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What is a solar buyback rate?
A solar buyback rate, also known as a feed-in tariff (FiT), is a credit you can receive for any unused electricity sent back to the grid. It’s usually a set rate per kilowatt hour paid as a credit on your bills. If you’re an eligible customer with solar generation, you can be paid a solar buyback with any of our electricity plans, though your solar rates and your electricity rates have separate terms and conditions. If a solar rate changes, we’ll let you know before you’re affected.
Please note that there are different terms and conditions for each state.
Solar buyback rates by state for residential and small
business customers
Single buyback rate
3.3
c/kWh^
Currently, with a retailer solar buyback, you're paid one rate for any excess energy that you export back to the grid.
Time of use buyback
Peak
(4pm to 9pm every day)
8.4
c/kWh^
Shoulder
(9pm to 10am; 2pm to 4pm every day)
4.1
c/kWh^
Off Peak
(10am to 2pm every day)
2.1
c/kWh^
The Terms and Conditions of your Feed-In contract are available below. Different Terms and Conditions apply depending on the type of feed-in tariff that applies to you.
- Victorian Feed-In Tariff Terms & Conditions (current)
- Victorian Feed-In Tariff Terms & Conditions (applies to customers who entered into a feed-in agreement before 17 May 2023)
- Victorian Feed-In Tariff Terms & Conditions (applies to customers who entered into a feed-in tariff agreement before 1 September 2021)
- Victorian Premium Feed-In Tariff Terms & Conditions (closed to new entrants)
- Victorian Standard Feed-In Tariff Terms & Conditions (closed to new entrants)
- Victorian Transitional Feed-In Tariff Terms & Conditions (closed to new entrants)
^Rates are GST exclusive. We’ll pay you GST if you’re a business customer registered for GST and provide us with your Australian Business Number (ABN).Our rates are typically reviewed annually and we’ll notify you before any changes happen.
Important information: Our solar feed-in tariffs (FiT) are under review and will decrease from 1 September 2025. Single rate FiT will change to 1.5c/kWh. Time of use FiT rates will change to Peak: 10c/kWh, Shoulder: 1c/kWh; Off Peak: 0c/kWh. Current export times listed above are not changing. Affected customers will be notified around mid-August.
Single buyback rate
5.0
c/kWh^
Currently, with a retailer solar buyback , you're paid one rate for any excess energy that you export back to the grid.
The Terms and Conditions of your Feed-In contract are available below. Terms and Conditions apply depending on the type of feed-in tariff that applies to you.
- New South Wales Feed-In Tariff Terms & Conditions (current)
- New South Wales Feed-In Tariff Terms & Conditions (applies to customers who entered into a feed-in agreement before 17 May 2023)
^Rates are GST exclusive. We’ll pay you GST if you’re a business customer registered for GST and provide us with your Australian Business Number (ABN).
Important information: Our solar feed-in tariffs (FiT) are under review and will decrease from 1 September 2025. Single rate FiT will change to 4c/kWh. Affected customers will be notified around mid-August.
Single buyback rate
5.0
c/kWh^
Currently, with a retailer solar buyback, you're paid one rate for any excess energy that you export back to the grid.
The Terms and Conditions of your Feed-In contract are available below. Terms and Conditions apply depending on the type of feed-in tariff that applies to you.
- Australian Capital Territory Feed-In Tariff Terms & Conditions (current)
- Australian Capital Territory Feed-In Tariff Terms & Conditions (applies to customers who entered into a feed-in agreement before 17 May 2023)
^Rates are GST exclusive. We’ll pay you GST if you’re a business customer registered for GST and provide us with your Australian Business Number (ABN).
Important information: Our solar feed-in tariffs (FiT) are under review and will decrease from 1 September 2025. Single rate FiT will change to 4c/kWh. Affected customers will be notified around mid-August.
Single buyback rate
4.5
c/kWh^
Currently, with a retailer solar buyback, you're paid one rate for any excess energy that you export back to the grid.
The Terms and Conditions of your Feed-In contract are available below. Terms and Conditions apply depending on the type of feed-in tariff that applies to you.
- South Australia Feed-In Tariff Terms & Conditions (current)
- South Australia Feed-In Tariff Terms & Conditions (applies to customers who entered into a feed-in agreement before 17 May 2023)
^Rates are GST exclusive. We’ll pay you GST if you’re a business customer registered for GST and provide us with your Australian Business Number (ABN).
Important information: Our solar feed-in tariffs (FiT) are under review and will decrease from 1 September 2025. Single rate FiT will change to 3c/kWh. Affected customers will be notified around mid-August.
Single buyback rate
4.6
c/kWh^
Currently, with a retailer solar buyback , you're paid one rate for any excess energy that you export back to the grid.
The Terms and Conditions of your Feed-In contract are available below. Terms and Conditions apply depending on the type of feed-in tariff that applies to you.
- Queensland Feed-In Tariff Terms & Conditions (current)
- Queensland Feed-In Tariff Terms & Conditions (applies to customers who entered into a feed-in agreement before 17 May 2023)
^Rates are GST exclusive. We’ll pay you GST if you’re a business customer registered for GST and provide us with your Australian Business Number (ABN).
Important information: Our solar feed-in tariffs (FiT) are under review and will decrease from 1 September 2025. Single rate FiT will change to 4c/kWh. Affected customers will be notified around mid-August.
Call 1800 818 378 to add a buyback rate to your plan. Note, there are eligibility criteria to have a solar tariff added to your account.
Your solar buyback is an add-on to your plan, which means the rates are not fixed. This is explained in EnergyAustralia’s ‘Terms and Conditions’ and in the ‘Welcome pack’ that is either posted or emailed out to you once you have signed up to one of our plans.
There are two main types of rebates that customers with solar power can be eligible for:
Small-scale Technology Certificates (STCs)
STCs are electronic certificates created when eligible solar power systems or solar water heaters are installed.
Government rebates
Governments may offer rebates to support solar panel installations. To find out more, check out your state government website to see if there are any government rebates currently available.
Maximise your solar with Solar Max
Our higher than standard buyback rate applies for the first 12kWh average solar export per day across your billing period, after which our standard buyback rate will apply to the balance of solar export.
