VIC Feed In Tariff Information
Last Updated: 27th Jul 2026
In Victoria, while electricity retailers are technically required to offer a solar feed-in tariff, they are allowed to offer 0c. And nothing is exactly what some provide. Fortunately, most retailers have above zero feed-in tariffs, with some offering reasonably generous rates.
Victoria used to have a minimum feed-in tariff, but it ended on July 1st, 2025. In its final year, it was 3.3c/kWh. Fortunately, there are current plans with higher feed-in tariffs.
Evening Battery feed-in Tariffs
Victoria has a smaller portion of households with batteries than other mainland states, so electricity plans with high feed-in tariffs in the late afternoon and evening for batteries to take advantage of are rare. But plans offering higher evening feed-in tariffs do exist, and it’s also possible to get an evening battery feed-in tariff by joining a VPP.
Plans with battery feed-in tariffs are suitable for battery owners who want to send their extra battery energy into the grid for a payment. If you don’t have a battery or only use one to meet your own needs, there’s no need to worry about them.
High Feed-in Plans Aren’t Always Best
If you have solar, it’s normally best to go for a plan with a high feed-in tariff. But because electricity retailer plans vary in electricity rates and daily supply charges, it’s important to check if you wouldn’t actually be better off on a plan with a lower feed-in tariff. This is especially true if you don’t export much electricity to the grid because your solar system is small or because you have a battery.
Find Feed-In Tariffs & Compare Electricity Retailers
To find current electricity plans and compare feed-in tariffs, you can enter your postcode on our Retailer Comparison page. This allows you to search by highest feed-in tariff, lowest off-peak rate, lowest daily supply charge and other parameters.
If you click on “view plan”, it will take you to the state government’s Victorian Energy Compare site.
Victoria’s Older & Higher Feed-In Tariffs
Victorians who applied to install rooftop solar power systems from late 2009 to the end of 2011 could lock in a high feed-in tariff of 60 cents a kilowatt-hour until the 1st of November 2024. This was called the “Premium Feed-in Tariff”.
Households and businesses in Victoria that applied to install solar panels in 2012 received a transitional feed-in tariff of 25 cents, which ended on December 31, 2016.
Those who had the premium and transitional feed-in tariffs can now access the same feed-in tariffs available to other solar customers.
Most systems receiving the Premium high feed-in tariff were only 1.5kW, which is tiny by today’s standards. If you have one of these small systems, now the high tariff is gone, it’s a good time to consider upgrading to a large new solar system.