Hi everyone, I live in canton Vaud in a new condominium (PPE) still under construction. I own a private parking space in the shared garage. The management and the local electricity provider decided that the only allowed way to charge an EV is through their official 22 kW wallbox system with dynamic load management. The conditions are: If you buy the official wallbox from the power company: CHF 20/month subscription If you don’t use their wallbox system: CHF 50/month subscription This is explicitly stated in the provider’s offer. This base subscription would ~ double my electricity costs for the car. I only drive ~120 km per week and don’t need fast charging. I proposed installing a private T23 socket (~3 kW) for slow charging. They refuse and want me to sign a document stating I will not charge any vehicle from that socket (including scooters), citing “safety concerns.” What I don’t understand is why the restriction is about what I charge rather than how much power I draw from the socket. To me this seems inconsistent because: I could recharge something that is not legally considered a vehicle and draw exactly the same power — the safety argument doesn’t change. I could charge a battery elsewhere and still draw the same 2–3 kW from the socket — again, same electrical load. I would even accept limiting it to 2 kW, downgrading the plug, or adding additional breakers to cap the draw further. But they did not suggest that. Either I sign the document or the plug cannot be installed. Do they actually have legal grounds in a PPE to forbid charging a vehicle from a properly installed private socket within its rated capacity? Is this common practice in Vaud? Looking for legal/practical insight, not a debate about whether wallboxes are better. submitted by /u/kattolino
Originally posted by u/kattolino on r/Switzerland