Winter Energy Concession Electricity

The winter gas concession provides a 17 5 per cent discount off your gas usage and service costs from 1 may to 31 october each year.

Winter energy concession electricity.

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. From 1 july 2012 a threshold for electricity concessions was introduced to take into account the commonwealth s carbon tax compensation. Annual electricity concession entitlement is a discount of 17 5 off energy usage and supply charges on residential household electricity bills from 1 december to 30 november of each year. Contact your electricity retailer to check your concession details.

The concession does not apply to the first 62 40 of the six month winter period bills. The winter energy payment is paid to one person in the couple at the rate of 63 64. 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. 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.

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. The annual electricity concession gives you a 17 5 per cent discount off your household electricity usage and service costs. 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. 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.

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 system we use for payments can t split it to pay into 2 separate accounts. 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. Both the annual electricity concession and winter gas concession have a yearly rebate cap.

Energy retailers in south australia cannot transfer your concession you must contact concessionssa.