Next Business Energy feed-in tariffs at a glance
The CDR host slug "next-business" carries plans under the names Indigo Power (88 plans) and Next Business Energy (48 plans), and the CDR register lists it for Next Business Energy. Next Business Energy has 136 residential electricity plans with a retailer-paid feed-in tariff in the data: 105 in New South Wales, 27 in Victoria, 3 in Queensland, 1 in South Australia. 136 of Next Business Energy's plans are unconditional and 0 carry a condition (a cap, step, time window plus eligibility rule, battery, VPP, bundle, membership, wholesale estimate or negative rate). 4 of Next Business Energy's records still list a closed government scheme rate; those rates are excluded.
Next Business Energy's best plan by state and distributor
One row per distribution zone Next Business 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. Next Business Energy'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 | Indigo Power Retail - Energy Shapers Plan Ausgrid | 8.3c | Unconditional | 16:00 to 20:59 every day | 18.40c peak (incl. GST) | 187.00c a day (incl. GST) | 30 September 2026 |
| NSW | Endeavour Energy | Indigo Power Retail - Energy Shapers Plan Endeavour | 6c | Unconditional | 16:00 to 19:59 every day | 25.80c peak (incl. GST) | 186.60c a day (incl. GST) | 30 September 2026 |
| NSW | Essential Energy | Indigo Power Retail - Energy Shapers Plan Essential | 13.4c | Unconditional | 17:00 to 19:59 every day | 29.80c peak (incl. GST) | 249.70c a day (incl. GST) | 30 September 2026 |
| VIC | AusNet Services | NBE Standing Resi VIC AusNet Services (electricity) | 0.1c | Unconditional | all hours | 29.07c (ex GST) | 116.58c a day (ex GST) | 22 October 2026 |
| VIC | CitiPower | NBE Standing Resi VIC Citipower | 0.1c | Unconditional | all hours | 23.60c (ex GST) | 110.13c a day (ex GST) | 22 October 2026 |
| VIC | Jemena | NBE Standing Resi VIC Jemena | 0.1c | Unconditional | all hours | 30.91c peak (ex GST) | 115.56c a day (ex GST) | 22 October 2026 |
| VIC | Powercor | NBE Standing Resi VIC Powercor | 0.1c | Unconditional | all hours | 34.46c peak (ex GST) | 125.50c a day (ex GST) | 22 October 2026 |
| VIC | United Energy | NBE Standing Resi VIC United Energy | 0.1c | Unconditional | all hours | 28.91c peak (ex GST) | 108.29c a day (ex GST) | 22 October 2026 |
| QLD | Energex | NBE Standing Offer | 0.1c | Unconditional | all hours | 25.43c (incl. GST) | 174.55c a day (incl. GST) | 21 October 2026 |
| QLD | Ergon Energy | NBE Standing Offer | 0.1c | Unconditional | all hours | 26.27c (incl. GST) | 164.10c a day (incl. GST) | 21 October 2026 |
| SA | SA Power Networks | NBE Standing Offer | 0.1c | Unconditional | all hours | 38.10c (incl. GST) | 163.64c a day (incl. GST) | 21 October 2026 |
Next Business 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. Next Business Energy's unconditional rate sits above the median in one of the four states it serves and below it in three.
| State | Plan | FiT | Window | State median | Position | State page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New South Wales | Indigo Power Retail - Energy Shapers Plan Essential | 13.4c | 17:00 to 19:59 every day | 3c | above the median by 10.4c | NSW page |
| Victoria | NBE Standing Resi VIC Citipower | 0.1c | all hours | 1c | below the median by 0.9c | VIC page |
| Queensland | NBE Standing Offer | 0.1c | all hours | 2c | below the median by 1.9c | QLD page |
| South Australia | NBE Standing Offer | 0.1c | all hours | 1c | below the median by 0.9c | SA page |
Next Business Energy's caps, windows and conditions, from the plan records
Next Business Energy's records read 27 October 2026 contain these structures. The counts are Next Business Energy plans, not customers, and a plan that appears in several distribution zones counts once per zone.
- Time windows: 44 Next Business Energy plans pay the top rate only in a window: 17:00 to 19:59 every day (18 plans), 16:00 to 20:59 every day (16 plans) and 16:00 to 19:59 every day (10 plans). Exports outside the window earn the plan's other rate, which for Next Business Energy is often 0c.
Next Business Energy feed-in tariff questions
What is Next Business Energy's best solar feed-in tariff in October 2026?
13.4c unconditional on Indigo Power Retail - Energy Shapers Plan Essential in New South Wales, paid 17:00 to 19:59 every day. None of its plans carries a condition.
Is Next Business Energy's feed-in tariff conditional?
0 of Next Business Energy's 136 plans carry a condition in the record and 136 do not. Time windows: 44 Next Business Energy plans pay the top rate only in a window: 17:00 to 19:59 every day (18 plans), 16:00 to 20:59 every day (16 plans) and 16:00 to 19:59 every day (10 plans). Exports outside the window earn the plan's other rate, which for Next Business Energy is often 0c.
How does Next Business Energy compare with the state median feed-in tariff?
10.4c above the NSW median of 3c, 0.9c below the VIC median of 1c, 1.9c below the QLD median of 2c, 0.9c below the SA median of 1c, on its best unconditional plan in each state.
What usage rate comes with Next Business Energy's best feed-in plan?
29.80c per kWh (incl. GST, peak rate on a time-of-use plan) and a supply charge of 249.70c a day on Indigo Power Retail - Energy Shapers Plan Essential in the Essential Energy area. Compare Next Business 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 Next Business Energy cap its feed-in tariff?
0 of Next Business Energy's 136 plans uses a daily volume cap in its record 44 plans use a time window instead, paying the top rate only in stated hours.
When did Next Business Energy last update its plan data?
22 October 2026 is the most recent lastUpdated stamp on a Next Business Energy 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
Next Business 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 Next Business Energy's 13.4c against the six-state table, the regulated rates and the usage-rate comparison. Cost and payback for a Next Business Energy customer in New South Wales: solar panel costs, the payback calculator and is solar worth it in New South Wales.