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In VIC, Country Energy provides the following concessions. These are funded by the VIC Government.

Concession Type	Eligibility
Winter Energy Concession The VIC Government offers a pensioner energy rebate to cover electricity and gas accounts. This rebate is only payable on the principal place of residence. A discount of 17.5% is applied to accounts between 1 May and 31 October each year. The actual method of calculating the concession may vary between retailers. The rebate is calculated on a daily basis and will appear on your electricity account as a separate line item. You must be listed as the current electricity account holder to be eligible. Click here to download the Application for Victorian Pensioner Rebate form.	Centrelink Pension Card Centrelink Health Care Card Department of Veterans' Affairs Pension Card Department of Veterans' Affairs Pension for War Widows or War Widowers or a Disability Pension at the "totally and permanently incapacitated"(TPI) or "extreme disablement adjustment" (EDA) rates (as shown on the Repatriation Health Card i.e. the "Gold Card").
Life Support A daily rebate is applied to each electricity account where the account holder or a member of the household utilises certain life support machines.	Oxygen concentrators Polio respirators Intermittent peritoneal dialysis Haemodialysis machines Centrelink Pension Card Centrelink Health Care Card Department of Veterans' Affairs Pension Card Department of Veterans' Affairs Pension for War Widows or War Widowers or a Disability Pension at the "totally and permanently incapacitated"(TPI) or "extreme disablement adjustment" (EDA) rates (as shown on the Repatriation Health Card i.e. the "Gold Card"). Note: Continuous positive airways pressure (CPAP) machine and Ventolin nebulisers are not eligible for the concession.
Summer MS Concession The VIC Government offers a Summer MS Rebate to cover electricity and gas accounts. This rebate is only payable on the principal place of residence. A discount of 17.5% is applied to accounts between 1 Feb and 30 April each yearto assist with the costs of summer electrical cooling where a household member has Multiple Sclerosis. The concession may be extended to other qualifying medical conditions if a person is unable to regulate their own body temperature e.g. Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Quadriplegia. The actual method of calculating the concession may vary between retailers. The rebate is calculated on a daily basis and will appear on your electricity account as a separate line item. You must be listed as the current electricity account holder to be eligible.	Centrelink Pension Card Centrelink Health Care Card Department of Veterans' Affairs Pension Card Department of Veterans' Affairs Pension for War Widows or War Widowers or a Disability Pension at the "totally and permanently incapacitated"(TPI) or "extreme disablement adjustment" (EDA) rates (as shown on the Repatriation Health Card i.e. the "Gold Card"). Conditions covered by this rebate. Parkinson's disease Motor neurone disease Systemic Lupus Erythematosus SLE Fibromyalgia Poliomyelitis Quadriplegia Scleroderma Lymphoedema Cerebral Palsey
Off-Peak Concession: Pension card holders may be eligible for a reduction of 13% on the off-peak tariff rate components of the electricity account. The concession is available all year for specific pension card holders. Note: Off-peak tariffs are mostly used for electric hot water systems and electric floor heating.	Centrelink Pension Card Centrelink Health Care Card Department of Veterans' Affairs Pension Card Department of Veterans' Affairs Pension for War Widows or War Widowers or a Disability Pension at the "totally and permanently incapacitated"(TPI) or "extreme disablement adjustment" (EDA) rates (as shown on the Repatriation Health Card i.e. the "Gold Card").
Service to Property Rebate This concession is available to eligible pension card holders and provides a reduction on the supply charge for concession households with low energy consumption. The Service to Property Charge concession is applied if the cost of electricity used is less than the supply (or service) charge. That charge is then reduced to the same price as the electricity usage cost. Concession is available all year.	Centrelink Pension Card Centrelink Health Care Card Department of Veterans' Affairs Pension Card Department of Veterans' Affairs Pension for War Widows or War Widowers or a Disability Pension at the "totally and permanently incapacitated"(TPI) or "extreme disablement adjustment" (EDA) rates (as shown on the Repatriation Health Card i.e. the "Gold Card").

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