Hi Topend,
Energex in Qld who levy all power users in the area of their local EMS have a stable funding base now.
Not quite right, Energex have a box on their electricity bills that allow a customer to tick, if they
choose to, for a two dollar donation.
The area includes Northern NSW that does not get their services.
Energex do not fund this service to anywhere near what the service uses up.
The Queensland taxpayers are by far the biggest donors.
Energex just about only pay for the advertising that appears on the helicopters. They fly them up and down the beaches below 200' as an advertising banner.
