Question Without Notice No. 363 asked in the Legislative Council on 17 April 2020 by Hon Peter Collier
Parliament: 40 Session: 1
ENERGY ASSISTANCE PAYMENT
363. Hon PETER COLLIER to the minister representing the Minister for Energy.
I refer to the government's energy assistance payment.
(1) For each of Horizon Power and Synergy, what was the total number of customers who were identified as eligible to receive an energy assistance payment for each of the following months —
(a) December 2019;
(b) January 2020;
(c) February 2020; and
(d) March 2020?
(2) What were the total payments made to customers as an energy assistance payment for each of the following months —
(a) December 2019;
(b) January 2020;
(c) February 2020; and
(d) March 2020?
Hon STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. The following information has been provided to me by the Minister for Energy.
(1)–(2) The following tables detail the number of customers who are eligible for the energy assistance payment in the month indicated, and the total payments made to customers for the month. Energy assistance payment amounts are paid to customers as part of their bimonthly electricity bill, so the number of customers eligible for the payment in a given month does not correspond directly with the amount paid out for that month.
The remainder of the answer is listed in tabular form. It shows the dates and amounts for Synergy, and then the same information is available for Horizon Power. I seek leave to have that information incorporated into Hansard.
Leave granted.
The following material was incorporated —
Synergy
(1)
(2)
Horizon Power
(1)
(2)