Electricity Concessions : Tasmania Department of State Treasury & Finance Australia

Name of the Organization : Tasmania Department of Treasury & Finance
Type of Facility : Electricity Concessions
Country : Australia

Website : https://www.sro.tas.gov.au/

SRO Electricity Concessions

The Tasmanian Government offers several electricity concessions to provide a balance in the standard of living and access to this essential service for members of the Tasmanian Community.

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The concessions scheme recognises that many Tasmanians on low or fixed incomes need assistance to afford basic services such as electricity.

The following concessions for eligible customers are applied as a daily discount:
** Annual electricity concession
** Medical cooling concession
** Life support concession

Customers may qualify for all three concessions provided the individual criteria of each concession is met.

Annual Electricity Concession:
The annual electricity concession provides a daily discount to eligible customers at a cents-per-day rate. The current concession is 125.71 cents per day.

Medical Cooling Concession:
The medical cooling concession provides a daily discount to eligible customers who have, or live with a person who has, a medical condition that requires the cooling of the customer’s principal place of residence in order to manage that condition.

The current concession is 37.653 cents per day. Customers must be eligible to receive the annual electricity concession to qualify for the medical cooling concession.

Eligibility Criteria:
Annual Electricity Concession:
The person seeking the concession must hold one of the following cards:
** Pensioner Concession Card (Centrelink or Veterans’ Affairs); or
** Health Care Card; or
** ImmiCard (Bridging Visa E); or
** Tasmanian Concession Card (issued by the Department of Premier and Cabinet).

The name on the concession card must match the name of the account holder of the electricity account. The concession recipient must be responsible for the payment of the electricity account.

The annual electricity concession is only available for the customer’s principal place of residence. Concessions cannot be claimed for holiday homes or investment/rental properties.

The electricity account must be billed at a general domestic tariff rate or its equivalent. Electricity accounts that combine domestic and commercial or business tariffs are not eligible for the concession.

How to apply:
To apply for an electricity concession, please complete the application form (available here or from Aurora and Service Tasmania) and forward to your electricity retailer. The State Revenue Office cannot accept and approve applications as this is the responsibility of electricity retailers.

Medical Cooling Concession:
The person seeking the concession must hold either a Pensioner Concession Card or a Health Care Card. ImmiCard and Tasmanian Concession Card holders are not eligible for this concession.

Examples of medical conditions that qualify for the medical cooling concession include, but are not limited to:
** Multiple sclerosis
** Lymphoedema
** Parkinson’s disease
** Fibromyalgia
** Motor neurone disease
** Post polio syndrome/poliomyelitis
** Scleroderma
** Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

How to apply:
Eligible medical cooling customers must complete the Medical Cooling Concession Application Form, available here or from Aurora and Service Tasmania. The form must be signed by a medical practitioner as verification that a member of that household requires cooling of the residence. Forward the form to your electricity retailer. The State Revenue Office cannot accept and approve applications as this is the responsibility of electricity retailers.

More information:
For more information about electricity concessions, contact Aurora Energy on 1300 132 003, Monday to Friday 9:00am – 5:00pm