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In the ACT, Country Energy provides the following concessions which are funded by the ACT Government:

Concession Type	Eligibility
Energy Concession The energy concession covers both electricity and natural gas, is calculated on a daily basis with rates depending on the season, and appears as a separate item on your electricity bill only. The maximum annual rebate amount is $322.10. The Utility Concession provides an additional $84.05 rebate to eligible concession card holders to minimise the cost of living. The rebate is added to the existing Energy Concession to offset the rise in basic utility costs, including water bills. Rebates are available on the principal place of residence only and the account must be in the cardholder’s name. To apply simply call 13 23 56.	Holders of the following cards are eligible for the rebate: Centrelink Pensioner Concession Card (PCC), Centrelink Low Income Health Care Card (HCC) and Veteran’s Affairs Pensioner Concession Card. For Health Care Card holders a new application needs to be made each time a new card is issued. Please note: the Commonwealth Seniors Health Care Card is not an eligible card under the scheme.
Life Support Rebate If you use electrically-operated life support equipment as prescribed by an ACT medical practitioner necessary in the treatment of a life-threatening condition, you will be entitled to a rebate on your electricity account. The life support rebate is calculated at 0.3258 cents per day with a maximum of $121.87 per annum. Only one rebate per account is applicable. The account does not have to be in the name of the applicant. The rebate will apply for the principal or sole place of residence of the person using the life support equipment.	The life support equipment must be prescribed by an ACT medical practitioner for the treatment of a life-threatening condition. The property relating to the account has to be the sole or principal place of residence of the applicant. The applicant must provide us with a current letter of authority signed by the applicant's ACT medical practitioner or an authorised officer of the ACT Department of Health, specifying the type of equipment and the amount of time in use. The following electrically-operated life-support equipment entitles the applicant to an electricity life-support rebate: dialysis machine oxygen concentratorrespirator CPAP regulator longstay life support nebuliser LS reference TPN device Crigler Najjar Syndrome Phototherapy Equipment Medical Heating and Cooling other apparatus, subject to approval.
Medical Heating and Cooling Rebate To apply simply call 13 23 56.	hold a Pensioner Concession Card issued by either Centrelink or the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA); Gold Card issued by the DVA; Health care card issued by Centrelink; AND have a medically diagnosed inability to self-regulate body temperature; AND meet at least one primary and one secondary qualifying medical condition requiring heating or cooling to prevent severe exacerbation of the condition; AND provide certification from their medical practitioner that the medical condition requires heating or cooling to prevent severe exacerbation of their condition or risk of complications; AND the property relating to the account has to be the sole or principal place of residence of the applicant. Qualifying Medical Conditions Primary Multiple Sclerosis Parkinson’s Disease Fibromyalgia Muscular Dystrophy Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Motor neurone disease Lymphoedema Post polio Syndrome/Poliomyelitis Secondary Severe immobility resulting in problems with the self regulation of body temperature due to a loss of sympathetic nervous system control Demonstrated significant loss of autonomic regulation of sweating, heart rate or blood pressure Demonstrated loss of physiological function or significant aggravation of clinical condition at extremes of environmental temperature

Concession Type

Eligibility

Energy Concession

The energy concession covers both electricity and natural gas, is calculated on a daily basis with rates depending on the season, and appears as a separate item on your electricity bill only. The maximum annual rebate amount is $322.10.

The Utility Concession provides an additional $84.05 rebate to eligible concession card holders to minimise the cost of living. The rebate is added to the existing Energy Concession to offset the rise in basic utility costs, including water bills.

Rebates are available on the principal place of residence only and the account must be in the cardholder’s name.

To apply simply call 13 23 56.

Holders of the following cards are eligible for the rebate: Centrelink Pensioner Concession Card (PCC), Centrelink Low Income Health Care Card (HCC) and Veteran’s Affairs Pensioner Concession Card. For Health Care Card holders a new application needs to be made each time a new card is issued.

Please note: the Commonwealth Seniors Health Care Card is not an eligible card under the scheme.

Life Support Rebate

If you use electrically-operated life support equipment as prescribed by an ACT medical practitioner necessary in the treatment of a life-threatening condition, you will be entitled to a rebate on your electricity account.

The life support rebate is calculated at 0.3258 cents per day with a maximum of $121.87 per annum.

Only one rebate per account is applicable. The account does not have to be in the name of the applicant. The rebate will apply for the principal or sole place of residence of the person using the life support equipment.

The life support equipment must be prescribed by an ACT medical practitioner for the treatment of a life-threatening condition.
The property relating to the account has to be the sole or principal place of residence of the applicant.
The applicant must provide us with a current letter of authority signed by the applicant's ACT medical practitioner or an authorised officer of the ACT Department of Health, specifying the type of equipment and the amount of time in use.

The following electrically-operated life-support equipment entitles the applicant to an electricity life-support rebate:

dialysis machine
oxygen concentratorrespirator
CPAP regulator
longstay life support
nebuliser
LS reference
TPN device
Crigler Najjar Syndrome Phototherapy Equipment
Medical Heating and Cooling
other apparatus, subject to approval.

Medical Heating and Cooling Rebate
To apply simply call 13 23 56.

hold a Pensioner Concession Card issued by either Centrelink or the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA); Gold Card issued by the DVA; Health care card issued by Centrelink; AND
have a medically diagnosed inability to self-regulate body temperature; AND
meet at least one primary and one secondary qualifying medical condition requiring heating or cooling to prevent severe exacerbation of the condition; AND
provide certification from their medical practitioner that the medical condition requires heating or cooling to prevent severe exacerbation of their condition or risk of complications; AND
the property relating to the account has to be the sole or principal place of residence of the applicant.

Qualifying Medical Conditions
Primary

Multiple Sclerosis
Parkinson’s Disease
Fibromyalgia
Muscular Dystrophy
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Motor neurone disease
Lymphoedema
Post polio Syndrome/Poliomyelitis

Secondary

Severe immobility resulting in problems with the self regulation of body temperature due to a loss of sympathetic nervous system control
Demonstrated significant loss of autonomic regulation of sweating, heart rate or blood pressure
Demonstrated loss of physiological function or significant aggravation of clinical condition at extremes of environmental temperature

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