Origin Energy feed-in tariffs at a glance
Origin Energy has 1,751 residential electricity plans with a retailer-paid feed-in tariff in the data: 576 in New South Wales, 560 in Victoria, 250 in Queensland, 93 in South Australia, 272 in the ACT. 446 of Origin Energy's plans are unconditional and 1,305 carry a condition (a cap, step, time window plus eligibility rule, battery, VPP, bundle, membership, wholesale estimate or negative rate). 75 of Origin Energy's records still list a closed government scheme rate; those rates are excluded.
Origin Energy's best plan by state and distributor
One row per distribution zone Origin 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. Origin Energy's 5 Victorian rows (plan IDs ending @VEC) show usage and supply ex GST; its other 7 rows are GST inclusive.
| State | Distributor | Plan | FiT max | Condition | Window | Usage rate | Supply charge | Record updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSW | Ausgrid | Origin Battery Starter | 29c | Conditional: battery required | 17:00 to 20:59 every day | 49.10c peak (incl. GST) | 126.40c a day (incl. GST) | 30 September 2026 |
| NSW | Endeavour Energy | Origin Battery Starter | 29c | Conditional: battery required | 17:00 to 20:59 every day | 50.40c peak (incl. GST) | 133.60c a day (incl. GST) | 30 September 2026 |
| NSW | Essential Energy | Origin Battery Starter | 29c | Conditional: battery required | 17:00 to 20:59 every day | 51.60c peak (incl. GST) | 213.60c a day (incl. GST) | 30 September 2026 |
| VIC | AusNet Services | Origin Battery Earner - Oct'26 (Time of Use) | 26.5c | Conditional: battery required | 17:00 to 21:00 every day | 47.00c peak (ex GST) | 111.80c a day (ex GST) | 27 October 2026 |
| VIC | CitiPower | Origin Battery Earner - Oct'26 (Time of Use) | 26.5c | Conditional: battery required | 17:00 to 21:00 every day | 27.20c peak (ex GST) | 90.90c a day (ex GST) | 27 October 2026 |
| VIC | Jemena | Origin Battery Earner - Oct'26 (Time of Use) | 26.5c | Conditional: battery required | 17:00 to 21:00 every day | 30.60c peak (ex GST) | 102.70c a day (ex GST) | 27 October 2026 |
| VIC | Powercor | Origin Battery Earner - Oct'26 (Time of Use) | 26.5c | Conditional: battery required | 17:00 to 21:00 every day | 33.30c peak (ex GST) | 113.60c a day (ex GST) | 27 October 2026 |
| VIC | United Energy | Origin Battery Earner - Oct'26 (Time of Use) | 26.5c | Conditional: battery required | 17:00 to 21:00 every day | 29.00c peak (ex GST) | 98.20c a day (ex GST) | 27 October 2026 |
| QLD | Energex | Origin Battery Starter | 28c | Conditional: battery required | 16:00 to 20:59 every day | 29.90c peak (incl. GST) | 135.50c a day (incl. GST) | 30 September 2026 |
| QLD | Ergon Energy | Origin Standing | 8.66c | Conditional: Solar FIT Origin offers 8.66 cents per kWh exported, subject to eligibility. All amounts are GST-inclusive (if... | all hours | 26.27c (incl. GST) | 164.10c a day (incl. GST) | 30 September 2026 |
| SA | SA Power Networks | Origin Battery Starter | 27c | Conditional: battery required | 17:00 to 20:59 every day | 53.60c peak (incl. GST) | 167.30c a day (incl. GST) | 30 September 2026 |
| ACT | Evoenergy | Origin Solar Partner Plus | 12c | Conditional: top rate on the first 8 kWh a day | all hours | 26.50c (incl. GST) | 240.31c a day (incl. GST) | 30 September 2026 |
Origin 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. Origin Energy's unconditional rate sits above the median in no of the five states it serves and below it in no.
