South Solar Hot 1 July 2008 to A rebate of $500 is available to Householders must Australia Water Rebate 30 June 2013 low income households, for the have an eligible Scheme installation of a solar water Australian heater or heat pump. Government concession card. Residential 1 January 2009 Energy retailers with 5,000 or All South Australian Energy to 2020 more electricity or gas households. Efficiency residential customers are Scheme required to provide incentives for households to reduce emissions and lower their energy use, including upgrading or replacing a water heater with a gas, solar or heat pump water heater. Western WA Solar June 2005 to 1 A rebate of $500 for natural Households that Australia Water Heater June 2013 gas boosted solar water heaters replaced their electric Subsidy and $700 for LPG boosted storage water heater Scheme solar water heaters. with a gas boosted solar water heater with a storage tank of at least 250L. Tasmania Hobart City 1 July 2007 to A $500 rebate for installing a The system installed Council Solar 30 June 2013 solar water heater or heat must replace an and Heat (solar) pump to replace an electric electric storage water Pump Water storage water heater. heater, have a Rebate minimum of 20 STCs and be installed within the City of Hobart. Northern Solar Hot 28 June 2009 Power & Water Corporation Homes must have Territory Water Retrofit to current are providing a rebate of up to been built in or before Rebate $1000 for homes with timber 2000 and the solar trusses and up to $400 for water heater must be homes with steel trusses. replacing an electric storage water heater. Australian Home Energy Closed 20 April The ACT Government will Households that had Capital Advice Team 2013 provide a $500 rebate on a HEAT energy audit Territory (HEAT) expenditure of $2000 or more performed and spent Energy Audit on priority recommendations an extra $1,000 on from a HEAT Energy Audit. other household energy saving improvements. Table 15: Summary of Australian state and territory SWH rebates New Zealand The New Zealand Government began to provide financial support for SWHs in 1978, through the provision of interest-free loans for the purchase and installation of approved SWHs. By 1982, an estimated 6,500 SWHs
South Australia Solar Hot Water Rebate Scheme 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2013 A rebate of $500 is available to low income households, for the installation of a solar water heater or heat pump. Householders must have an eligible Australian Government concession card. Residential Energy Efficiency Scheme 1 January 2009 to 2020 Energy retailers with 5,000 or more electricity or gas residential customers are required to provide incentives for households to reduce emissions and lower their energy use, including upgrading or replacing a water heater with a gas, solar or heat pump water heater. All South Australian households. Western Australia WA Solar Water Heater Subsidy Scheme June 2005 to 1 June 2013 A rebate of $500 for natural gas boosted solar water heaters and $700 for LPG boosted solar water heaters. Households that replaced their electric storage water heater with a gas boosted solar water heater with a storage tank of at least 250L. Tasmania Hobart City Council Solar and Heat Pump Water Rebate 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2013 (solar) A $500 rebate for installing a solar water heater or heat pump to replace an electric storage water heater. The system installed must replace an electric storage water heater, have a minimum of 20 STCs and be installed within the City of Hobart. Northern Territory Solar Hot Water Retrofit Rebate 28 June 2009 to current Power & Water Corporation are providing a rebate of up to $1000 for homes with timber trusses and up to $400 for homes with steel trusses. Homes must have been built in or before 2000 and the solar water heater must be replacing an electric storage water heater. Australian Capital Territory Home Energy Advice Team (HEAT) Energy Audit Closed 20 April 2013 The ACT Government will provide a $500 rebate on expenditure of $2000 or more on priority recommendations from a HEAT Energy Audit. Households that had a HEAT energy audit performed and spent an extra $1,000 on other household energy saving improvements. Table 15: Summary of Australian state and territory SWH rebates New Zealand The New Zealand Government began to provide financial support for SWHs in 1978, through the provision of interest-free loans for the purchase and installation of approved SWHs. By 1982, an estimated 6,500 SWHs
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