Small Business Energy Efficiency Grant (Australia)

The Small Business Energy Efficiency Grants are available to small businesses and not-for-profit organisations to help you invest in new equipment to save on your future energy bills.

By committing to upgrading your equipment and reducing your carbon footprint, you’ll not only give back to the environment and help create a better future – you could also get back some of your investment through a combination of a grant and energy cost savings over the longer term.

Funding Information

• A total of $20 million is available in 2024-25 to support South Australian small businesses and not-for-profit organisations, with grants ranging from $2,500 to a maximum of $50,000, per eligible business. Note that all grant amounts exclude GST.
• Only one application can be submitted per Australian Business Number (ABN), but one or more eligible activities or equipment can be applied for within the same application, up to the maximum grant value of $50,000.
• The government will provide up to 50 per cent matched funding through reimbursement of eligible business expenditure from $5,000 up to $100,000 (excluding GST and inclusive of the business’ financial contribution). Any project expenditure above $100,000 (excluding GST) will not be eligible for grant funding.
• For example:
  • If you spend $5,000, you may be eligible for a grant of $2,500
  • If you spend $100,000 or more, you may be eligible for a grant up to $50,000
  • If you spend $120,000, you may be eligible for a grant up to $50,000.

Eligibility Criteria

• Eligible business applicants
  • have a valid and active ABN;
  • be registered for Goods and Services Tax (GST) at the time this founding round commenced (27 August 2024). Not-for-profit organisations that are not registered for GST will need to provide their most recent lodged tax return confirming annual turnover was greater than $75,000;
  • be located and operating in South Australia; and
    • be a small business electricity customer (including not-for-profit) that is on a separately metered business tariff with their electricity retailer and consumes less than 160MWh of electricity per year; or (if you do not meet this criteria)
    • have an Australia-wide grouped payroll of less than $1.5 million in 2023‑24
  • not be a home-based business i.e. operating primarily from the owner’s, or an employee’s, residence;
  • not be a public company within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001;
  • own or lease the business premises where any work or goods will be installed or used (this premise cannot be a residential property); and
  • be able to provide matched funding of at least 50 per cent of eligible costs.

For more information, visit Government of South Australia.