Households could get paid under plan to price pollution

Proceeds from a tax on fossil fuel companies could be shared with consumers, a report suggests. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS)

Every Australian household and some small businesses could receive hundreds of dollars a year to cover rising energy costs under a plan to tax fossil fuel companies. 

Two levies could be applied to companies that mine or import coal, gas, oil, petrol or diesel under the proposal that could raise $35 billion a year until 2050.