EA029 — Small Customer Export

Ausgrid · Available · Export tariff · 2026–27

Sydney, the Central Coast and the Hunter region.

EA029 Small Customer Export tariff guide

Who it’s for

Eligible small-customer export channels, including relevant small businesses.

What you pay

This code applies when electricity leaves the site. It works with a separate import tariff.

If you get solar

The code changes the network value of exported solar. It does not change the price of imported electricity.

If you get a battery

A battery can store midday solar and export it later. Confirm the later price and the export limit first.

Check before you decide

  • Confirm this code on a current retailer bill.
  • Confirm the main import tariff and the retailer export price.
  • Check the approved export limit.
2026–27 network prices

What it costs, and when

These are the network’s charges only. Your retailer adds its own prices on top.

What the network charges

Export charge
1.232 c/kWh
Export reward
-3.8551 c/kWh

When the rates apply

10am–3pm each day, above the Basic Export Limit. 4pm–9pm each day. No Basic Export Limit applies to the reward.

Illustrative example

Export 1,000 kWh in the EA029 reward window

  • The 1,000 kWh is exported from 4pm to 9pm.
  • The EA029 network reward applies.
  • The example excludes all retail feed-in payments.
1,000 kWh × 3.8551 c/kWh ÷ 100Illustrative network rebate to the retailer: $38.55, excluding GST.

This is not the customer feed-in tariff. Confirm if and how the retailer passes the network rebate to the customer.

Would a battery help?

A guide, not a quote

Strong fit

Solar export shifting

The tariff exposes a direct battery control signal: absorb lower-value or charged daytime export, then serve site load or export in a more valuable window.

A battery can reduce these

  • Midday export that exceeds any free allowance or attracts a network charge.
  • Peak-period grid imports when stored solar is discharged behind the meter.
  • Rewarded export where the paired import tariff, retailer and connection permit it.

A battery can’t change these

  • Daily access, metering and other fixed charges.
  • The retailer feed-in tariff or export contract by itself.
  • An export constraint unless the approved control scheme changes the connection limit.

You’d need to check

  1. At least 12 months of interval import and export data.
  2. The paired import tariff and its demand or time-of-use periods.
  3. Retailer feed-in rates, export terms and network tariff eligibility.
  4. Usable battery capacity after efficiency, reserve and degradation.