The Commonwealth Government has announced that all eligible small businesses will receive up to $325 to help with the cost of their electricity bills in the financial year 2024–25.
Who can apply?
Your small business may be eligible if all the following apply:
- has not already received the National Energy Bill Relief payment for the small business's energy account in financial year 2024-2025
- is in an embedded electricity network in NSW
- has an electricity account in the name of the business with at least 90 days of metered electricity usage
- uses less than 100 megawatt hours (MWh) of electricity per year across all sites in NSW
- has an active ABN.
If you operate your small business from your home or your small business is on a residential electricity plan, you are not eligible. Other exclusions may apply, for example post offices, government owned agencies, gas and water retailers, and telecommunications companies are also not eligible. Please read the Terms and Conditions for further information on eligibility.
How to claim?
Complete the application form on our website SmartyGrants.
Note: If you are a new applicant to SmartyGrants, you will need to register and create a password. If you are already registered, you can log in with your existing username and password.
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After the application is submitted.
Successful applications will be decided by: Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment, and Water.
The assessment team will determine if eligibility criteria has been met. If the applicant meets all criteria the application will be successful and approved.
Applications which are missing information will be contacted by the assessment team and asked to provide further information for their application.
All applicants will be notified if they are unsuccessful or successful after the assessment has been completed.
Anticipated assessment outcome date is within six weeks.
Anticipated date for funding deed execution with successful applicants is within 10 days of application approval date.
After the application is submitted.
Application closes: 30 June 2025