Alinta Energy feed-in tariffs at a glance
Alinta Energy has 248 residential electricity plans with a retailer-paid feed-in tariff in the data: 77 in New South Wales, 119 in Victoria, 26 in Queensland, 26 in South Australia. 214 of Alinta Energy's plans are unconditional and 34 carry a condition (a cap, step, time window plus eligibility rule, battery, VPP, bundle, membership, wholesale estimate or negative rate). 50 of Alinta Energy's records still list a closed government scheme rate; those rates are excluded.
Alinta Energy's best plan by state and distributor
One row per distribution zone Alinta Energy serves: the plan with the highest retailer-paid rate there, with the condition from the record, the hours it applies, the first general usage rate (the peak rate on a time-of-use plan), the daily supply charge and the lastUpdated date the retailer stamped on the record. Alinta Energy's 5 Victorian rows (plan IDs ending @VEC) show usage and supply ex GST; its other 5 rows are GST inclusive.
| State | Distributor | Plan | FiT max | Condition | Window | Usage rate | Supply charge | Record updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSW | Ausgrid | SolarBalance Choice - Demand Single Rate | 8c | Conditional: top rate on the first 8 kWh a day | all hours | 25.58c (incl. GST) | 152.07c a day (incl. GST) | 13 July 2026 |
| NSW | Endeavour Energy | SolarBalance Choice - Single Rate + CL | 8c | Conditional: top rate on the first 8 kWh a day | all hours | 28.82c (incl. GST) | 158.21c a day (incl. GST) | 13 July 2026 |
| NSW | Essential Energy | SolarBalance Choice - Single Rate + CL | 8c | Conditional: top rate on the first 8 kWh a day | all hours | 29.91c (incl. GST) | 232.62c a day (incl. GST) | 13 July 2026 |
| VIC | AusNet Services | HomeDeal Next - Single Rate | 0.04c | Unconditional | all hours | 23.26c (ex GST) | 93.27c a day (ex GST) | 30 August 2026 |
| VIC | CitiPower | HomeDeal Next - Single Rate | 0.04c | Unconditional | all hours | 18.88c (ex GST) | 88.10c a day (ex GST) | 30 August 2026 |
| VIC | Jemena | HomeDeal Next - Single Rate | 0.04c | Unconditional | all hours | 19.98c (ex GST) | 92.46c a day (ex GST) | 30 August 2026 |
| VIC | Powercor | HomeDeal Next - Single Rate | 0.04c | Unconditional | all hours | 20.52c (ex GST) | 100.40c a day (ex GST) | 30 August 2026 |
| VIC | United Energy | HomeDeal Next - Single Rate | 0.04c | Unconditional | all hours | 19.89c (ex GST) | 86.63c a day (ex GST) | 30 August 2026 |
| QLD | Energex | SolarBalance Ready - Single Rate + CL | 10c | Conditional: top rate on the first 8 kWh a day | all hours | 24.67c (incl. GST) | 169.32c a day (incl. GST) | 3 August 2026 |
| SA | SA Power Networks | SolarBalance Choice - Single Rate + CL | 5c | Conditional: top rate on the first 8 kWh a day | all hours | 40.01c (incl. GST) | 171.87c a day (incl. GST) | 13 July 2026 |
Alinta Energy's best unconditional rate against the state median
The state median is the middle best rate across every residential plan in the state, conditional or not. Alinta Energy's unconditional rate sits above the median in no of the four states it serves and below it in two.
| State | Plan | FiT | Window | State median | Position | State page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New South Wales | HomeDeal Smart - Demand Single Rate + CL | 3c | all hours | 3c | equal to the median | NSW page |
| Victoria | HomeDeal Next - Single Rate | 0.04c | all hours | 1c | below the median by 0.96c | VIC page |
| Queensland | HomeDeal Flow - Single Rate + CL | 2c | all hours | 2c | equal to the median | QLD page |
| South Australia | HomeDeal Flow - Single Rate | 0.5c | all hours | 1c | below the median by 0.5c | SA page |
Alinta Energy's caps, windows and conditions, from the plan records
Alinta Energy's records read 27 October 2026 contain these structures. The counts are Alinta Energy plans, not customers, and a plan that appears in several distribution zones counts once per zone.
- Daily caps: 34 Alinta Energy plans pay the top rate only on the first 8 kWh a day (34 plans) and a lower step after that. On a Melbourne 6.6 kW system exporting 5,637 kWh a year, the average is 15.4 kWh a day, so Alinta Energy's cap is reached on most sunny days.
- Export credits as incentives: 56 Alinta Energy plans carry an export credit in the incentives field, outside the feed-in tariff, for example: "Stepped FiT This plan includes a stepped feed-in tariff, where you will receive a feed-in tariff of 8c/kWh for the first 8kWh exported. For any export after that you will obtain Alinta Energy's standa".
Condition text as published in the records:
- "Solar Bonus FiT Solar Balance FiT"
Alinta Energy feed-in tariff questions
What is Alinta Energy's best solar feed-in tariff in October 2026?
3c unconditional on HomeDeal Smart - Demand Single Rate + CL in New South Wales, paid at all hours. Its highest rate of any kind is 10c on SolarBalance Ready - Single Rate + CL, conditional: top rate on the first 8 kWh a day.
Is Alinta Energy's feed-in tariff conditional?
34 of Alinta Energy's 248 plans carry a condition in the record and 214 do not. Daily caps: 34 Alinta Energy plans pay the top rate only on the first 8 kWh a day (34 plans) and a lower step after that. On a Melbourne 6.6 kW system exporting 5,637 kWh a year, the average is 15.4 kWh a day, so Alinta Energy's cap is reached on most sunny days.; Export credits as incentives: 56 Alinta Energy plans carry an export credit in the incentives field, outside the feed-in tariff, for example: "Stepped FiT This plan includes a stepped feed-in tariff, where you will receive a feed-in tariff of 8c/kWh for the first 8kWh exported. For any export after that you will obtain Alinta Energy's standa".
How does Alinta Energy compare with the state median feed-in tariff?
0c level with the NSW median of 3c, 0.96c below the VIC median of 1c, 0c level with the QLD median of 2c, 0.5c below the SA median of 1c, on its best unconditional plan in each state.
What usage rate comes with Alinta Energy's best feed-in plan?
24.03c per kWh (incl. GST) and a supply charge of 140.87c a day on HomeDeal Smart - Demand Single Rate + CL in the Ausgrid area. Compare Alinta Energy's usage line as carefully as its feed-in line: the hub page shows how a higher feed-in rate paired with a higher usage rate can finish behind a plain plan.
Does Alinta Energy cap its feed-in tariff?
34 of Alinta Energy's plans cap the top rate at 8 kWh a day and pay a lower step after that.
When did Alinta Energy last update its plan data?
30 September 2026 is the most recent lastUpdated stamp on a Alinta Energy record in the data, and 20 June 2025 the oldest; we read every record on 27 October 2026 and will read them again on 24 November 2026.
State pages and other retailers
Alinta Energy is ranked on four of the six state pages, each of which ranks every retailer: New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, ACT, Tasmania. The national page sets Alinta Energy's 3c against the six-state table, the regulated rates and the usage-rate comparison. Cost and payback for an Alinta Energy customer in Victoria: solar panel costs, the payback calculator and is solar worth it in Victoria.