a charging station) within 60 days.
• The board could only reject an application based on the opinion of an expert (such as an engineer) that the installation would:
• Be contrary to the requirements of a statute or regulation;
• Adversely affect the structural integrity of the condominium property or assets of the corporation; or
• Pose a serious health and safety risk to an individual or a serious risk of damage to the condominium property or assets of the corporation.
• If and when the board accepts the owner’s application (subject to any permitted conditions), the parties must enter into an installation agreement. Among other things, the agreement could say that the owner is responsible for all reasonable costs to carry out the requested installation.
• Responsibility for other costs (such as the cost to prepare and register the agreement) could be subject to negotiation between the corporation and the owner.
• Any disagreements between an owner and a condominium corporation would be resolved via mediation and arbitration.
Another point to be aware of is that the status certificate form has been updated to reflect the new regulations respecting charging stations. As of May 1, 2018, condominiums will be required to use the new status certificate form which has been amended to reference the new regulations respecting electric vehicle charging stations. The changes to the form are found in:
• Paragraph 23 (dealing with modifications to common elements) – The changes made reference the agreement to be entered into by an owner that installs an electric vehicle charging station; and
• Paragraph 25 (respecting changes to the common elements) – The changes made relate to a proposed installation of an electric vehicle charging station.
