How is the Solar Bonus Scheme tariff rate received? What happens to participating customers regular electricity bills?
All electricity retailers are required to provide eligible customers with either a Solar Bonus Scheme credit on their electricity bill or a cash payment representing this amount. How a customer receives their Solar Bonus Scheme benefit is at the discretion of the retailer. From 1 July 2010 onwards a bill issued to an eligible small retail customer is required to include the amount of electricity supplied to the network during the billing period and the amount to be credited for that electricity. This allows electricity retailers time to ready their billing systems. Customers should be aware that they may not receive the Solar Bonus Scheme credit and relevant details on their electricity bill until their first bill issued after 1 July 2010.
