Section 94.1 — the EPR duty
Section 94.1 is short. It requires a strata corporation to obtain an electrical planning report from a qualified person (a term the regulations define; the wording is set out in the questions on our Electrical Planning Report page), by the dates determined in the regulations, containing the information the regulations set out. Every practical detail — who may prepare the report, the December 31, 2026 and 2028 deadlines, and the required content — lives in the Strata Property Regulation, which is why our brief on the province's EPR rules is the companion read to this one.
Sections 90.1–90.3 — owner EV-charging requests
Part 5, Division 6 of the Act creates a formal process for an owner who wants EV charging at a parking stall:
- The request (s. 90.1). An owner may ask the strata to approve alterations to common property needed to install EV charging infrastructure for a parking stall. The request process applies from a date determined by the regulations — as the province explains, it comes into effect for a strata once it has obtained its EPR or its EPR deadline has passed, whichever comes first.
- The decision (s. 90.2). The strata may approve the request if the criteria are met — including that the owner has exclusive use of the stall if it is common property. In deciding, the strata may consider the compatibility of the proposed equipment with existing and future charging and any electricity-management system, and the capacity of, and current and anticipated demands on, the strata's electrical system — the question the EPR exists to answer. The Act is direct on the key point: the strata must not unreasonably refuse. It may require the owner to agree in writing to reasonable conditions, and it must decide within the prescribed period — three months, per the province's guidance.
- After approval (s. 90.3). The strata may make the alteration itself or allow the owner to make it, and the owner is responsible for the expenses unless otherwise agreed — including paying the strata's estimated costs up front if the strata does the work, with any excess refunded.
The funding rules — ss. 92 and 96
The Act also answers "which fund pays, and what vote does it take?":
- Section 92 includes obtaining an EPR among the expenses the operating fund exists to cover.
- Section 96 allows contingency reserve fund spending by majority vote (not 3/4) when the expenditure is for obtaining an EPR, for installing EV charging infrastructure or managing the electricity it uses, or for other reports about EV charging installation or operation.
That majority-vote path is deliberate: the legislation makes it procedurally easier for stratas to fund electrical planning and EV-charging work than most other capital spending, which requires a 3/4 vote.
Reading the Act itself
The Act is public and readable — the sections above are in Part 5 (Division 6) and Part 6 (Division 1). Our summaries here are plain-language paraphrases, not legal advice; for the exact wording, read the original below.