❓ Details the Western Australian Government's electricity price subsidies for the 2014-15 financial year, specifying amounts paid to Synergy and Horizon Power, and for various schemes.
AnsweredQoN 3458Legislative Council
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Could the Minister please list all forms of subsidisation for the price of electricity for the financial year of 2014-15 paid by the Western Australian Government, detailing how much was paid and to whom?
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Answered
1 December 2015
Responded by
Leader of the House representing the Minister for Energy
Response time
42 days
Public Utilities Office advises:
The Western Australian Government paid the following subsidies for the price of electricity for the financial year of 2014-15:
Synergy:
Cost of Living Assistance $57,903,000
Dependent Child Rebate $16,941,000
Permanent Caravan Park Residents Energy and Air Conditioning Subsidies $341,000
Account Establishment Fee Rebate $714,000
Air Conditioning Rebate $29,000
Late Payment Waiver $533,000
Feed-In Tariff $30,300,000
Tariff Adjustment Payment $403,877,000
Total $510,638,000
Horizon Power:
Cost of Living Assistance $970,000
Dependent Child Rebate $471,000
Tariff Migration (Caravan Park subsidy) $162,000
Aboriginal and Remote Communities Project (Stage 1 and 2) $11,127,000
Air Conditioning Allowance $469,000
Feed-In Tariff $1,132,000
Tariff Adjustment Payment $25,223,000
Tariff Equalisation Contribution $136,000,000
Total $175,554,000
Synergy and Horizon Power:
Energy Concession Extension Scheme $2,788,000
Thermoregulatory Dysfunction Energy Subsidy $1,401,000
Life Support Equipment Energy Subsidy $1,164,000
Total $5,353,000
The Western Australian Government paid the following subsidies for the price of electricity for the financial year of 2014-15:
Synergy:
Cost of Living Assistance $57,903,000
Dependent Child Rebate $16,941,000
Permanent Caravan Park Residents Energy and Air Conditioning Subsidies $341,000
Account Establishment Fee Rebate $714,000
Air Conditioning Rebate $29,000
Late Payment Waiver $533,000
Feed-In Tariff $30,300,000
Tariff Adjustment Payment $403,877,000
Total $510,638,000
Horizon Power:
Cost of Living Assistance $970,000
Dependent Child Rebate $471,000
Tariff Migration (Caravan Park subsidy) $162,000
Aboriginal and Remote Communities Project (Stage 1 and 2) $11,127,000
Air Conditioning Allowance $469,000
Feed-In Tariff $1,132,000
Tariff Adjustment Payment $25,223,000
Tariff Equalisation Contribution $136,000,000
Total $175,554,000
Synergy and Horizon Power:
Energy Concession Extension Scheme $2,788,000
Thermoregulatory Dysfunction Energy Subsidy $1,401,000
Life Support Equipment Energy Subsidy $1,164,000
Total $5,353,000
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