{"id":17998,"date":"2017-12-29T12:15:20","date_gmt":"2017-12-29T01:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=17998"},"modified":"2025-12-19T14:39:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T05:09:08","slug":"appliance-rebate-queensland-mb0390","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/appliance-rebate-queensland-mb0390\/","title":{"rendered":"Queensland Government Appliance Rebate Scheme Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/efficient-appliance-rebate.jpg\" alt=\"Energy efficiency rebate in Queensland\" width=\"700\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/efficient-appliance-rebate.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/efficient-appliance-rebate-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><br \/>\nQueensland solar owners (and all Queenslanders) looking to further reduce their electricity bills can take advantage of a new energy efficiency rebate.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Announced on Wednesday by the Palaszczuk Government, Queenslanders will be able to receive a rebate of up to $300 on new energy-efficient appliances purchased from the start of 2018.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIn Queensland, appliances such as air conditioners, fridges and washing machines can account for nearly half of a household\u2019s energy use,\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/statements.qld.gov.au\/Statement\/2017\/12\/27\/save-money-energy-with-palaszczuk-government-appliance-rebate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> Minister for Natural Resources, Mines and Energy Dr Anthony Lynham. \u201cOld, inefficient appliances could be adding more to your power bill than they need to.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The rebate structure:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$250 rebate on refrigerators or fridge\/freezers (4-star energy rated)<\/li>\n<li>$200 rebate on washing machines or combination washer\/dryer (4-star energy rated)<\/li>\n<li>$300 rebate on air conditioners (4-star energy rated &#8211; cooling. Free-standing, portable air conditioners and evaporative coolers are ineligible). A 4 star energy efficient air conditioner may also qualify for an additional Energex PeakSmart rebate of up to $400, if the system is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.energex.com.au\/home\/control-your-energy\/positive-payback-program\/positive-payback-for-households\/air-conditioning-rewards\/peaksmart-air-conditioner-models\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PeakSmart model<\/a> <sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/appliance-rebate-queensland-mb0390\/#en-17998-1' id='enref-17998-1' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(17998)'>1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The appliance must for domestic\/residential use, be new and purchased on or after January 1, 2018. The tax receipt (or photo of it) must be provided to claim the rebate. You don&#8217;t necessarily need to be replacing an old appliance to claim and only one claim can be made per household.<\/p>\n<p>The rebates won&#8217;t be immediately available, but the Government says it expects application processing to begin before March.\u00a0 You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dews.qld.gov.au\/qld\/community\/cost-of-living-support\/appliance-rebate\/energy-efficient-appliance-rebate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> sign up<\/a>\u00a0 to be notified when rebate applications can be submitted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE:<\/strong> February 19, 2018. The QLD Government has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/qld-energy-efficient-appliance-rebate-mb0468\/\">announced<\/a> applications can be submitted from today.<\/p>\n<p>$10 million has been set aside for the initiative, so the rebate scheme will end when funds are exhausted. The initiative is part of the Palaszczuk Government&#8217;s $2 billion <a href=\"https:\/\/statements.qld.gov.au\/statements\/83215\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Affordable Energy Plan<\/a>, which will also be providing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/queensland-solar-initiatives-mb0264\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> no interest loans and rebates<\/a> for the purchase of rooftop solar panel and battery systems beginning early next year.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to get an idea of how much you can save on electricity by replacing an old appliance with a newer model, this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.energyrating.gov.au\/calculator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">energy rating calculator<\/a> may be useful &#8211; as well as fridges, freezers, washing machines and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/air-conditioning\/\">air conditioners<\/a>, it also covers dishwashers, dryers, computer monitors and TVs.<\/p>\n<p>For other energy efficiency rebate schemes in Queensland and elsewhere in Australia, check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/yourenergysavings.gov.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YourEnergySavings web site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Getting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/zero-dollar-bills\/\">$0 electricity bill<\/a> is the ultimate goal of many solar households in Australia. Learn more about other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/energy-efficiency\/\">energy efficiency opportunities<\/a> for owners of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/solar101.html\">solar power systems<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Queensland solar owners (and all Queenslanders) looking to further reduce their electricity bills can take advantage of a new energy efficiency rebate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":18000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar-battery-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Queensland Government Appliance Rebate Scheme Announced - SolarQuotes Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Queensland solar owners (and all Queenslanders) looking to further reduce their electricity bills can take advantage of a new energy efficiency rebate.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/appliance-rebate-queensland-mb0390\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Queensland Government Appliance Rebate Scheme Announced\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Queensland solar owners (and all Queenslanders) looking to further reduce their electricity bills can take advantage of a new energy efficiency rebate.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/appliance-rebate-queensland-mb0390\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SolarQuotes Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-12-29T01:45:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-19T05:09:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/efficient-appliance-rebate.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"438\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Bloch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/appliance-rebate-queensland-mb0390\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/appliance-rebate-queensland-mb0390\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"Queensland Government Appliance Rebate Scheme Announced\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-12-29T01:45:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-19T05:09:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/appliance-rebate-queensland-mb0390\/\"},\"wordCount\":434,\"commentCount\":2,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/appliance-rebate-queensland-mb0390\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/efficient-appliance-rebate.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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