By further reducing feed-in tariffs, Victoria is trying to tell households to either use more of their own solar generation or figure out ways of providing it later in the day when it's badly needed.

That is a fraction of the up to 35¢ per kilowatt-hour that households pay for power under Victoria’s standing offer price. Solar feed-in tariffs are close to disappearing for new customers.

Minister for Energy Lily d’Ambrosio said the reduction in feed-in tariffs reflected a growing supply of solar energy. “The huge uptake of solar in Victoria has helped push daytime wholesale ...

Allowing energy retailers to sell PV output for 26 to 35 cents/kWh to a buyer a few streets away from a generator that has been paid virtually nothing is yet another serious energy market design ...

The reduction in feed-in tariffs proposed for Victoria is a continuation of a long-running trend (“Vic minimum solar tariffs to be slashed to almost zero”). This trend will do little to stop ...

ANZ has shifted its rate cut forecast forward from May to February on falling inflation, while Victoria's Essential ... out though is that the solar feed-in tariffs are not charity — they ...

But a comparatively decent feed-in tariff (FiT) of 5.85c/kWh is also on ... the value of a kWh during sunlight hours in Victoria is rapidly approaching zero,” he writes on LinkedIn.

The drop in the minimum flat feed-in tariff could incentivise greater home battery adoption in Australia. Image: Brighte. Victoria’s, Australia, Essential Services Commission (ESC) proposes ...

But Victoria University energy economist Bruce ... with the commission to finalise its decision at the end of February. While feed-in tariffs were initially implemented to increase rooftop solar ...