DCCEEW - Letter to the AER requesting energy bill relief message - 28 March 2023

18 April 2023

On 9 December 2022 National Cabinet agreed to the Energy Price Relief Plan.  As part of the plan, the Australian Government is working with state and territory governments to provide up to $3 billion in targeted electricity bill relief to residential consumers and small businesses facing rising energy costs.

Section 37 of the Better Bills Guideline (Version 2) provides that the AER may approve information as 'Tier 1 information' that is otherwise not defined as Tier 1 information. In response to a request from the Commonwealth Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, the AER considered making a decision under section 37 of the Guideline to approve a statement to the following effect to be included as part of Tier 1 information for all retailers:

Your electricity bill has been reduced by your eligibility for a $x rebate funded by the Commonwealth and state governments under the Energy Price Relief Plan.

More detail can be found in AER's letter below to energy retailers.