Regulated retail electricity prices for regional Queensland in 2026-27
Final determination
The QCA has released its final determinations on regulated retail electricity prices and the regional solar feed-in tariff for 2026–27.
QCA Chair Dr Malcolm Roberts said the final determination will reduce electricity bills for residential, small business and large customers in regional Queensland.
“Typical residential customers can expect bill decreases of 6.9% (or $151) for customers on flat-rate tariff 11 and 7.4% (or $176) for customers on a combination of flat-rate tariff 11 and controlled load tariff 33.”
“For typical small business customers, the result is an 8.1% (or $212) decrease for customers on flat-rate tariff 20,” Dr Roberts said.
The dollar savings above are indicative. Actual bill changes will vary depending on a customer’s electricity use and whether any rebates or concessions apply.
This year’s bill decreases are largely due to lower default market offers (DMOs) for south-east Queensland set by the Australian Energy Regulator.
Under the Queensland Government’s longstanding uniform tariff policy, electricity tariffs in regional Queensland are aligned with tariffs in south-east Queensland, ensuring that most regional customers pay less than the actual cost of supplying electricity in their region.
The QCA has also released its final determination for the solar feed-in tariff — the payment regional Queensland customers receive for exporting electricity to the grid.
The solar feed-in tariff for 2026–27 is 6.006 cents per kilowatt hour, a decrease of 31% from last year. The lower feed-in tariff is a consequence of the lower tariff prices mentioned above.
The notified prices and solar feed-in tariff take effect from 1 July 2026.
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