Each financial year, the Regulator sets the minimum feed-in tariff (FiT) rate, the amount electricity retailers must pay eligible customers for excess electricity they export to the grid. The rate is determined using a method set out in the Regulator's determination.

Who qualifies?

Customers on mainland Tasmania (including Bruny Island) with small-scale solar, wind or mini-hydro renewable energy systems can be paid for electricity they export back into the grid.

To qualify, systems must:

• ce compliant with Australian Standard AS4777;
• be connected to the grid via import/export meters; and
• have a maximum generating capacity of no more than:
• 10 kVA for systems with a single-phase inverter;
  
• 30 kVA for systems with a three-phase inverter.
  

How it works

• Electricity generated and used on-site reduces your electricity bill by reducing the amount of electricity you have to buy from the grid.
  
• Any excess electricity (i.e. electricity generated by your system less the electricity used on-site) is exported to the grid, and you receive a credit based on the volume of electricity exported (in kWh) multiplied by the FiT rate.
  
• When your system doesn't produce enough (e.g. at night or in winter), you import electricity from the grid.
  

Feed-in tariff rate for the period from 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2027 

From 1 July 2026, the minimum feed-in tariff rate is 9.276 cents per kWh.

The 2026-27 feed-in tariff rate is 5.6 per cent higher than the 2025-26 rate. The higher rate is due to increases in loss factors, AEMO costs and the wholesale electricity price (WEP) determined by the Regulator for 2026-27 in accordance with the methodology set out in the Standing Offer Price Approval Guideline.

The 2026-27 feed-in tariff rate has been determined in accordance with the Regulator's 2025 Regulated Feed-in Tariff Rate Determination.

Determination of the annual feed-in tariff rate 

The following table sets out the feed-in tariff rates, as determined annually by the Regulator, after conducting investigations in 2015-16, 2018-19, 2021-22 and 2024-25.​