QLD Solar Feed In Tariff Information
Last Updated: 27th Jul 2026
In Queensland, available solar feed-in tariffs vary by location. In the Energex network area in South East Queensland, you choose your retailer plan and associated feed-in tariff. In regional Australia, in the Ergon network area, there is far less retailer choice, and the large majority of homes have Ergon as their electricity retailer and use their feed-in tariff.
If you’re not sure which network area you’re in, it’s on your electricity bill.
South East Queensland – Energex
In the South East Energex area – which includes Brisbane, the Gold Coast, and the Sunshine Coast as far north as Noosa – solar feed-in tariffs are Voluntary Retailer Contributions. This means electricity retailers don’t have to pay anything for electricity solar energy households export to the grid, but they usually offer plans that do.
A modest number of plans have a battery feed-in tariff in the late afternoon and evening. These encourage battery owners to send power into the grid in the evening when the demand for grid electricity is high. You can also get a battery feed-in tariff by joining a VPP. If you don’t have a battery or only use one to meet your own needs, you don’t have to worry about them.
If you have solar, it normally makes sense to get an electricity plan with a high feed-in tariff. But because plans vary in electricity rates and daily supply charges, it’s important to check if you wouldn’t be better off on a plan with a lower feed-in tariff. This can be especially true if you only have a small solar system or don’t export much because you have a battery.
You can compare plans by entering your postcode on our Retailer Comparison page. This allows you to compare plans by solar feed-in tariff, evening battery feed-in tariff, daily supply charge, and electricity rates.
Feed-in Tariff Daily Export Limits
Many electricity plans have daily export limits. These offer a higher feed-in rate for a set number of solar kWh exported to the grid per day, and then a reduced amount for additional exports. The higher rate is usually given for the first 8kWh per day. For example, a plan may offer 8c/kWh for the first 8kWh, and then 2c/kWh after that. But, while these plans will say it’s 8 kWh per day, it’s normally actually 8 kWh per day of the billing period. So if the billing period is 31 days, then the higher rate would apply to the first 248 kWh exported in that period. This is an advantage, because solar exports can vary considerably from day to day.
Plans can also have solar system size limits, with the most common limit being an inverter capacity of 10 kW or less. (With a 10 kW inverter, the normal maximum solar system size is 13.3 kW, or potentially more if it’s installed along with a battery.)
Regional Queenslanders Are Usually With Ergon
In the regional Ergon network area, there’s little choice in electricity retailers. Energy Locals and Origin Energy offer plans in some locations, but as of September 2025, no Origin plan has a feed-in tariff in the Ergon area, so there’s no point in solar households using them.
Most homes in the Ergon area have Ergon as their retailer and receive a fixed feed-in tariff.
Due to factors ranging from an explosion and other problems at QLD’s Callide coal power station, as well as hikes in gas prices due to Russia invading Ukraine, feed-in tariffs were high over the past few years, but have come back down again now. Here are Ergon’s feed-in rates since the 2014-15 financial year:
Fill your roof! Years ago, the largest solar system regional Queenslanders could install and receive a solar feed-in tariff was 6.6kW. But this was changed in September 2017. So if you want to install a large solar system, you can receive a feed-in tariff for all the solar energy you export. But note, there are still plenty of places in remote Queensland where the amount you’ll be allowed to export will be limited due to local grid limitations. Your solar installer will let you know if this is an issue. One work around is to install a battery.
Queensland’s Older And Higher Feed-In Tariffs
Queensland households and businesses that applied to install rooftop solar power systems before July 10, 2012 were eligible for the state’s Solar Bonus – a 44 cent feed-in tariff. Provided nothing is done to lose this high feed-in rate, it is locked in until July 1, 2028.
Keeping Your High Feed-In Tariff
In QLD, in order to maintain your high solar feed-in tariff rate, you have to stay where you are. If you move house, sell the home, rent it out, or change the name on the electricity account, you lose the high rate. The only exception is that it can be transferred between spouses if one moves out of the house.
You cannot increase your solar inverter size, but you can replace it with a same-sized or smaller one. You’re also unable to add extra solar panels in a situation where they will exceed the rated capacity of your system’s inverter
If you close your electricity account, you also lose your high FiT, and the same applies if you are disconnected. This means if you can’t pay your electricity bills because of financial difficulties, losing your high solar feed-in tariff can make paying future bills even more difficult.
For further rules and information about keeping your high feed-in tariff, see this page.