Terms and Conditions – Win a Home Battery 2021

2021-11-29

Win a Home Battery 2021 Terms and Conditions

Participation in this Promotion is deemed acceptance of the below Terms.

Promotion name: Win a Home Battery 2021

Eligible States/Territories: NSW, SA, VIC, ACT and QLD (Energex network) – any jurisdictions where Discover Energy retails.

Promotion Period: Start: 1 December 2021 9:00 AM AEST End: 15 December 2021 11:59 PM AEST. No entries will be accepted outside this time.

Promoter: DISCOVER ENERGY PTY LTD (ABN 20 619 204 750) operating as Discover Energy

Eligible Entrants: Subject to the terms and conditions below, entry to the promotion is open to an authorised participant (being 18 years or over).

Eligible Entries and Method of Entry:

There are two methods of entry to this promotion.

New Discover Energy Customers

To be eligible to join Win a Home Battery 2021, entrants must have successfully signed up to a Discover Energy plan between the promotion period stated and must be switched within two weeks of sign up.

Any sign up to a Discover Energy plan during the promotional period is eligible. This includes any electricity, gas, solar or VPP plans offered by Discover Energy.
One entry per account only. A new electricity and gas sign up will be considered as two entries.
Only new sign ups during the promotional period are eligible. Existing Discover Energy customers must sign up to a new, additional plan to qualify.
If the winning account has multiple account holders, the primary account holder is deemed the prize beneficiary.
If the entrant signs up or switches to a different retailer during the event period, their entry will be considered invalid.

Existing Discover Energy Customers

Entrants must be a current Discover Energy account holder during the stated promotional period.
Entrants must successfully refer a customer to Discover Energy between 1st December 2021 to 15 December 2021
A referral is deemed successful when the referral has signed up to a Discover Energy plan during the stated promotional period.
Entrants receive 1 entry only to this promotion, regardless of the number of successful referrals an entrant has made during this period
If the winning account has multiple account holders, the primary account holder is deemed the prize beneficiary.

Competition Process:

Two winners will be drawn from a random digital lottery on COB 16 December 2021. The first drawn entry will receive Prize 1 (AlphaESS SMILE-B3-PLUS battery). The next drawn entry will receive Prize 2. Winners will be notified no later than COB 17 December 2021 via phone and email. Customers will be notified via the contact number and email as entered in their sign-up form to Discover Energy. Winners must confirm the claim of prize via email by COB 20th December 2021.

Prize details:

There are two prizes in this promotion. All prizes are valued in Australian dollars unless expressly stated to the contrary.

Prize 1: AlphaESS SMILE-B3-PLUS x 1

ALPHAESS SMILE-B3-PLUS valued at $5000

This prize is pick up only. Delivery is not included in this prize. This prize can be picked up from any One Stop Warehouse location (NSW, SA, QLD, VIC).
Upon confirmation of acceptance of this prize, the winner may nominate a preferred solar installer to act as liaison and to arrange delivery. Alternatively, Discover Energy can recommend a solar installer to assist in delivery and installation.
The prize does not include:
- The cost of installation
- The cost of additional hardware including but not limited to:
  - Solar panels

The Prize will be provided by Discover Energy and Alpha-ESS.

Prize 2: AlphaESS Portable Power System x 1

The second drawn entry will win AlphaESS Portable Power System valued at $1300.

This prize includes delivery of Prize 2 to a nominated address

The Prize will be provided by Discover Energy and AlphaESS.

Exchanges:

This prize cannot be exchanged for cash. These prizes must be taken “as offered” and cannot be transferred, exchanged, varied or extended, except in Discover Energy’s sole discretion.

No contact and Unclaimed prize draw:

Discover Energy takes no responsibility where it is unable to contact the Winner/s who have not provided correct or complete contact details as per their account information. If an entrant’s contact details change during the Promotion Period, it is the entrant’s responsibility to notify the Promoter.

In the event that either prize is unclaimed by 20 December 2021, Discover Energy will re-draw from the pool of entries to choose a new winner.

Promotions Exclusions:

Entry is open only to an Eligible Entrant as defined above. However, directors, officers, management, employees, suppliers (including prize suppliers) and contractors (and the immediate families of directors, officers, management, employees, suppliers and contractors) of the Promoter and of its related bodies corporate, and of the agencies and companies associated with this Promotion are not Eligible Entrants and are ineligible to enter. Immediate family means any of the following: spouse, ex-spouse, child or step-child (whether natural or by adoption), parent, step-parent, grandparent, step grandparent, uncle, aunt, niece, nephew, brother, sister, step- brother, step-sister or first cousin.

Tax implications:

Entrants are advised that tax implications may arise from winning the Prize(s) and they should seek independent financial advice prior to acceptance of their prize(s). The Promoter accepts no responsibility for any tax implications that may arise from accepting a Prize. Entrants are responsible for any and all expenses that they incur in entering the Promotion and they will not be reimbursed regardless of whether or not they win the Promotion.

Acceptance of Prize

It is a condition of accepting any Prize that the winner must comply with all the conditions of use of the Prize and the prize supplier’s requirements. A Prize must be taken as stated and no compensation will be payable if a winner is unable to use the Prize as stated.

Discover Energy reserves the right in their sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend this promotion at any time for any reason.

Discover Energy reserves the right to hold all interpretations of this promotion.

Enquiries

For all enquiries please email marketing@discoverenergy.com.au

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