Angry apartment owners say they’re being charged for electricity generated by solar panels on their own roof thanks to a confidential agreement signed between their developer and the energy provider.
When they moved into the new Dwell building in Sutherland, in Sydney’s south, they assumed the solar would help with their common property electricity bills.
Instead, they’ve just been presented with a surprise bill for $28,717.06 for the past 12 months, with no indication of any reduction for the solar power, even though a sustainability report for the building attached to the contract of sale attributed hot water systems and outdoor pool heating to solar collectors.
A 10-year contract for electricity, hot water and gas with Arc Energy was signed by the building’s then strata manager, Michael Lee of Result Strata. He affixed the Owners Corporation seal to the contract on December 1, 2023, the month before the building’s first meeting of owners, its AGM, on January 29, 2024.
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