Indigo Power feed-in tariffs at a glance
The CDR host slug "energy-locals" carries plans under the names Indigo Power (80 plans) and 1st Energy (EL Retail Energy) (12 plans), and the CDR register lists it for Arcline by RACV and RAA Energy. Indigo Power has 92 residential electricity plans with a retailer-paid feed-in tariff in the data: 80 in Victoria, 12 in the ACT. 86 of Indigo Power's plans are unconditional and 6 carry a condition (a cap, step, time window plus eligibility rule, battery, VPP, bundle, membership, wholesale estimate or negative rate). None of Indigo Power's records lists a closed government scheme rate.
Indigo Power's best plan by state and distributor
One row per distribution zone Indigo Power 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. Indigo Power's 5 Victorian rows (plan IDs ending @VEC) show usage and supply ex GST; its other 1 row is GST inclusive.
| State | Distributor | Plan | FiT max | Condition | Window | Usage rate | Supply charge | Record updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIC | AusNet Services | Indigo Power Retail - Community Energy Hub Plan AusNet Services (electricity) | 6c | Unconditional | 16:00 to 21:00 every day | 25.97c (ex GST) | 139.81c a day (ex GST) | 30 September 2026 |
| VIC | CitiPower | Indigo Power Retail - Community Energy Hub Plan Citipower | 6c | Unconditional | 16:00 to 21:00 every day | 21.60c (ex GST) | 131.50c a day (ex GST) | 30 September 2026 |
| VIC | Jemena | Indigo Power Retail - Community Energy Hub Plan Jemena | 6c | Unconditional | 16:00 to 21:00 every day | 22.00c (ex GST) | 133.10c a day (ex GST) | 30 September 2026 |
| VIC | Powercor | Indigo Power Retail - Community Energy Hub Plan Powercor | 6c | Unconditional | 16:00 to 21:00 every day | 24.10c (ex GST) | 124.50c a day (ex GST) | 30 September 2026 |
| VIC | United Energy | Indigo Power Retail - Community Energy Hub Plan United Energy | 6c | Unconditional | 16:00 to 21:00 every day | 14.19c (ex GST) | 251.19c a day (ex GST) | 30 September 2026 |
| ACT | Evoenergy | Home Choice | 10c | Unconditional | 16:00 to 20:59 every day | 44.75c peak (incl. GST) | 120.77c a day (incl. GST) | 30 September 2026 |
Indigo Power'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. Indigo Power's unconditional rate sits above the median in two of the two states it serves and below it in no.
| State | Plan | FiT | Window | State median | Position | State page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria | Indigo Power Retail - Community Energy Hub Plan United Energy | 6c | 16:00 to 21:00 every day | 1c | above the median by 5c | VIC page |
| ACT | Home Choice | 10c | 16:00 to 20:59 every day | 5c | above the median by 5c | ACT page |
Indigo Power's caps, windows and conditions, from the plan records
Indigo Power's records read 27 October 2026 contain these structures. The counts are Indigo Power plans, not customers, and a plan that appears in several distribution zones counts once per zone.
- Daily caps: 6 Indigo Power plans pay the top rate only on the first 5 kWh a day (6 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 Indigo Power's cap is reached on most sunny days.
- Time windows: 86 Indigo Power plans pay the top rate only in a window: 16:00 to 21:00 every day (80 plans) and 16:00 to 20:59 every day (6 plans). Exports outside the window earn the plan's other rate, which for Indigo Power is often 0c.
Indigo Power feed-in tariff questions
What is Indigo Power's best solar feed-in tariff in October 2026?
10c unconditional on Home Choice in the ACT, paid 16:00 to 20:59 every day. Its highest rate of any kind is 3c on Home Choice, conditional: top rate on the first 5 kWh a day.
Is Indigo Power's feed-in tariff conditional?
6 of Indigo Power's 92 plans carry a condition in the record and 86 do not. Daily caps: 6 Indigo Power plans pay the top rate only on the first 5 kWh a day (6 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 Indigo Power's cap is reached on most sunny days.; Time windows: 86 Indigo Power plans pay the top rate only in a window: 16:00 to 21:00 every day (80 plans) and 16:00 to 20:59 every day (6 plans). Exports outside the window earn the plan's other rate, which for Indigo Power is often 0c.
How does Indigo Power compare with the state median feed-in tariff?
5c above the VIC median of 1c, 5c above the ACT median of 5c, on its best unconditional plan in each state.
What usage rate comes with Indigo Power's best feed-in plan?
44.75c per kWh (incl. GST, peak rate on a time-of-use plan) and a supply charge of 120.77c a day on Home Choice in the Evoenergy area. Compare Indigo Power'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 Indigo Power cap its feed-in tariff?
6 of Indigo Power's plans cap the top rate at 5 kWh a day and pay a lower step after that. 86 plans use a time window instead, paying the top rate only in stated hours.
When did Indigo Power last update its plan data?
30 September 2026 is the most recent lastUpdated stamp on a Indigo Power record in the data, and 30 September 2026 the oldest; we read every record on 27 October 2026 and will read them again on 24 November 2026.
State pages and other retailers
Indigo Power is ranked on two of the six state pages, each of which ranks every retailer: New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, ACT, Tasmania. The national page sets Indigo Power's 10c against the six-state table, the regulated rates and the usage-rate comparison. Cost and payback for an Indigo Power customer in Victoria: solar panel costs, the payback calculator and is solar worth it in Victoria.