State says households should get paid up to 33c/kWh for rooftop solar exported into evening peak

New South Wales solar households with battery storage should be able to earn between at least 17 cents per kilowatt-hour, all the way up to 33c/kWh, for energy they export to the grid during the evening peak, a new state pricing update has revealed.

The trick will be finding retailers that are playing along.

The New South Wales pricing Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) has trimmed the benchmark range of prices it recommends retailers pay solar households for their rooftop PV exports, taking them back to levels similar to 2024-25.

IPART says consumers in NSW can expect to receive a flat rate solar feed-in tariff (FiT) between 3.4 to 6.5 c/kWh from their retailer for the solar energy they export to the grid over the course of the day, down from 4.8 to 7.3 c/kWh in 2025-26, when the benchmark FiT got a rare boost.

IPART tribunal member Jonathan Coppel said on Monday that the FiT reduction reflects the regulator’s estimate of the wholesale price of electricity, when solar is exported to the grid, has fallen.