Solar Power Buy Back Rates

Updated: May 2018

Solar power buy-back rates are the price per unit at which energy retailers pay for excess/exported solar power.

Energy Retailer	Solar Power Buy Back Rate	Max. System Size
Contact Energy	8¢ / kWh, excl. GST	Up to 10kW
Mercury	8¢ / kWh (with the exception of a couple of networks) or 12¢ / kWh (only for newly supplied Mercury Solar customers that enter in a 3yr contract)	Up to 10kW
Trust Power	7¢ / kWh, + GST (or peer to peer rates you negotiate via Trust Power's Solar Buddies Scheme - view details here)	Up to 10kW
Meridian	8¢ / kWh +GST	Up to 10kW
Genesis	8¢ / kWh excl. GST	Up to 50kW
Ecotricity	7 - 8¢ / kWh + GST	-
P2 Power	16¢ / kWh excl GST - Only for the first 50kWh exported each fortnight 8¢ / kWh excl GST - Thereafter (You may be put on a waiting list to receive the 16¢ / kWh rate)	Any size

You need to make sure that no more than half of your power is being exported to the grid (unless you have an exceptional buy-back rate), this is to secure a good ROI from your solar power system.

Energy Retailer Solar Power/Distributed Generation Application Forms and Links

Contact Energy - Buyback arrangement details & a link to download their application form
Trust Power - Domestic generation information
Meridian - Current buyback rate information
Genesis - Application for distributed generation
P2 Power - Solar buyback price details

Suggested Pages

Solar Power Self-Consumption

Solar Power Battery Storage - An Introduction

Financing Solar

Regulations

START NOW, RECEIVE 3 SOLAR QUOTES