{"id":46269,"date":"2021-01-04T05:43:22","date_gmt":"2021-01-03T19:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=46269"},"modified":"2021-01-04T05:43:22","modified_gmt":"2021-01-03T19:13:22","slug":"energyaustralia-solar-tariff-mb1824","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/energyaustralia-solar-tariff-mb1824\/","title":{"rendered":"EnergyAustralia Reduces Solar Feed-in Tariff Rates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/solar-tariff.jpg\" alt=\"Feed-in tariffs\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/solar-tariff.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/solar-tariff-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/solar-tariff-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/solar-tariff-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When the calendar flipped over to January 1, feed in tariff rates for many EnergyAustralia customers were reduced. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The following indicates the rates prior to and after the cut.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New South Wales: 10.5 c\/kWh -&gt; 9.5 c\/kWh<\/li>\n<li>ACT: 10.5 c\/kWh -&gt; 9.5 c\/kWh<\/li>\n<li>South Australia: 11.5 c\/kWh -&gt; 10.5 c\/kWh<\/li>\n<li>Queensland : 11.5 c\/kWh -&gt; 8.5 c\/kWh<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As for Victoria, the rate remains 12.0 cents per kWh for now, but is currently under review. A new rate will be announced to apply from February if there is to be any change<sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/energyaustralia-solar-tariff-mb1824\/#en-46269-1' id='enref-46269-1' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(46269)'>1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<h2>When Shopping Around Electricity Retailers, Remember..<\/h2>\n<p>It pays to shop around for the best solar plan, which isn&#8217;t necessarily the one offering the highest feed-in tariff. The best electricity plan for solar owners offers a good balance of high feed-in-tariff rate, low usage tariffs and low daily charges.<\/p>\n<p>SolarQuotes has a tool enabling you to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/energy\/\">compare electricity plans<\/a> for solar owners. Unfortunately, it hasn&#8217;t been updated since October as the data feed that was previously used is no longer available. The SQ team is working on a new one, but in the interim the tool is still useful as it demonstrates how a high feed in tariff doesn&#8217;t always mean the overall cheapest electricity plan.<\/p>\n<h2>Focus On Self-Consumption<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/systems\/feed-in-tariffs\/\">Feed in tariffs in Australia<\/a> aren&#8217;t as high as they used to be. In the early days of Australia&#8217;s rooftop solar revolution, very generous rates were offered to promote uptake of the technology. High feed in tariffs, a generous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/rebate\/\"> solar rebate<\/a> (which is still available) and ongoing reduction in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/cost\/\"> cost of solar<\/a> certainly worked. Nowadays, so much solar electricity being generated in the middle of the day that the wholesale market value of electricity generated between 10 am and 3 pm has been falling, and this plays a role in feed-in tariff rates being reduced.<\/p>\n<p>Less generous feed-in tariffs certainly don&#8217;t mean going solar isn&#8217;t worth it any more. It just means payback can be accelerated with a greater focus on self-consuming the electricity generated.<\/p>\n<p>Using New South Wales as an example where the EnergyAustralia feed-in rate is now 9.5c kWh, mains supplied usage rates are currently between 24.8c and 29.6c depending on the EnergyAustralia plan. This means self-consumed solar electricity is more than two-and-a-half times as valuable as electricity that is exported, based on the cheapest usage rate.<\/p>\n<p>Increasing solar energy self-consumption can be as simple as being more conscious of when electricity-hungry appliances are being used and &#8220;load-shifting&#8221; to the daytime where possible, either manually or through the use of timers. If you have gas appliances on their last legs, you can consider switching them to electric. There are also some interesting gadgets available including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/catch-solar-relay-review\/\">Catch Power&#8217;s Solar Relay<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-hot-water-diverters-vs-batteries\/\">solar diverters<\/a> that can help maximise self-consumption.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re still tinkering with the idea of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/solar101.html\"> installing solar<\/a> and would like to determine if the bill-busting technology is right for your circumstances (and if you have suitable roof space, it most likely is), try SQ&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/solar-calculator\/\">solar calculator<\/a>. The calculator is very easy to use and will provide you a complete picture of the estimated savings and payback for solar power systems, wherever you are in Australia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-feed-in-tariff-future\/\">Why Solar Feed-in Tariffs Won\u2019t Vanish Any Time Soon \u2013 Or Ever<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the calendar flipped over to January 1, feed in tariff rates for many EnergyAustralia customers were reduced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":46270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar-battery-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>EnergyAustralia Reduces Solar Feed-in Tariff Rates - SolarQuotes Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"When the calendar flipped over to January 1, feed in tariff rates for many EnergyAustralia customers were reduced. 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