On January 1st 2021, the state government initiative formerly known as REES recommenced with a new name. The Retailer Energy Productivity Scheme changed “to reflect current challenges”. However, the scheme’s aim remains to help South Australians save on energy costs.
How we use energy and how much we pay for it affects us as individuals and our environment. As a result, dealing with these effects has become more and more critical. So it is no surprise that the SA government introduced an initiative to help households and businesses reduce their energy costs over a decade ago. The initiative underwent improvements in 2021 to reflect current challenges, intending to deliver “a smarter, more affordable, reliable and sustainable energy future for all South Australians.”
The Retailer Energy Productivity Scheme is implemented through various energy-saving activities delivered to homes and businesses. YESS has been a long-standing scheme contractor and has helped more than 80,000 SA homes reduce their energy usage. One such activity is the Appliance Replacement Rebate. This exciting new activity makes energy-efficient appliances for affordable for eligible SA households.
Retailer Energy Productivity Scheme REPS
REPS is an SA Government initiative helping households and businesses reduce their energy costs. It commenced on January 1st 2021 replacing the old REES, which (along with the previous Residential Energy Efficiency Scheme) was in place for over a decade, helping South Australians get more value from their energy. YESS has been helping South Australians access the benefits of the scheme since its inception as a trusted third-party contractor of the scheme.
Find out more on the ESCOSA website
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My wife and I have aged pensioner concession cards (I am 73) and I have been told that the South Australian government has a scheme that enables free replacement of halogen downlights for LED ones. Is this true? If so, our home has 30+ downlights (of which the majority do not work). Are we eligible for this scheme? I hope you can help as the cost to replace them would be more than we could afford. Please advise.
Bob and Nancy Bates.
Hello Bob,
Downlights are included as part of the REPS scheme, however the subsidy set for the activity is too low to provide any benefit to the customer, as DEM and ESCOSA deemed the energy savings of this activity to be minimal.
Previously we have provided the service when the energy savings/subsidy was higher under the REES scheme, however in 2021 the scheme changed to REPS and the value for the activity dropped.
Due to this, YESS DO NOT upgrade downlights to LEDs, because for us to do so would be at standard market rates for the customer and as a company we have made the decision to not operate in this field.
Apologies for the disappointing nature of this news.