New Jersey’s A3367 (2020) establishes standards to encourage the installation and use of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in common interest communities. Specifically, the bill prohibits common interest communities from adopting rules that prohibit or unreasonably restrict the installation or use of EV charging stations in the designated parking space of a unit owner. If the approval of an association is required for installation of an EV charging station, it will be deemed approved after 60 days if not denied in writing. The bill authorizes the executive board of a common interest community to grant the exclusive use of a common area parking space by a unit owner with an EV charging station under certain conditions, including that the unit owner takes responsibility for all associated costs with the parking space. If an association determines that the amount of electricity attributed to EV charging stations requires the additional infrastructure, then the unit owners shall equally cover the cost of the additional infrastructure. Each unit owner shall be responsible for the cost of any damage, maintenance, usage, or installation costs associated with the EV charging station and must maintain liability coverage in the amount of $100,000.The bill authorizes an association to create a parking space where one did not previously exist to facilitate the installation of an EV charging station. However, if an association elects to create a new parking space to accommodate an EV charging station for the exclusive use of a unit owner, the unit owner would be responsible for all costs.
See also our LPDD Model Law on Installation of Electric Vehicle Charging Station at Common Interest Developments.