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❓ Hon Stephen Dawson questions the government on the transition from the Cost of Living Assistance (CoLA) payment to the Energy Assistance Payment (EAP), seeking data on eligibility and registration numbers, and whether the EAP will be applied retrospectively.

AnsweredQoN 3418Legislative Council

Asked

16 September 2015

Member

Hon Stephen Dawson

Portfolio

Energy

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I refer to the State Government review of the eligibility criteria of the Cost of Living Assistance (CoLA) payment, that resulted in the payment being renamed the Energy Assistance Payment (EAP), and I ask: (a) how many Western Australians were eligible for the CoLA payment as at 1 May 2015; (b) as at 1 September 2015, how many Western Australians had registered for the EAP; (c) what was the anticipated number of Western Australians eligible for the EAP at 1 September 2015; and (d) will the State Government retrospectively apply the EAP discount to future customer accounts who have not registered but who are eligible for the discount?

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Answered

14 October 2015

Responded by

Leader of the House representing the Minister for Energy

Response time

28 days

(a) 276,286 customers had eligible concessions cards registered with Synergy and were eligible for CoLA payment as at 1 May 2015.
(b) 192,708 customers had eligible concessions cards registered with Synergy as at 1 September 2015 and may have been eligible for EAP.
(c) Unknown.
(d) No.

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