Electricity Costs (Emergency Measures) Domestic Accounts Bill 2024

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Establishes two support schemes for high electricity costs: Scheme IV provides emergency benefit payments to domestic accounts; Submeter Support Scheme II aids submeter customers. Both run until 31 August 2025.
Assigns roles to electricity suppliers, distribution system operator, and utilities regulator to administer payments. Minister can make regulations to govern scheme operations.
Makes emergency benefit and submeter payments tax-exempt. Amends Electricity Regulation Act 1999 and Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 to enable this.