Domestic Use Special Tariff for Specific Categories of Vulnerable Customers (Code 08)

The Special Domestic Tariff for Specific Categories of Vulnerable Customers (Code 08) is a domestic electricity tariff that certain categories of vulnerable customers may apply to be included.

The domestic use special tariff for specific categories of vulnerable customers with code 08 is applicable to customers who either themselves or other person with whom they live permanently, are included to each of the following categories of customers provided they are Cypriot citizens or citizens of any other Member Country of the European Union or the European Economic Area or citizens with equal rights to the above, who are legally residing in the areas controlled by the Republic of Cyprus:

1. Public Assistance recipients from the Social Welfare Services of the Deputy Ministry of Social Welfare
2. Beneficiaries of Guaranteed Minimum Income provided by the Welfare Benefits Administration Service of the Deputy Ministry of Social Welfare
3. Large families that receive Child Benefit from the Welfare Benefits Administration Service of the Deputy Ministry of Social Welfare for three or more dependent children
4. Beneficiaries of Allowance to Pensioners with Low Income provided by the Welfare Benefits Administration Service of the Deputy Ministry of Social Welfare
5. Beneficiaries of Single Parent Family Benefit which is granted in addition to the Child Benefit from the Welfare Benefits Administration Service of the Deputy Ministry of Social Welfare
6. Beneficiaries of Severe Motor Disability Allowance from the Department for Social Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities of the Deputy Ministry of Social Welfare
7. Beneficiaries of Care Allowance for Paraplegic Persons from the Department for Social Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities of the Deputy Ministry of Social Welfare
8. Beneficiaries of Care Allowance for Quadriplegic Persons from the Department for Social Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities of the Deputy Ministry of Social Welfare
9. Beneficiaries of Mobility Allowance for hemodialysis patients from the Department for Social Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities of the Deputy Ministry of Social Welfare
10. Beneficiaries of Special Allowance for Blind Persons from the Department for Social Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities of the Deputy Ministry of Social Welfare
11. Beneficiaries of a Special Monthly Pension from the Patient Relief Fund, whose details will be provided on a continuous basis by the Committee for the Relief of Patients, which operates based on the provisions of the Relief of Patients Law No.114/1988, as amended from time to time or replaced
12. Patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis whose details will be provided by the Health Insurance Organization
13. People suffering from multiple sclerosis (ms) whose details will be provided by the Health Insurance Organization
14. People after heart transplant surgery whose details will be provided by the Health Insurance Organization
15. People with active Acromegaly whose details will be provided by the Health Insurance Organization
16. Patients with Cushing syndrome whose details will be provided by the Health Insurance Organization
17. People with Pheochromocytoma whose details will be provided by the Health Insurance Organization
18. People with autoimmune diabetic neuropathy whose details will be provided by the Health Insurance Organization
19. Patients with permanent tracheostomy whose details will be provided by the Health Insurance Organization
20. Patients with primary or metastatic Central Nervous System tumor (brain or spinal cord) whose details will be provided by the Health Insurance Organization.

The Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) for the purpose of checking the information in customers application, will collect data from the Government Data Warehouse (GDW).

Through the EAC online portal, after registering for EAC Supply Services or at EAC Customer Service Centres.

No additional documents are required. The only requirement is that the beneficiary’s ID or ARC number must be included in the records of the Government Data Warehouse (GDW).