Does Victoria still have a minimum feed-in tariff?

No. The Essential Services Commission stopped setting a mandatory minimum on 1 July 2025. Retailers now set their own rate and it can be as low as zero.

Is a 0c feed-in tariff legal in Victoria?

Yes. Since deregulation the only rule is that a feed-in tariff cannot go below zero. That is exactly why the rest of the plan — your usage and supply charges — matters more than the export rate here.

Is a higher feed-in tariff always better?

No. A plan with a headline feed-in tariff often carries higher usage or supply charges that wipe out the benefit. Because most homes use a large share of their solar directly, self-consumption usually saves far more than export earns. Compare the total plan cost for your usage, not the feed-in tariff on its own.

Victoria solar feed-in tariffs

Victoria scrapped its mandatory minimum feed-in tariff on 1 July 2025. There is no floor above zero anymore, so a 0c offer is now perfectly legal — which makes self-consumption and the rest of your plan the whole game.

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Plans in Victoria pay a median 1c/kWh for what you export, while charging about 26.5c/kWh to buy it back. See what your own address can actually get.

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Rates as at 15 October 2026. Four questions, then your own figures.

Source data last verified 28 September 2026.

Victoria — how it works

Market-set (no minimum)

median 1c/kWh, highest open-ended 2.2c/kWh

deregulated · from 1 July 2025

No regulated minimum since 1 July 2025 (Essential Services Commission). Retailers set their own rate, and it cannot go below 0.00 c/kWh. The headline figure is the median and highest open-ended rate on generally available plans.

Regulator: Essential Services Commission · Essential Services Commission: minimum feed-in tariff

How Victoria sets its feed-in tariff

Victoria is deregulated. The Essential Services Commission used to set a minimum feed-in tariff every year; since 1 July 2025 it no longer does, and retailers set their own rate with nothing but a zero floor underneath it. Anyone still quoting a single "Victorian minimum" is working off stale data. The practical upshot: with export worth little, the value is in using your own solar and being on cheap usage rates.

If you are working out which plan to be on, your distribution network here is Citipower, Powercor, United Energy, Jemena and AusNet. Your retailer sets the feed-in tariff; the network shapes the charges around it, so the best-value plan is the one that wins on the whole bill for your postcode.

The number that matters more than the feed-in tariff

For almost every solar home, the usage rate — what you pay for grid power, mostly after the sun goes down — moves your yearly bill more than the feed-in tariff does. You buy more than you export, so a cheap usage rate beats a flashy export rate. The highest-value habit is not hunting for a unicorn feed-in tariff; it is using more of your own solar, and being on a plan that is cheap on the power you still have to buy.

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See how all states govern feed-in tariffs or read the July 2026 rate changes.

Common questions — Victoria

Does Victoria still have a minimum feed-in tariff?: No. The Essential Services Commission stopped setting a mandatory minimum on 1 July 2025. Retailers now set their own rate and it can be as low as zero.
Is a 0c feed-in tariff legal in Victoria?: Yes. Since deregulation the only rule is that a feed-in tariff cannot go below zero. That is exactly why the rest of the plan — your usage and supply charges — matters more than the export rate here.
Is a higher feed-in tariff always better?: No. A plan with a headline feed-in tariff often carries higher usage or supply charges that wipe out the benefit. Because most homes use a large share of their solar directly, self-consumption usually saves far more than export earns. Compare the total plan cost for your usage, not the feed-in tariff on its own.

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Feed-in tariffs vary by retailer and plan and change frequently. A range below is shown only when it names the regulator and year. Where there is no regulator range, the page shows the median and highest open-ended rate on generally available plans. Self-consumption typically saves far more than export earns.

Reviewed by James Baker, Founder, EnergyPlans.com.au. Data last verified 28 September 2026. Methodology.