Winter Energy Concession Electricity

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.

Winter energy concession electricity. Contact your electricity retailer to check your concession details. Energy retailers in south australia cannot transfer your concession you must contact concessionssa. 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 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.

The winter energy payment is paid to one person in the couple at the rate of 63 64. For more information on these and other concessions and benefits contact the. The annual electricity concession gives you a 17 5 per cent discount off your household electricity usage and service costs. 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.

This is calculated as a daily rate on each bill. 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. 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. 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.

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. 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. 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. 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 concession does not apply to the first 62 40 of the six month winter period bills.