FREE Help to Cut Power Bills for Low Income Households

Penrith Council is partnering with the Department of Environment and Climate Change NSW in a Western Sydney pilot to help low income households in our area save money on their power bills and reduce carbon pollution.

The program is being offered to 1,000 homes in Western Sydney as part of a pilot which began in May 2009 and will finish at the end of July. The main program will be rolled out across NSW later in the year.

Every home that signs up will get a free:

• home visit by a trained assessor to find ways to save power in your home


• power saver kit to help kick-start your savings
  
• power saver action plan to show you other ways to save power and money.

People signing up to the program are expected to save at least $95 a year on their power bills. After the trial in Western Sydney, the program will be rolled out to a further 219,000 low income families across the rest of NSW.

If you have a pensioner, low income or veteran card or are registered as an energy retailer hardship customer and own or rent a private home, call the Environment Line on 1300 361 967 to book an assessment and start saving power, money and carbon pollution for free. Visit http://www.savepower.nsw.gov.au/ for details.