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Make sure you discuss any proposed changes with your solar PV system retailer, as some changes may affect your eligibility for solar feed in tariffs (FiT).
You or your solar PV retailer* will need to submit an application to us if you wish to:
- Add panels to an existing system
- Increase or decrease the inverter capacity of an existing system
- Replace your inverter due to failure
- Add battery storage to an existing system
- Note: if you are currently earning the 44c/kWh FiT, read the section on 'Adding a battery to a solar PV on the 44c feed-in tariff' on our Battery connection options web page.
You can submit an application via Customer Self Service or your solar retailer/installer* can submit it via our Electrical Partners Portal.
If you wish to remove your system or make a change different to those described, please contact our Solar Team on 1300 553 924.
*If someone other than you (the property owner) lodges the application, they become the applicant we deal with.
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A solar PV system earning the 44c Feed in Tariff (FiT) under the Solar Bonus Scheme will lose eligibility if:
- You changed the account details, such as account name or added an account holder (other than a spouse)
- You increased the solar PV system’s rated inverter capacity. Note, extra panels can be connected to the existing inverter(s) without eligibility being affected.
Exceptions
Your 44c FiT eligibility will be reinstated if you provide evidence that:
- The new electricity account holder is the spouse of the original account holder
- One or more of multiple account holders were removed from the account but at least one original account holder remains and no new names were added
- The FiT was otherwise removed incorrectly.
This is due to changes to legislation which took effect on 23 November 2012.
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Power from a solar PV system is generally used to supply your premises first. Any excess solar power that is not used by your home or business may be ‘fed-in’, to the electricity grid (if you are approved to connect and export). This is what ‘exporting to the grid’ means.
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Contact your electricity retailer to ask if they will pay you for the electricity your solar PV system may export.