BLNBEX1 — LV Small Business Solar Export

Essential Energy · Default · Export tariff · 2026–27

Regional, rural and remote NSW, including most areas outside the major coastal networks.

BLNBEX1 LV Small Business Solar Export tariff guide

Who it’s for

Export channels paired with the BLNBSS1 small-business Sun Soaker tariff.

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 above the free allowance
0.8277 c/kWh · 10am–3pm
Evening export rebate
-12.2425 c/kWh · 5pm–8pm

When the rates apply

The export charge applies from 10am to 3pm. The export rebate applies from 5pm to 8pm.

Illustrative example

A 30-day BLNBEX1 export example

  • The free allowance is 225 kWh: 30 × 7.5 kWh.
  • The site exports 300 kWh from 10am–3pm and 100 kWh from 5pm–8pm.
  • The example uses network rates only.
The 75 kWh above the free allowance costs about $0.62. The 100 kWh evening export earns about $12.24 as a network rebate.

The retailer feed-in price is separate. Confirm how the retailer passes through the network charge and rebate.

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.