Solar feed-in tariffs in south-east Queensland in 2024–25
The Queensland Competition Authority has released a report about the solar feed-in tariffs available in south-east Queensland (SEQ) from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025.
Solar feed-in tariffs are the prices that electricity retailers pay to customers who export surplus electricity from their solar photovoltaic systems to the electricity network. In SEQ, retailers set the amount that such customers receive for their exports.
Average solar feed-in tariffs decreased in 2024–25. For residential customers, the average single feed-in tariff was 3.4 c/kWh in the June quarter of 2025, down from 3.9 c/kWh in the September quarter of 2024. Retailers offered a wide range of residential single feed-in tariffs — for example, from 1.0 c/kWh to 8.0 c/kWh in the June quarter of 2025.
The highest feed-in tariff for residential customers was part of a two-part feed-in tariff — 3 retailers offered 12 c/kWh for the first 8,14 or 15 kWh a day. After this threshold was reached, the feed-in tariffs reduced to 5.5, 4.0 or 6.6 c/kWh respectively.
QCA Chair Professor Flavio Menezes emphasised that various retailers and electricity plans are available in SEQ, which customers can benefit from. Retailers offer different feed-in tariffs, supply and usage charges, discounts, incentives and recurring fees.
“Customers should not only look at the feed-in tariff of an electricity plan. The plan with the highest feed-in tariff will not necessarily result in the cheapest bill for everyone.
“When comparing different plans, customers should also consider how much electricity they export to and import from the electricity network, the supply and usage charges of a plan, as well as any other aspects of a plan, such as discounts or incentives, and whether there are any terms and conditions attached to the plan or feed-in tariff. Customers may also consider new energy services and resources, including batteries that allow them to store the energy they produce rather than export it. This option becomes even more attractive when feed-in tariffs are low, given that the gap is even wider between the amount customers receive for their solar exports and the amount they pay for the electricity they import from the network” Professor Menezes said.
Retailers who had the cheapest retail electricity plans for residential customers in 2024–25, across a range of electricity import and solar export scenarios, were Alinta Energy, Ampol Energy, GloBird Energy, Momentum Energy and Ovo Energy. However, feed-in tariffs can change over time, and these retailers may not offer the cheapest plans anymore.
“To get the best deal, it is important to shop around. The QCA encourages customers with solar PV systems to compare retail plans by using the Energy Made Easy website,” Professor Menezes said.
The 2024–25 solar feed-in tariff monitoring report is available on the QCA website.
In regional Queensland, where there is limited competition, the QCA sets the feed-in tariff annually. For 2024–25, the tariff was set at 12.377 c/kWh.
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