Please note:

Effective 1 January 2026, the following Activity Specifications were varied:

  • APP1A Purchase High Efficiency New Refrigerator or Refrigerator-Freezer
  • APP1B Purchase High Efficiency New Freezer
  • APP1D Purchase a High Efficiency New Clothes Dryer
  • APP4 Connecting a New or Existing Pool Pump to an Approved DR Aggregator
  • BS1A Install Insultation in an Uninsulated Ceiling Space
  • BS1B Install Top Up Insulation in a Ceiling Space
  • BS2 Building Sealing Activities (various)
  • BS3B Secondary Glazing Retrofit
  • CD1 Commercial and Industrial Demand Savings (PIAM&V DM)
  • CL1 Commercial Lighting Upgrade
  • EV1 Connecting a New or Existing EV Charger to an Approved DR Aggregator
  • HC2A Install an Efficient New Reverse Cycle Air Conditioner (Non-Ducted)
  • HC2C Connecting a New or Existing HVAC to an Approved DR Aggregator
  • HC3 Install an Efficient New Ducted Evaporative Air Conditioner
  • RDC1 Install a High Efficiency Refrigerated Display Cabinet
  • WH1 — Replace or Upgrade Water Heater
  • WH4 Connecting a New or Existing Electric Heat Pump Water Heater to an Approved DR Aggregator

Effective 1 January 2026, the following Activity Specifications were revoked:

  • LF1 Install an LED General Purpose Lamp (Approved Productivity Plans under revoked LF1 will continue within their existing terms)
  • L2 Install an LED Down-light Lamp or LED Down-light Luminaire
  • L3 Replace Halogen Floodlight Luminaire
  • LF1 Improve Energy Productivity – Large Facilities
  • NB1 NABERS Building Demand Savings
  • SPC1 Install Standby Power Controllers – Audio Visual
  • SPC2 Install Standby Power Controllers – Information Technology

For information on how these changes may affect you, contact your obliged retailer or activity provider.

Additional information that applies to all approved REPS energy efficiency activities can be found in the REPS activities general specification (PDF, 232.6 KB). Note that a number of these specifications make reference to the government's installation of ceiling insulation – consumer safety self-assessment and installer acknowledgement form (PDF, 314.9 KB)

Activity specifications

Insulation

Building sealing

Glazing

Heating and cooling

Water heating

Lighting

Appliances

Time of Use Tariffs

Virtual Power Plant

Community Battery

Project based methods

Large facilities

REPS priority group

Retailers are set priority group targets for ensuring activities are delivered to vulnerable customers.

Effective 12 August 2024, the Minister for Energy and Mining made a notice in the SA Government Gazette on 1 August 2024 (page 2385) amending the definition.

A priority group household is defined as residential premises in which a person resides who:

  • holds a Commonwealth Government pensioner concession card; or
  • holds a TPI Gold Repatriation Health Card; or
  • holds a War Widows Gold Repatriation Health Card; or
  • holds a Gold Repatriation Health Card (EDA); or
  • holds a Health Care Card (including a Low-Income Health Care Card); or
  • receives the South Australian government energy bill concession; or
  • has a residential tenancy agreement with the landlord of the premises and the rent for the premises is $500 or less per week; or
  • is actively participating in an energy retailer hardship program; or
  • is actively participating in an energy retailer’s payment plan (offered and applied as per section 50 of the National Energy Retail Law); or
  • has received a referral from a registered member of the South Australian Financial Counsellors Association (SAFCA).

Registered members of the South Australian Financial Counsellors Association (SAFCA) could use the following form to refer customers to the REPS if they did not meet other priority group criteria.