Energy Bill Relief Fund Extension – Small Businesses
The Energy Bill Relief Fund Extension (EBRFE) program was launched by the Australian government in 2025 and provides a one-time payment of $150 for all Australian businesses.
If a business is supplied electricity by a licensed electricity retailer (such as Aurora Energy, 1st Energy, Solstice, Momentum, CovaU or Energy Locals), their retailer will automatically apply the bill relief to their electricity account, and they will not be required to take any action.
If a business is supplied electricity by an embedded network operator, where tenants are billed separately for their electricity use, (such as businesses in a shopping centre or an airport), they may be required to take action below.
The program will open for applications at 2 p.m. on July 1, 2025, and remain open until 2 p.m. on December 31, 2025.
No applications will be accepted after the closing date.
Eligibility
To be eligible for this program, you must:
- Be a small business electricity customer who consumes less than 150MWh per year and have evidence of this on an invoice.
- Be able to demonstrate that you are on a metered supply of electricity in an embedded network.
Embedded network customers are businesses that receive their electricity from an entity such as an embedded network operator, landlord or building owner. This entity purchases electricity from an energy retailer (such as Aurora Energy) and on-sells this electricity to their business tenants through an individually metered connection. Examples of these include:
- shops in a shopping centre
- businesses operating within airports
- tenants in managed office accommodation
- leaseholders at a business estate/industrial parks.
Small businesses and residential customers that receive their energy through a retailer such as Aurora Energy are not eligible for this program. These customers will automatically receive their dividend via their retailer.
For information on the residential households dividend of $150, please refer to ReCFIT.
Apply
Did you receive a grant under the 2024 Supercharged Renewable Energy Program?
Businesses on embedded networks who have received payments under the 2024 Supercharged Renewable Energy Dividend program do not have to reapply, provided their circumstances have not changed since applying for the Supercharged Renewable Energy Dividend.
You will have received an official email and a confirmation declaration form to sign from ReCFIT, State Growth. Please confirm your details, or provide any updated information, and send the signed form to red@recfit.tas.gov.au
New applicants
For all other applicants, please apply directly online via SmartyGrants at https://stategrowthtas.smartygrants.com.au/REDbiz
The EBRFE application/confirmation declaration form contains further details about the requirements to be met to receive the payment. It will be the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that all requirements outlined in the form are met, and that all parts of the application/confirmation declaration form are fully completed.
For more information on the program, please refer to the Frequently Asked Questions, and read the program guidelines (PDF 370.9 KB) carefully before starting your application.
For any assistance, please contact:
ReCFIT Concessions Team, Department of State Growth at redrecfit@ReCFIT.tas.gov.au, or Business Tasmania by emailing ask@business.tas.gov.au or phoning 1800 440 026.