Residential Net Feed-in Tariff for Western Australia

Country	Australia
Year Implemented	2010
Policy Status	In force
Date Announced	May 2010
Date Effective	01 August 2010
Agency	•Government of Western Australia - Office of Energy
Policy Type	•Incentives/Subsidies   •Feed-in Tariffs
Policy Target	•Hydropower •Solar Photovoltaic •Wind   •Onshore
Policy Sector	•Electricity
Size of Plant Targeted	Small
Description	The Western Australian feed-in tariff provides a net tariff of AUD 0.40/kWh for electricity generated by solar PV, wind or microhydro units and exported to the electricity grid. The scheme is available to residential applicants only (home owners), who will receive payments for 10 years. It will be administered by two utilities, Synergy and Horizon Power. Installed system size is limited to 5 kW for Synergy customers and 30 kW in total for Horizon Power customers. The scheme will be reviewed every three years or 10 MW of installation capacity.
URL	www.clean.energy.wa.gov.au/pages/re_feed-in_tariff.asp www.energy.wa.gov.au/2/3574/64/feedin_tariff.pm