The Low Income Energy Efficiency Program will fund consortia to trial approaches to assist low income households to improve their energy efficiency.

On 27 September 2011, the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency released a consultation paper on the Low Income Energy Efficiency Program to inform stakeholders and to seek their feedback on the design of the program.

The consultation paper was intended to draw comments from stakeholders and does not represent Australian Government policy. Program design features included in the consultation paper were proposals for discussion and comment only.

The consultation period for the Low Income Energy Efficiency Program closed on 21 October 2011.

A range of stakeholders submitted comments in response to the consultation paper and the department would like to thank all those who made submissions. The submitted feedback has been very valuable in informing the final design of the program.

Of the 28 submissions received, the following 17 submissions are those that were not marked confidential.

Key dates
Submissions to program guidelines closed 21 October 2011
Call for Expressions of InterestMonday 13 February 2012
Close of Expressions of InterestFriday 16 March 2012 (5pm AEDST)
Assessment of Expressions of InterestMarch – April 2012
Successful consortia invited to submit ApplicationsMay 2012