Winter Energy Concession Electricity

Use the online household concessions form or phone the concessionssa hotline on 1800 307 758 to update your details once you have received your first electricity bill from your new energy retailer.

Winter energy concession electricity.

The concession does not apply to the first 62 40 of the six month winter period bills. For more information on these and other concessions and benefits contact the. The system we use for payments can t split it to pay into 2 separate accounts. This is calculated as a daily rate on each bill.

The government provides a range of energy concessions and relief grants to low income groups for electricity gas and lpg to assist with energy affordability. The excess energy concession was introduced by the victorian government in december 2013 to address fraud and misuse of the annual electricity concession and winter gas concession and to ensure that those concessions are better targeted to those most in need of assistance. Contact your electricity retailer to check your concession details. The winter energy payment is paid to one person in the couple at the rate of 63 64.

The annual electricity concession is currently calculated at the rate of 17 5 off energy usage and supply costs after deducting any retailer ongoing discounts or solar credits and a deduction of 0 09053 gst inclusive per day. Generally we ll pay it into the bank account of the person in the couple who has the lowest client number you can find this on your supergold card or letters from us. Households with very high bills over 1 587 82 in the period from 1 may to 31 october 2018 will need to apply for the excess gas concession to continue to receive a concession on their bill. Once you have reached the rebate limit for either of these concessions we will check to see if you need to apply for the excess energy concession and send you an application form.

Energy retailers in south australia cannot transfer your concession you must contact concessionssa. From 1 july 2012 a threshold for electricity concessions was introduced to take into account the commonwealth s carbon tax compensation. These concessions include a year round discount of 17 5 per cent on mains electricity and a winter concession of 17 5 per cent for mains gas usage from 1 may to 31 october. Your concession may have been removed if there is a problem with your concession card or if you are a high energy user and need to apply for the excess electricity concession.

Both the annual electricity concession and winter gas concession have a yearly rebate cap.