An Ottawa woman is offering to cough up some extra green (i.e. money) for her condo board to switch the hydro back on in the parking lot, after they cut the power because she was charging her new hybrid electric car.

Kimberly Hsiung says she was plugging her new Chevy Volt into a nearby terminal most days for two weeks before the property manager noticed and shut the terminal down. She also received an email informing her that she was breaking a condo bylaw by using the electrical terminals to charge something other than a block heater.

Hsiung acknowledges that she should have checked the bylaws before purchasing her Volt, but now she鈥檚 hoping to lead the push to make the site more friendly for electric cars. She鈥檚 offered to pay the legal costs of changing the condo bylaw, and says she鈥檚 willing to pay an additional $35 a month to cover the additional cost of hydro.

But the condo board has rejected her proposal, saying that the posts are not equipped to handle more than one car charging at a time. The board said it sees electric cars as a 鈥渕ajor player in the near future,鈥� but it wants to fully evaluate the challenges of preparing for that future.

鈥淭his will not happen quickly,鈥� condo property manager Garry Wentzel said in a statement to CTV Ottawa. 鈥淭he board must do its due diligence by first fully understanding the request, then determine what system the site currently provides and finally, what changes and costs are required to make the site 鈥榚lectric car friendly.鈥欌��

Hsiung says she plans to stay at the condo complex and carry on the push for electric car spots.

鈥淚鈥檓 hoping that if I stay and that if I continue the conversation long enough, that they鈥檒l be willing to accommodate,鈥� she said.

With files from CTV Ottawa