Optimising Government Assistance for EV Charging in Strata in NSW

With assistance from local, state and federal governments for EV charging in strata, what is the best way to navigate the way to EV charging infrastructure upgrades in NSW strata...

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Over the past 9 years, strata buildings have engaged Wattblock to:

1) Provide a 1 hour online information session for the strata committee on EV charging
2) Setup an online survey, so that the strata committee can get residents to indicate their interest level in EV charging, to help the committee with prioritization of EV charging infrastructure
3) Assist strata buildings with interpretation of data from permanently installed electricity monitoring devices
4) Provide an EV charging Scope of Works report (for strata buildings with 15 lots or less)
5) Provide an EV charging feasibility study (for strata buildings with 16 lots or more)
6) Run a formal tender process and invite companies such as EVSE, Jetcharge, Karchargers to respond on a competitive basis. This competitive process has saved strata buildings up to $40k on their EV charging infrastructure project
7) Assist strata committees with presentations to meetings of all Owners to “generate momentum for the allocation of funds for EV charging infrastructure”
8) Engage with strata scheme’s strata lawyers to assist in the development of tailored EV charging by-laws
9) Assist with decommissioning of ‘legacy’ EV chargepoints and unfair EV charging arrangements setup by ‘early adopters’ e.g. FREE three phase charging coming off the common power
10) Assist strata buildings with their government grant applications for EV charging assistance

There are now a number of points of assistance from different tiers of government to assist a strata building in NSW progress to installation of an EV Charging Infrastructure. The following diagram shows how Wattblock can help a strata building best navigate through the different stages, utilizing government support where necessary and reducing paperwork to create a streamlined experience for a strata committee.

The financial assistance available to strata buildings for EV charging from three tiers of government is summarised below:

Local Government
-North Sydney, Lane Cove, Mosman, Canada Bay councils will fully fund a sustainability report inclusive of basic EV charging advice
-Waverley will fund 50% up to $1,000 for an EV charging assessment
-City of Sydney funds an EV charging feasibility through ratings & assessment grants
​- North Sydney will fund 25% up to $5,000 for a shared EV chargepoint
-Randwick Council will fund up to $1,000 against an EV charging assessment and 25% up to $5,000 for a shared EV chargepoint
-Lane Cove council will fund 25% up to $4,000 for a shared EV chargepoint
-Kur ring gai council will fund 50% up to $2,000 for a shared EV chargepoint

NSW Government
-NSW government will rebate the additional cost of an EV charging Feasibility study beyond the first $2,000 (which is paid for by the strata building)
-NSW government will fund up to 80% and up to $80,000 of an EV charging infrastructure including up to 4 shared EV chargepoints
-NSW government will rebate up to $1,200 per year for 2 years for EV charging software in return for sharing data with them on EV charging patterns
-NSW Digital Infrastructure for Energy Flexibility (DIEF), is led by the CSIRO for subsidized Wattwatchers electricity monitoring devices

Federal Government
Small-Scale Technology Certificates for solar systems used to create solar powered EV charging setups

Some links for further information are here:
Free online EV Charging Readiness for strata training course is here 
​Over 20 videos/webinars on EV Charging in strata are here
See where other strata schemes in 11 different Sydney local gcouncil areas have installed EV charging here
Apply for City of Sydney local government funding here
Apply for Randwick council funding here
Apply for Lane Cove council funding here
Apply for Waverley Council funding here
Apply for Kur ring gai Council funding here
Apply for NSW government grant funding here

Brent Clark
Contributor, Strata Energy News
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