The Energy Rebate helps eligible Queensland households cover the costs of their energy bills. Eligible Queensland residential Members can receive a rebate of $340.85 per year (GST inclusive) on the cost of their energy, which is applied to their bill as a daily credit.

Eligibility Criteria

Rebates are available to people who have any of the below:

> Pensioner Concession Card

> Department of Veterans' Affairs Gold Card (and receive the War Widow/er Pension or special rate TPI Pension)

> Queensland Seniors Card

> Commonwealth Health Care Card (Electricity Rebate only)

> Asylum seeker status (residents will need to provide their ImmiCard details) (Electricity Rebate only)

Eligible Commonwealth Health Care Card holders and asylum seekers may receive payments back-dated to 1 January 2017. Contact 13 QGOV (13 74 68) for more information.

To be eligible, you must be the electricity account holder and live alone or share your principal place of residence with (only) any of the below:

> your spouse

> another person who hold a Pensioner Concession Card or Queensland Seniors Card

> another person that is wholly dependent on you

> another person who receives an income support payment from Centrelink, the Family Assistance Office, or the Department of Veterans’ Affairs and who do not pay rent

> another person who lives with the cardholder to provide care and assistance, and who does not pay rent.

Application

Applicants must also declare that no other persons except casual visitors share the residence with them. Full Eligibility details for the rebate are provided on the Electricity Concession Application Form.

You can return your completed forms by Email, or by posting to Powerclub at Level 2, 696 Bourke Road, Melbourne VIC 3000.

The Medical Energy Rebate is designed to assist Members who are inability to self-regulate body temperature due to medical conditions (such as Multiple Sclerosis or Peripheral Vascular Disease).

You'll receive the rebate as approximately $85.22 credit on each quarterly energy bill, up to a total of $340.85 per year.

Application

The Medical Heating and Cooling concessions are directly managed by department of Communicates, Child Safety and Disabilities. To learn more, please visit the Queensland Government website

To apply, call 13 QGOV (13 74 68) or download the Application Form and send it to:

Concessions Services, Smart Services Queensland

PO Box 10817

Adelaide Street

Brisbane QLD 4000

The Electricity Life Support Concession Scheme provides financial assistance to seriously ill people who use home-based life support systems (oxygen concentrators or kidney dialysis machines), provided they have been medically assessed in accordance with the eligibility criteria determined by Queensland Health.

In Queensland, the rebate for Life Support is managed by Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disabilities.

For more information and to check your eligibility, please visit the department’s Electricity Life Support Concession page.

Eligibility

If you have a life support machine that is eligible for concession, or any other type of machine prescribed by a doctor for life support purposes, please contact Powerclub to register your life support requirement on 1300 294 459. We will send you an information letter and a Medical Confirmation Form that you will need to complete, have certified by your medical practitioner and return it to Powerclub within 15 days.

You can return your completed forms by Email, or by posting to Powerclub at Level 2, 696 Bourke Road, Melbourne VIC 3000.

The Home Energy Emergency Assistance Scheme is for Queensland households experiencing problems paying their electricity or reticulated natural gas bills as a result of an unforeseen emergency or a short-term financial crisis.

The scheme is managed directly by the Queensland Government

To find out more about the Queensland Government Home Energy Assistance Scheme, Click Here