{"id":62836,"date":"2022-06-20T06:32:05","date_gmt":"2022-06-19T20:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=62836"},"modified":"2022-06-20T06:32:05","modified_gmt":"2022-06-19T20:02:05","slug":"electricity-prices-tasmania-mb2519","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/electricity-prices-tasmania-mb2519\/","title":{"rendered":"Electricity Price Hike, Solar Feed-In Tariff Boost For Tasmania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-62837\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/electricity-prices-tasmania.jpg\" alt=\"Electricity price rise in Tasmania\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/electricity-prices-tasmania.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/electricity-prices-tasmania-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/electricity-prices-tasmania-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/electricity-prices-tasmania-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The bad news on electricity prices continues, with Tasmanian households and businesses also hit by power cost increases.\u00a0But solar owners will see a better feed-in tariff.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Following in the footsteps of\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/regional-qld-electricity-fit-mb2496\/\">regional Queensland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/electricity-prices-nsw-sa-seqld-mb2491\/\">SE QLD, SA and NSW<\/a>,\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/electricity-prices-regulator-mb2489\/\">Victoria<\/a>, and to a lesser degree <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wa-electricity-prices-mb2479\/\">Western Australia<\/a>, Tasmanians will see electricity prices rise soon &#8211; and by quite a bit.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, the Independent Tasmanian Economic Regulator announced an 11.88 per cent increase in standing offer prices\u00a0 for Aurora Energy residential and small business customers from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023. Where standing offers go, other offers tend to follow.<\/p>\n<p>Under the standing offer, the annual bill for a residential customer on Tariff 31 \/ Tariff 41 with median usage is expected to jump around $227. On tariff 93 &#8211; which is a Time of Use tariff &#8211; the annual increase is estimated to be around $196.<\/p>\n<h2>Why The Increase?<\/h2>\n<p>Tasmanian Economic Regulator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.economicregulator.tas.gov.au\/Documents\/22%201327%20%20Media%20release%20re%20standing%20offer%20electricity%20prices%20and%20regulated%20FiT%20rate%20to%20apply%20from%201%20July%202022.pdf\"> Joe Dimas pointed to<\/a> wholesale electricity costs being 37 per cent higher as the major culprit.<\/p>\n<p>But Tasmania&#8217;s electricity mix is pretty much 100% renewables, and renewable energy pushes down the wholesale price of electricity &#8211; so, what gives? Tasmania is part of the (currently suspended) National Electricity Market (NEM), so what happens across Bass Strait has a local impact.<\/p>\n<h2>Additional Help In Paying Power Bills<\/h2>\n<p>For Tasmanians doing it particularly tough, a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premier.tas.gov.au\/site_resources_2015\/additional_releases\/tasmanian_winter_energy_assistance_package\">Winter Assistance package was announced<\/a> on Friday; comprised of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A $180 Winter Bill Buster discount for eligible electricity concession account holders; consisting of the $61 concession increase already budgeted, plus a credit of $119 off the first electricity bill rolling in from 1 August 2022.<\/li>\n<li>Expansion of the Energy Saver Loan scheme, which offers interest free loans of up to $10,000 to invest in energy efficient products.<\/li>\n<li>No charge for aurora+ from 1 July 2022.\u00a0 aurora+ is an app enabling customers to see how much power they are using and when (requires an advanced meter) that previously cost 11c per day<\/li>\n<li>A $1.7 million Aurora Customer Support Fund and YES financial hardship incentive payment extension .<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Solar Feed-In Tariff Boost<\/h2>\n<p>It&#8217;s an ill wind that blows nobody any good as they say, and solar owners will have some of the sting taken out the situation with an increase in the amount they receive for exporting their surplus solar electricity to the grid.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, the regulated minimum <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/systems\/feed-in-tariffs\/tas\/\"> feed-in tariff rate in Tasmania<\/a> is 6.501 c\/kWh. In 2022\/23, that will increase to 8.883c\/kWh (+37%), which is a little higher than it was back in 2020-21 (8.471 cents).<\/p>\n<p>But as Mr. Dimas notes &#8211; and as savvy solar owners already know &#8211; the main benefit of a rooftop solar power system is through self-consumption of electricity generated; as the feed-in tariff is far less than the mains consumption rate.<\/p>\n<h2>Going Solar In Tasmania<\/h2>\n<p>Solar power systems tend to be a little pricier in Tassie due in part to the big trench between the state and the mainland; but also because the general quality of installations is higher thanks to due to a strict inspection regime. That&#8217;s a good thing &#8211; it means cowboys installing crap solar don&#8217;t last long in that market.<\/p>\n<p>And while solar electricity generation &#8211; particularly in winter &#8211; is the lowest of any state, having a system installed is certainly worth it. For example, the SolarQuotes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/solar-calculator\/\">solar calculator<\/a> indicates simple payback on a 6.6kW system <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/installers\/cities\/hobart\/\">installed in Hobart<\/a> works out to be under 7 years.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re a Tasmanian considering installing panels, check out SolarQuotes founder Finn&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/australia\/solar-power-tas\/solar-101-tasmania\/\">101 guide to going solar in Tasmania<\/a> &#8211; it will tell you everything you need to know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The bad news on electricity prices continues, with Tasmanian households and businesses also hit by power cost increases.\u00a0But solar owners will see a better feed-in tariff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":62837,"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-62836","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 v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Electricity Price Hike, Solar Feed-In Tariff Boost For Tasmania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The bad news on electricity prices continues, with Tasmanian households and businesses also hit by power cost increases.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/electricity-prices-tasmania-mb2519\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Electricity Price Hike, Solar Feed-In Tariff Boost For Tasmania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The bad news on electricity prices continues, with Tasmanian households and businesses also hit by power cost increases.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/electricity-prices-tasmania-mb2519\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SolarQuotes Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-06-19T20:02:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/electricity-prices-tasmania.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Bloch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/electricity-prices-tasmania-mb2519\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/electricity-prices-tasmania-mb2519\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"Electricity Price Hike, Solar Feed-In Tariff Boost For Tasmania\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-06-19T20:02:05+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/electricity-prices-tasmania-mb2519\/\"},\"wordCount\":592,\"commentCount\":2,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/electricity-prices-tasmania-mb2519\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/electricity-prices-tasmania.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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