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What are engineers seeing in communities? While there is still significant interest in electric vehicles (see referenced CAI National Chart) people are hesitant to “pull” or rather install the plug. While there are excellent charger resellers on the market, we caution boards against going with a “too good to be true” charger installation deal and urge you to read the fine print during a negotiation. Communities have been alarmed to learn that in many cases the chargers become public prop erty which now allows non-residents to access their gated communities as well as implies municipal regulations around paving and road usage requirements. Homeowners associa tions (HOAs) and/or property managers should specifically note verbiage in relation to public access to chargers or the potential for unintended consequences, such as non-residents accessing gated communities. In New Jersey, some municipalities have specific require ments around parking and infrastructure for EV chargers beyond state regulations. As always, we encourage incor porating electrical infrastructure with any applicable project (laying conduit prior to paving project and having a structural inspection of parking garages to accommodate EVs addition al weight, to name a few) are essential to future proofing your community and preparing for electric vehicle integration. n

In July of 2024, New Jersey EV owners were charged an additional $250 registration fee to offset the tax that is incor porated in the purchase of gasoline which will increase $10 per year, until 2028, when it will be $290. As referenced in our last CAI New Jersey EV Legislative update, in October 2020 Governor Murphy signed into law an amendment to the Planned Real Estate Development Full Disclosure Act (PREDFDA) codified at N.J.S.A. 45:22A 48.4 which introduced requirements for EV charging infra structure for planned developments. As of 2024, there are proposals under discussion regarding updates to require “EV-ready” wiring as part of new construction of residen tial buildings, but no update has been formally made. Additionally, there have been no further updates to NJ A2360 since it was signed into law on January 18, 2022, which requires electrical utilities to charge the residential rate for electricity used in common interest communities (CICs). So, with no formal legislative changes around char gers, many of the lessons learned come from our property managers and professionals.

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