Victoria (VIC)
Rebates available in Victoria, include:
- Utility Relief Grant Scheme (URGS)
- Controlled Load Electricity Concession
- Annual Electricity Concession
- Controlled Load Electricity Concession
- Medical Cooling Concession
- Service to Property Charge Concession
- Winter Gas Concession
- Life Support Concession
Utility Relief Grant Scheme (URGS)
Rebate value:
Up to $650 toward your electricity account and up to $650 toward your natural gas account, once in a 2-year period. If you only have electricity, you can get the full $1,300 towards your electricity account.
Eligibility:
Low-income households who can’t pay their utility account.
How to apply:
Visit Victoria’s grants website.
Annual Electricity Concession
Rebate value:
17.5% of your total bill amount (after any retailer discounts and solar feed-in tariff credits have been applied).
Eligibility:
Valid concession card holders with an annual electricity bill more than $2,948 (incl GST) (from 1 Dec 2019 to 30 Nov 2020).
How to apply:
Visit Victoria’s Excess Electricity Concession web page.
Controlled Load Electricity Concession
Rebate value:
13% of the controlled load usage charges for your electric hot water or slab heating.
Eligibility:
Valid concession card holders whose home has a dual element or smart electricity meter.
How to apply:
Your retailer will automatically apply the concession to your bill if you are eligible and you have provided your concession details.
To find out more, visit Victoria’s Controlled Load Electricity Concession web page.
Non-Mains Energy Concession
Rebate value:
Depends on the annual cost of each non-mains energy source. (All non-mains energy costs are covered from 1 January to 31 December each year.)
Eligibility:
Valid concession cardholders who:
- Rely on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), firewood (special conditions apply) or heating oil for domestic heating, cooking or hot water, or
- Access non-mains electricity via an embedded network, or
- Rely on a generator.
How to apply:
Visit Victoria’s Non-Mains Energy Concession web page.
Medical Cooling Concession
Rebate value:
17.5% of electricity charges from 1 November to 30 April (the hottest 6 months of the year).
Eligibility:
Valid concession card holders with a medical condition that makes it difficult to self-regulate their body temperature when exposed to extreme heat or cold.
How to apply:
Visit Victoria’s Medical Cooling Concession web page.
Service to Property Charge Concession
Rebate value:
The concession is based on your usage cost before any solar credits are deducted. If the electricity use on a bill is lower than the service charge, the service charge is reduced to the cost of the electricity used.
Eligibility:
Valid concession card holders who don’t use much electricity.
How to apply:
Register your concession card with your electricity retailer.
To find out more, visit Victoria’s Service and Property Charge Concession web page.
Winter Gas Concession
Rebate value:
17.5% of natural gas charges from 1 May and 31 October (after any retailer discounts).
Eligibility:
Valid concession card holders with a natural gas bill more than $1,613 (incl GST) (from 1 May to 30 October 2020).
How to apply:
Visit Victoria’s Excess Gas Concession web page.
Life Support Concession
Rebate value:
The Life Support Concession can give you a rebate on your electricity bills, equal to the cost of 1,880 kWh of electricity per year. The rebate is calculated using the general domestic tariff of your retailer and is paid quarterly.
Eligibility:
Eligible concession card holders who use an eligible life support machine or has a household member who uses an eligible life support machine.
How to apply:
Visit Victoria’s Life Support Concession web page.
