Savant Customers

National Energy Relief Rebates

The Federal Government has recently expanded the scheme and the 2024-25 Energy Bill Relief Fund will be provided as an electricity rebate to all Australian households and eligible small businesses, who incurred electricity on a nominated census date, to help soften the impact of rising energy prices through temporary and targeted energy bill relief.

In Queensland, the Energy Bill Relief rebate will take effect for from census date of 1 July 2024. In other states (ACT, NSW, SA and VIC), the rebate will take effect from census date of 31 July 2024.

How much is the new rebate?

All households will receive a $300 rebate.

Eligible small businesses will receive a $325 rebate.

Small business customers

If you are a small business whose annual electricity consumption is under or meets the threshold below, you may be eligible to receive this rebate.  For more details on eligibility, please refer below to relevant state government links.  

You do not need to do anything to receive this rebate.  It will be automatically applied to electricity bills.

Timing of the rebates varies across states, territories, and suppliers as determined by state government directives. 

Residential and small business customers – NSW
New South Wales customers who incurred electricity costs on 31 July 2024 do not need to do anything to receive this rebate. The rebate will be automatically applied to electricity bills.

For NSW households and eligible small businesses, the rebate is anticipated to be applied as a one-off payment to accounts by 31st December 2024.

Please refer to the New South Wales state government for further information.  

Residential customers and small business customers - QLD

Queensland customers, who incurred electricity costs on 1 July 2024 do not need to do anything to receive this rebate. The rebate will be automatically applied to electricity bills.  

For QLD households the rebate will be applied to accounts by 31 July 2024.

Please refer to the Queensland state government for further information.

Residential and small business customers – SA
South Australian customers who incurred electricity costs on 31 July 2024 do not need to do anything to receive this rebate. The rebate will be automatically applied to electricity bills.

For SA households and eligible small businesses, the rebate will be applied as a one-off payment to accounts by 31st December 2024.

Please refer to the South Australian state government for further information.

Residential and small business customers - ACT and VIC   

We are still waiting for state government details.

For further information, please refer to Energy Bill Relief Fund page.

We will update this information as soon as more details are provided.