EnergyAustralia feed-in tariffs at a glance
EnergyAustralia has 664 residential electricity plans with a retailer-paid feed-in tariff in the data: 292 in New South Wales, 190 in Victoria, 76 in Queensland, 34 in South Australia, 72 in the ACT. 567 of EnergyAustralia's plans are unconditional and 97 carry a condition (a cap, step, time window plus eligibility rule, battery, VPP, bundle, membership, wholesale estimate or negative rate). 161 of EnergyAustralia's records still list a closed government scheme rate; those rates are excluded.
EnergyAustralia's best plan by state and distributor
One row per distribution zone EnergyAustralia 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. EnergyAustralia's 5 Victorian rows (plan IDs ending @VEC) show usage and supply ex GST; its other 6 rows are GST inclusive.
| State | Distributor | Plan | FiT max | Condition | Window | Usage rate | Supply charge | Record updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSW | Ausgrid | Solar Max | 8c | Conditional: top rate on the first 10 kWh a day | all hours | 30.12c (incl. GST) | 151.12c a day (incl. GST) | 30 September 2026 |
| NSW | Endeavour Energy | Solar Max | 8c | Conditional: top rate on the first 10 kWh a day | all hours | 30.65c (incl. GST) | 168.30c a day (incl. GST) | 30 September 2026 |
| NSW | Essential Energy | Solar Max | 8c | Conditional: top rate on the first 10 kWh a day | all hours | 31.82c (incl. GST) | 247.47c a day (incl. GST) | 30 September 2026 |
| VIC | AusNet Services | Solar Max - Peak Only | 8c | Conditional: top rate on the first 10 kWh a day | all hours | 29.07c (ex GST) | 116.58c a day (ex GST) | 11 September 2026 |
| VIC | CitiPower | Solar Max - Peak with Controlled Load | 8c | Conditional: top rate on the first 10 kWh a day | all hours | 23.60c (ex GST) | 110.13c a day (ex GST) | 11 September 2026 |
| VIC | Jemena | Solar Max - Peak with Controlled Load | 8c | Conditional: top rate on the first 10 kWh a day | all hours | 24.97c (ex GST) | 115.57c a day (ex GST) | 11 September 2026 |
| VIC | Powercor | Solar Max - Peak with Controlled Load | 8c | Conditional: top rate on the first 10 kWh a day | all hours | 25.65c (ex GST) | 125.50c a day (ex GST) | 11 September 2026 |
| VIC | United Energy | Solar Max - Peak with Controlled Load | 8c | Conditional: top rate on the first 10 kWh a day | all hours | 24.86c (ex GST) | 108.29c a day (ex GST) | 11 September 2026 |
| QLD | Energex | Solar Max | 8c | Conditional: top rate on the first 10 kWh a day | all hours | 25.43c (incl. GST) | 174.56c a day (incl. GST) | 30 September 2026 |
| SA | SA Power Networks | Solar Max | 8c | Conditional: top rate on the first 10 kWh a day | all hours | 38.10c (incl. GST) | 163.68c a day (incl. GST) | 30 September 2026 |
| ACT | Evoenergy | Solar Max | 8c | Conditional: top rate on the first 10 kWh a day | all hours | 33.47c (incl. GST) | 124.00c a day (incl. GST) | 30 September 2026 |
EnergyAustralia'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. EnergyAustralia's unconditional rate sits above the median in three of the five states it serves and below it in one.
| State | Plan | FiT | Window | State median | Position | State page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New South Wales | Balance Plan - My Connect | 3c | all hours | 3c | equal to the median | NSW page |
| Victoria | Power 365 - Peak with Controlled Load - Connect Now | 1.5c | all hours | 1c | above the median by 0.5c | VIC page |
| Queensland | Balance Plan - Resi Connections | 4c | all hours | 2c | above the median by 2c | QLD page |
| South Australia | Standing Offer (Home) | 3c | all hours | 1c | above the median by 2c | SA page |
| ACT | Standing Offer (Home) | 3c | all hours | 5c | below the median by 2c | ACT page |
EnergyAustralia's caps, windows and conditions, from the plan records
EnergyAustralia's records read 27 October 2026 contain these structures. The counts are EnergyAustralia plans, not customers, and a plan that appears in several distribution zones counts once per zone.
- Daily caps: 69 EnergyAustralia plans pay the top rate only on the first 10 kWh a day (69 plans) and a lower step after that. On a Sydney 6.6 kW system exporting 6,109 kWh a year, the average is 16.7 kWh a day, so EnergyAustralia's cap is reached on most sunny days.
- Membership: 28 EnergyAustralia plans require a membership (for example a motoring club) to be eligible.
Condition text as published in the records:
- "Solar Max Superior Feed-in-Tariff EnergyAustralia Retailer Feed-in-Tariff for the first 10kWh per day (excl. GST if any)"
- "eligibility: ORG_MEMBER NSW Seniors You must be a NSW Seniors cardholder"
EnergyAustralia feed-in tariff questions
What is EnergyAustralia's best solar feed-in tariff in October 2026?
4c unconditional on Balance Plan - Resi Connections in Queensland, paid at all hours. Its highest rate of any kind is 8c on Solar Max - Peak with Controlled Load, conditional: top rate on the first 10 kWh a day.
Is EnergyAustralia's feed-in tariff conditional?
97 of EnergyAustralia's 664 plans carry a condition in the record and 567 do not. Daily caps: 69 EnergyAustralia plans pay the top rate only on the first 10 kWh a day (69 plans) and a lower step after that. On a Sydney 6.6 kW system exporting 6,109 kWh a year, the average is 16.7 kWh a day, so EnergyAustralia's cap is reached on most sunny days.; Membership: 28 EnergyAustralia plans require a membership (for example a motoring club) to be eligible.
How does EnergyAustralia compare with the state median feed-in tariff?
0c level with the NSW median of 3c, 0.5c above the VIC median of 1c, 2c above the QLD median of 2c, 2c above the SA median of 1c, 2c below the ACT median of 5c, on its best unconditional plan in each state.
What usage rate comes with EnergyAustralia's best feed-in plan?
25.43c per kWh (incl. GST) and a supply charge of 174.56c a day on Balance Plan - Resi Connections in the Energex area. Compare EnergyAustralia'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 EnergyAustralia cap its feed-in tariff?
69 of EnergyAustralia's plans cap the top rate at 10 kWh a day and pay a lower step after that.
When did EnergyAustralia last update its plan data?
14 October 2026 is the most recent lastUpdated stamp on a EnergyAustralia record in the data, and 11 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
EnergyAustralia is ranked on five of the six state pages, each of which ranks every retailer: New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, ACT, Tasmania. The national page sets EnergyAustralia's 4c against the six-state table, the regulated rates and the usage-rate comparison. Cost and payback for an EnergyAustralia customer in New South Wales: solar panel costs, the payback calculator and is solar worth it in New South Wales.