How it works
Households on our Energy Wellbeing programme have their bills discounted to reduce the worry about high power bills in the colder months and to reduce overall winter household costs. Every year, we take a bread knife to the costs of power used in the months of June, July, and August.
Lowering the cost of power over the colder months means more heating can be used at lower prices to help out folks who are struggling to keep warm.
Energy Wellbeing customers are also guaranteed a lower everyday electricity cost than they were paying with their previous supplier.
In addition, households receive support to create a warm, dry, healthy home through a personalised Home Energy Check by a Sustainability Trust healthy homes advisor (currently only available in the lower North Island). The Home Energy Check provides free items, access to free or subsidised home upgrades, referrals to other support services and lots of helpful tips to create a warmer drier home.
We’re taking action by slicing into the causes of energy hardship: high power costs, poor quality housing, inefficient appliances and limited incomes in Wellington, Hutt Valley, Porirua, Kāpiti, Horowhenua, Wairarapa and Christchurch/Mid-Canterbury.
Eligibility requirements
These may vary from time to time, but generally you’ll be eligible if you:
- are a client of an approved agency, and
- struggle to pay your power bills, and
- Toast Electric has available capacity in the Energy Wellbeing programme.
To become an Energy Wellbeing customer of Toast Electric, you must be referred by one of our referral partners.
Pātai? Contact us at hello@toastelectric.nz
If you are a financial mentoring service in Wellington, Hutt Valley, Porirua, Kāpiti, Horowhenua, Christchurch, or Wairarapa and interested in becoming a referral partner for Toast Electric, please contact partner@toastelectric.nz
Joining Toast is easy
Signing up to Toast is so easy: you don’t even have to contact your current supplier – we’ll take care of it all.