NSW to give extra $400 to help eligible households with energy bills | lucycormack
Eligible NSW households will be able to access an additional $400 in vouchers to help cover energy costs in response to aLate on Thursday afternoon Treasurer Matt Kean announced an increase to the state’s Energy Accounts Payment Assistance program for households experiencing short-term financial hardship. Under the program application limits will increase from $300 to $400, up to a maximum of $1600 a year.
So-called “default market offers” – price caps on what retailers can charge households and businesses that don’t take up special deals or bundle utilities bills – would rise in all states across the east-coast electricity grid, the regulator said on Thursday. “Different states have different initiatives and the NSW budget is on June 21 ... we will go through the budget process, as we’re doing actually right at the moment,” he said.Perrottet said rising energy prices were both a national and global issue in a high inflationary environment.“We are seeing real supply constraints, particularly with thermal coal and gas that is going to put up with prices on wholesale energy. So that is something that we will look at and need to address.
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