Low Income Household Rebate
Low Income Household Rebate
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Low Income Household Rebate
The Low Income Household Rebate provides:
$285 (excluding GST) a year to eligible customers who hold an electricity account, or;
$313.50 a year to eligible long-term residents of residential communities (caravan and mobile home parks) and retirement villages who receive electricity bills from their community operators.
Eligibility
- Be a resident in New South Wales;
- Be a residential customer of the retailer;
- A long term resident of an on-supplied residential community, or a resident of an on- supplied retirement village, or a resident of an on-supplied strata scheme; or
- An on-supply customer on or after 1 February 2022; and whose name appears on the electricity account for supply to his or her principal place of residence; and
- Hold a: Pensioner Concession Card issued by SA/DVA, SA Health Care Card; or DVA Gold Card marked with:
- War Widow or War Widower Pension;
- Totally and Permanently Incapacitated (TPI); or
- Disability Pension (EDA)
How do I apply for the Low Income Household Rebate?
Different application and payment processes apply depending on whether you hold an electricity account with an electricity retailer of your choice or receive an electricity bill from, or on behalf of, the operator (or strata manager) of an on-supplied residential community, retirement village or strata scheme.
If you are billed for electricity by 1st Energy, you apply for this rebate by phoning your electricity retailer and supplying your concession card or healthcare card details over the phone.
There is no form to apply directly to your retailer for the Low Income Household Rebate.
$285 (excluding GST) a year to eligible customers who hold an electricity account unless advised otherwise in writing by the Department.