❓ Provides data on the number of applicants receiving funding and total expenditure under the Hardship Utility Grant Scheme (HUGS) for Water Corporation, Synergy, Horizon Power, and Alinta Energy in the 2019-20 and 2020-21 financial years.
AnsweredQoN 691Legislative Council
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(1) I refer to the Hardship Utility Grant Scheme (HUGS), and I ask, in the 2019-20 and 2020-21 financial years, how many applicants received funding as part of this scheme via: (a) Water Corporation; (b) Synergy; (c) Horizon Power; and (d) Alinta Energy? (2) For each of the agencies referred to in (1)(a)-(d), what was the total expenditure allocated to each in the 2019-20 and 2020-21 financial years?
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Answered
10 May 2022
Responded by
Leader of the House representing the Minister for Community Services
Response time
1 days
(1)
Utility Agency
2019-20
2020-21
(a) Water Corporation
646
503
(b) Synergy
6,827
3,416
(c) Horizon Power
462
270
(d) Alinta Energy
661
893
(2)
Utility Agency
2019-20
2020-21
(a) Water Corporation
$326,501
$261,676
(b) Synergy
$3,815,494
$2,001,980
(c) Horizon Power
$348,249
$223,329
(d) Alinta Energy
$319,767
$458,799
Utility Agency
2019-20
2020-21
(a) Water Corporation
646
503
(b) Synergy
6,827
3,416
(c) Horizon Power
462
270
(d) Alinta Energy
661
893
(2)
Utility Agency
2019-20
2020-21
(a) Water Corporation
$326,501
$261,676
(b) Synergy
$3,815,494
$2,001,980
(c) Horizon Power
$348,249
$223,329
(d) Alinta Energy
$319,767
$458,799
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