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News › NSW passes a "right to charge" law for apartment ownersNews · 26 October 2026

NSW passes a "right to charge" law for apartment owners

Why it matters: About 1.2 million people in NSW live in apartments and duplexes, and charging at home is far cheaper than public fast charging. If you're in strata, start talking to your committee now about a shared, load-managed setup.

Charging and power

An electric car plugged into a charger
Photo: Tom Ackroyd, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

NSW Parliament has passed strata law changes that let apartment owners install an EV charger for their own parking space. The strata committee has three months to respond, and silence counts as no objection; any objection must be reasonable and in writing, and owners can appeal to NCAT. By-laws that unreasonably ban chargers will have no effect. The owner pays to install and run the charger, and the building can insist on a load-managed system. The law starts on a date still to be set.

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Source: The Driven

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How we work it out, and our sources

Weekly cost = the car's energy use × 250 km × your electricity or fuel price, with 90% of charging at home. Prices are list prices at November 2026; check with the dealer.

  • Electricity: 2026–27 default rates (AER, Victorian Default Offer, state retailers). Public charging: Sydney network prices, July 2026.
  • Petrol and diesel: capital-city daily averages from state government price feeds, via FuelRadar, 12 November 2026. Diesel for Hobart, Canberra and Darwin is estimated from the national fall.
  • Cars: maker figures via CarExpert, Drive, CarsGuide and EV Central. Plug-in electric range is taken as 80% of the claim.
  • Servicing: published capped prices; marked as an estimate where not yet published (CarExpert comparison).
  • Tyres: an EV set lasts about 35,000 km, a petrol or hybrid set 50,000 km (RACV); prices from Gridly.
  • Home charger: about $2,000 installed ($1,000–$3,000). Novated leases: PwC summary.

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