WA Household Electricity Credit - federal EBRF $150 (2025-26)

Eligibility Conditions

The eligibility block is an all set. Source rule: AU_WA_HOUSEHOLD_ELECTRICITY_CREDIT, group_type B, eligibility_only.

1. State gate: state = WA. The credit is delivered through WA channels even though the funding is federal.
2. Account-holder gate: electricity_bill_account_holder = true. The credit attaches to the named billpayer's account at the address of supply. One credit per household, not per resident.

Required source fields: state, electricity_bill_account_holder. The excludes.any, conflicts and affects blocks are all empty - this rule does not interact with the Synergy/Horizon/ECES EAPs (it sits on top), and it does not block any other concession.

Effective window: 11 October 2025 to 31 December 2025 for the auto-credit; the RevenueWA application window stayed open until 31 March 2026 for everyone else.

Income & Assets Treatment

This is one of the few WA energy concessions with no income or assets test at all. The federal EBRF was designed as universal cost-of-living relief during the 2024-25 / 2025-26 inflation episode, so a household on a $40,000 single income and a household on a $200,000 dual income both received the same $150 if they were the named billpayer.

The credit is not assessable income for any Centrelink, FTB or DVA payment. It is treated as a bill credit, not a cash transfer, so it does not affect Rent Assistance, JobSeeker, Age Pension, FTB-A, FTB-B, or DSP. It also does not need to be reported on a tax return for individuals.

Because the credit is universal and one-off, it does not interact with the dependent child rebates, the Air Conditioning Rebate, or the Underground Electricity Rebate - those have their own separate eligibility paths. A typical Synergy cardholder family in 2025-26 received the $342.85/yr EAP, the $360.51 first-child rebate, the universal $150 EBRF credit, and (if applicable) any additional state ERR adjustments stacked on the same account.

How to Apply

Application channels per application_meta: automatic (Synergy and Horizon) and online (RevenueWA portal for everyone else).

• Synergy customers: nothing to do. The $150 was applied automatically on 11 October 2025 to every active residential account, showing on the next bill as "Federal Energy Bill Relief Credit".
• Horizon Power customers: same automatic path - $150 credited on 11 October 2025, no form required. Check the November 2025 monthly bill if unsure.
• Embedded-network, off-grid, Perth Energy, Alinta, BHP, Rio Tinto residential customers: apply via the RevenueWA Online Services Portal under "Household Electricity Credit". Upload your most recent electricity bill or invoice and bank account details.
• Application window for the manual path: opened mid-October 2025 and closed 31 March 2026. Late applications are not accepted.
• Embedded-network on-charged customers sometimes received the credit indirectly through a strata or village reduction in their on-charge - check with your village or strata manager before lodging a duplicate.

Read the official Household Electricity Credit page

Documents to Have Ready

The source application_meta.evidence_required list is empty - the auto-credit needs nothing. For the manual RevenueWA path:

• Most recent electricity bill or invoice in your name showing the address of supply. For embedded-network customers this is the village/strata invoice, not a Synergy bill.
• Bank account details (BSB and account number) in the applicant's name.
• Proof of identity if requested - a driver's licence or Medicare card usually suffices.
• Off-grid customers: a one-page statement that you are not connected to mains electricity; an installer invoice or Western Power notice helps.
• If the previous occupant of your address received the $150 already, you cannot claim a second one - the credit is per address per round, not per move-in.

Timeline & Renewal

The auto-credit was a single transaction on 11 October 2025. Synergy and Horizon customers should have seen it on the first bill issued after that date. The RevenueWA manual path closed on 31 March 2026 and has not been re-opened.

The rule's official expiry date in the source is 31 December 2025, but applications were accepted until 31 March 2026 to allow embedded-network and off-grid customers reasonable time to lodge. As of April 2026 there is no announced continuation of the federal EBRF for 2026-27 - whether the next federal budget extends the scheme is unknown. The state EAP and dependent child rebates continue regardless.

Real Scenarios

Scenario 1: Vasco, Synergy customer in Subiaco, no card

Vasco is 41, single, lives in a 1-bed apartment in Subiaco (postcode 6008), works full-time on a $95,000 salary, holds no concession card and is not eligible for the EAP. He is the named Synergy account holder. Outcome: the $150 federal credit was applied automatically on 11 October 2025 - it shows on his November bill as "Federal Energy Bill Relief Credit -$150.00". His next quarterly bill of around $410 was reduced to $260. No further action required.

Scenario 2: Tiago and Leonor, retirement village residents in Mandurah

Tiago (78) and his partner Leonor (76) live in a Mandurah retirement village (postcode 6210). The village manager is the Synergy account holder; they pay an on-charged monthly statement to the village. Outcome: they did not receive the auto-credit (the village did, on the master account). To get their share they had to apply through the RevenueWA portal by 31 March 2026. They lodged in February 2026 with their PCC, the village statement and bank details. The $150 was deposited as a single bank transfer in mid-March.

Scenario 3: Salvador, off-grid in the Margaret River hinterland

Salvador is 55, runs a small farm in the Margaret River hinterland (postcode 6285) entirely off-grid on a 12 kW solar system with battery storage. He has no electricity retailer at all. He still qualifies because the rule's only positive gate is being a WA electricity account holder (which the off-grid guidance specifically allows). He lodged through RevenueWA in November 2025 with his installer's solar/battery invoice and his bank details. The $150 landed in his bank account in early December.

Common Mistakes

• Synergy customers panicking that they did not "apply". The $150 is automatic - if you had a Synergy account on 11 October 2025, check the November or December 2025 bill before lodging anything. Filing a manual claim creates a duplicate that will be rejected.
• Embedded-network residents thinking they got it because the village did. The village received the master credit; it does not automatically flow to residents unless the operator has explicitly reduced your on-charge. Check with the village admin first, and lodge with RevenueWA if you have not been credited.
• Missing the 31 March 2026 RevenueWA deadline. Late applications are not accepted. The window does not re-open.
• Two adults in the same house both trying to claim. The credit is per household per address - not per resident. Only the named billpayer's account is credited.
• Confusing the universal $150 with the EAP $342.85. They are independent: one is universal federal cost-of-living relief, the other is a state card-gated ongoing concession. They stack on the same account.
• Assuming a 2026-27 instalment is automatic. The federal EBRF was set per round; whether it continues in 2026-27 has not been announced as of April 2026.

Related Links

• WA Energy Assistance Payment - Synergy - the ongoing card-gated $342.85/yr daily credit. Stacks with the universal $150 on the same Synergy account.
• WA Energy Assistance Payment - Horizon Power - same EAP for regional WA Horizon customers, also stacks with the $150 universal credit.
• WA Energy Assistance Payment - ECES - the same $342.85/yr for embedded-network and off-grid customers. The same population that needed to manually claim the universal $150 through RevenueWA.
• WA Hardship Utility Grant Scheme (HUGS) - one-off crisis grant for households in arrears. Different test from this universal credit but addresses the same bills.
• WA Dependent Child Rebate (Synergy) - first child - $360.51/yr for cardholders with a dependent child on the card. Independent of the universal credit.
• WA Air Conditioning Rebate - $71.80/month for north-of-26th-parallel EAP recipients with aircon. Stacks with both the EAP and the universal $150.