| State | Plan | FiT | Window | State median | Position | State page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New South Wales | no unconditional plan | 3c | not comparable | NSW page | ||
| Victoria | Origin Affinity Variable - Cheap Bills - Oct'26 (Residential Demand) | 1c | all hours | 1c | equal to the median | VIC page |
| Queensland | no unconditional plan | 2c | not comparable | QLD page | ||
| South Australia | no unconditional plan | 1c | not comparable | SA page | ||
| ACT | no unconditional plan | 5c | not comparable | ACT page |
Origin Energy's caps, windows and conditions, from the plan records
Origin Energy's records read 27 October 2026 contain these structures. The counts are Origin Energy plans, not customers, and a plan that appears in several distribution zones counts once per zone.
- Daily caps: 210 Origin Energy plans pay the top rate only on the first 8 kWh a day (210 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 Origin Energy's cap is reached on most sunny days.
- Time windows: 75 Origin Energy plans pay the top rate only in a window: 17:00 to 20:59 every day (29 plans), 18:00 to 20:59 every day (18 plans) and 17:00 to 21:00 every day (10 plans). Exports outside the window earn the plan's other rate, which for Origin Energy is often 0c.
- Battery or VPP: 75 Origin Energy plans require an existing battery or VPP enrolment, with a top rate of 29c.
- Membership: 85 Origin Energy plans require a membership (for example a motoring club) to be eligible.
- Export credits as incentives: 84 Origin Energy plans carry an export credit in the incentives field, outside the feed-in tariff, for example: "Solar feed-in tariffs Solar feed-in tariffs Origin offers 26.5 cents per kWh during Peak hours between 5pm to 9pm all days and for the remaining Off-Peak hours between 9pm to 5pm, Origin Offers 1 cent".
Condition text as published in the records:
- "eligibility: OTHER To be eligible your solar PV system must be net metered and must not be receiving a government funded feed-in tariff. You must purchase an eligible solar PV system from an Origin approved solar install..."
- "eligibility: OTHER Offer only available to registered Everyday Rewards membership at the time of sign-up."
- "eligibility: OTHER Offer only available to registered Everyday Rewards membership at the time of sign-up. Only available to premises already on a TOU 5 day tariff."
Origin Energy feed-in tariff questions
What is Origin Energy's best solar feed-in tariff in October 2026?
1c unconditional on Origin Affinity Variable - Cheap Bills - Oct'26 (Residential Demand) in Victoria, paid at all hours. Its highest rate of any kind is 29c on Origin Battery Starter, conditional: battery required.
Is Origin Energy's feed-in tariff conditional?
1,305 of Origin Energy's 1,751 plans carry a condition in the record and 446 do not. Daily caps: 210 Origin Energy plans pay the top rate only on the first 8 kWh a day (210 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 Origin Energy's cap is reached on most sunny days.; Time windows: 75 Origin Energy plans pay the top rate only in a window: 17:00 to 20:59 every day (29 plans), 18:00 to 20:59 every day (18 plans) and 17:00 to 21:00 every day (10 plans). Exports outside the window earn the plan's other rate, which for Origin Energy is often 0c.
How does Origin Energy compare with the state median feed-in tariff?
0c level with the VIC median of 1c, on its best unconditional plan in each state.
What usage rate comes with Origin Energy's best feed-in plan?
16.49c per kWh (ex GST) and a supply charge of 104.65c a day on Origin Affinity Variable - Cheap Bills - Oct'26 (Residential Demand) in the CitiPower area. Compare Origin 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 Origin Energy cap its feed-in tariff?
210 of Origin Energy's plans cap the top rate at 8 kWh a day and pay a lower step after that. 75 plans use a time window instead, paying the top rate only in stated hours.
When did Origin Energy last update its plan data?
27 October 2026 is the most recent lastUpdated stamp on a Origin Energy record in the data, and 29 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
Origin Energy 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 Origin Energy's 1c against the six-state table, the regulated rates and the usage-rate comparison. Cost and payback for an Origin Energy customer in New South Wales: solar panel costs, the payback calculator and is solar worth it in New South Wales.