Sumo feed-in tariffs at a glance
The CDR host slug "sumo-power" carries plans under the names Sumo (232 plans), and the CDR register lists it for Sumo Power (legacy). Sumo has 232 residential electricity plans with a retailer-paid feed-in tariff in the data: 141 in New South Wales, 69 in Victoria, 12 in Queensland, 10 in South Australia. 160 of Sumo's plans are unconditional and 72 carry a condition (a cap, step, time window plus eligibility rule, battery, VPP, bundle, membership, wholesale estimate or negative rate). None of Sumo's records lists a closed government scheme rate.
Sumo's best plan by state and distributor
One row per distribution zone Sumo 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. Sumo'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 | Sumo Static | 3.3c | Conditional: top rate on the first 9 kWh a day | all hours | 20.76c peak (incl. GST) | 152.35c a day (incl. GST) | 19 October 2026 |
| NSW | Endeavour Energy | Sumo Static | 3.3c | Conditional: top rate on the first 9 kWh a day | all hours | 29.13c (incl. GST) | 159.88c a day (incl. GST) | 19 October 2026 |
| NSW | Essential Energy | Sumo Static | 3.3c | Conditional: top rate on the first 9 kWh a day | all hours | 30.23c (incl. GST) | 235.09c a day (incl. GST) | 19 October 2026 |
| VIC | AusNet Services | Sumo Sunrise Plus | 1c | Conditional: stepped or capped rate | all hours every day | 22.29c (ex GST) | 110.46c a day (ex GST) | 1 October 2026 |
| VIC | CitiPower | Sumo Sunrise Plus | 1c | Conditional: stepped or capped rate | all hours every day | 17.36c (ex GST) | 90.16c a day (ex GST) | 1 October 2026 |
| VIC | Jemena | Sumo Sunrise Plus | 1c | Conditional: stepped or capped rate | all hours every day | 18.95c (ex GST) | 92.64c a day (ex GST) | 1 October 2026 |
| VIC | Powercor | Sumo Sunrise Plus | 1c | Conditional: stepped or capped rate | all hours every day | 19.32c (ex GST) | 101.01c a day (ex GST) | 1 October 2026 |
| VIC | United Energy | Sumo Sunrise Plus | 1c | Conditional: stepped or capped rate | all hours every day | 18.47c (ex GST) | 81.54c a day (ex GST) | 1 October 2026 |
| QLD | Energex | Sumo Static | 8.8c | Conditional: top rate on the first 8 kWh a day | all hours | 24.16c (incl. GST) | 165.82c a day (incl. GST) | 19 October 2026 |
| SA | SA Power Networks | Sumo Stobie | 0c | Unconditional | all hours | 32.39c (incl. GST) | 142.40c a day (incl. GST) | 30 September 2026 |
Sumo'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. Sumo's unconditional rate sits above the median in no of the four states it serves and below it in three.
| State | Plan | FiT | Window | State median | Position | State page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New South Wales | Sumo Winter Saver Plus | 0c | all hours | 3c | below the median by 3c | NSW page |
| Victoria | Sumo Online Saver | 0c | all hours | 1c | below the median by 1c | VIC page |
| Queensland | no unconditional plan | 2c | not comparable | QLD page | ||
| South Australia | Sumo Stobie | 0c | all hours | 1c | below the median by 1c | SA page |
Sumo's caps, windows and conditions, from the plan records
Sumo's records read 27 October 2026 contain these structures. The counts are Sumo plans, not customers, and a plan that appears in several distribution zones counts once per zone.
- Daily caps: 52 Sumo plans pay the top rate only on the first 8 kWh a day (12 plans) and 9 kWh a day (40 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 Sumo's cap is reached on most sunny days.
- Time windows: 50 Sumo plans pay the top rate only in a window: all hours every day (50 plans). Exports outside the window earn the plan's other rate, which for Sumo is often 0c.
Sumo feed-in tariff questions
What is Sumo's best solar feed-in tariff in October 2026?
0c unconditional on Sumo Online Saver in Victoria, paid at all hours. Its highest rate of any kind is 8.8c on Sumo Static, conditional: top rate on the first 8 kWh a day.
Is Sumo's feed-in tariff conditional?
72 of Sumo's 232 plans carry a condition in the record and 160 do not. Daily caps: 52 Sumo plans pay the top rate only on the first 8 kWh a day (12 plans) and 9 kWh a day (40 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 Sumo's cap is reached on most sunny days.; Time windows: 50 Sumo plans pay the top rate only in a window: all hours every day (50 plans). Exports outside the window earn the plan's other rate, which for Sumo is often 0c.
How does Sumo compare with the state median feed-in tariff?
3c below the NSW median of 3c, 1c below the VIC median of 1c, 1c below the SA median of 1c, on its best unconditional plan in each state.
What usage rate comes with Sumo's best feed-in plan?
17.19c per kWh (ex GST) and a supply charge of 88.36c a day on Sumo Online Saver in the CitiPower area. Compare Sumo'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 Sumo cap its feed-in tariff?
52 of Sumo's plans cap the top rate at 8 kWh a day and 9 kWh a day and pay a lower step after that. 50 plans use a time window instead, paying the top rate only in stated hours.
When did Sumo last update its plan data?
22 October 2026 is the most recent lastUpdated stamp on a Sumo 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
Sumo 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 Sumo's 0c against the six-state table, the regulated rates and the usage-rate comparison. Cost and payback for a Sumo customer in New South Wales: solar panel costs, the payback calculator and is solar worth it in New South Wales.