Melbourne, Victoria
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Solar and battery quotes across Melbourne
This page covers metropolitan Melbourne: the CBD and inner suburbs, the northern and western suburbs out to Craigieburn, Sunbury and Melton, the eastern suburbs and the Dandenong Ranges, the south-east out to Cranbourne and Pakenham, and Frankston and the Mornington Peninsula.
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Connecting solar and batteries in Melbourne
Melbourne is served by five electricity distributors: CitiPower, Jemena, United Energy, AusNet Services and Powercor. Your distributor, not your retailer, sets the rules for connecting solar and batteries.
Step 1: Pre-approval comes first
Your installer lodges a pre-approval with your distributor before installation, and CitiPower advises checking it's lodged before you sign a contract. The distributor assesses local capacity and sets your export limit.
Step 2: Emergency backstop
New, upgraded and replacement systems must comply with Victoria's emergency backstop, introduced from 1 October 2024. That means an approved, CSIP-AUS compatible inverter that stays connected to the internet, so the network can reduce solar output in a grid emergency.
Step 3: Flexible exports where the network is full
Where a pre-approval comes back with a 0 kW export limit, CitiPower and Powercor offer eligible customers flexible exports instead: exporting up to the inverter's limit, or a maximum of 10 kW, most of the time. Other distributors have their own arrangements, so ask installers what yours offers.
Step 4: Inspection and meter
A licensed electrical inspector checks the installation, then your meter is reprogrammed and your retailer sets up your feed-in tariff.
Incentives for homes in Melbourne
These are the incentives open to homes in the area. Your installer normally applies the federal discounts to the quoted price.
- Solar: small-scale technology certificates (STCs) reduce the price of eligible systems. Most Melbourne postcodes are in the Clean Energy Regulator's zone 4, and some in the north and north-west (around Broadmeadows, Craigieburn, Epping and Sunbury) are in zone 3. The zone sets how many certificates a system earns.
- Batteries: the federal Cheaper Home Batteries Program discounts eligible batteries through the same certificate scheme.
- Solar Victoria's Solar Homes Program offers a solar panel rebate of up to $1,400, plus an optional interest-free loan of the same amount, for owner-occupiers with a combined household taxable income under $150,000 and a property worth under $3 million, where there's been no solar in the last 10 years. Landlords and apartment owners corporations have their own programs.
- Solar Victoria's interest-free battery loans have closed.
Feed-in tariffs and electricity prices
Victoria has no minimum feed-in tariff from 1 July 2025. Retailers set their own, and they can't go below zero, so compare offers once your system is connected.
The Essential Services Commission's Victorian Default Offer caps standing offer prices.
From 1 October 2026, most retailers must offer the Victorian Midday Power Saver: free electricity from 11 am to 2 pm every day, up to 24 kWh, for households with a smart meter. Prices outside that window may be higher, so ask your retailer whether it suits you. It can suit homes that charge a battery or an EV in the middle of the day.
Worth asking about in Melbourne
- Your inverter needs a reliable internet connection under Victoria's emergency backstop. Check your Wi-Fi reaches where the inverter will go, or ask the installer about a wired connection.
- In a unit or townhouse? Solar and batteries on common property need your owners corporation's or strata company's agreement. Ask installers what they need from you to support the request.
- Close to Port Phillip Bay or Western Port? Ask whether the panels, inverter and mounting are suitable for salt air, and check the manufacturer's warranty conditions for coastal sites.
- Older homes may need switchboard work before solar or a battery can be connected. Ask each installer whether their quote includes it.
- Ask the installer to lodge the network pre-approval before you sign, so you know your export limit before you commit.
- All electrical work must be done by a licensed electrician. Ask for the installer's licence and accreditation details with the quote.
Suburbs and postcodes in Melbourne: postcodes 3000 to 3099
Suburbs grouped by postcode. Some postcodes cross into a neighbouring area. Not listed? Enter your postcode when you request quotes.
- 3000Melbourne
- 3002East Melbourne
- 3003West Melbourne
- 3004Melbourne
- 3005World Trade Centre
- 3006South Wharf, Southbank
- 3008Docklands
- 3011Footscray, Seddon, Seddon West
- 3012Brooklyn, Kingsville, Maidstone, Tottenham, West Footscray
- 3013Yarraville, Yarraville West
- 3015Newport, South Kingsville, Spotswood
- 3016Williamstown, Williamstown North
- 3018Altona, Seaholme
- 3019Braybrook, Robinson
- 3020Albion, Glengala, Sunshine, Sunshine North, Sunshine West
- 3021Albanvale, Kealba, Kings Park, St Albans
- 3022Ardeer, Deer Park East
- 3023Burnside, Burnside Heights, Cairnlea, Caroline Springs, Deer Park, Deer Park North, Ravenhall
- 3024Mambourin, Mount Cottrell, Wyndham Vale
- 3025Altona East, Altona Gate, Altona North
- 3026Laverton North
- 3027Williams Landing
- 3028Altona Meadows, Laverton, Seabrook
- 3029Hoppers Crossing, Tarneit, Truganina
- 3030Cocoroc, Derrimut, Point Cook, Quandong, Werribee, Werribee South
- 3031Flemington, Kensington
- 3032Ascot Vale, Highpoint City, Maribyrnong, Travancore
- 3033Keilor East
- 3034Avondale Heights
- 3036Keilor, Keilor North
- 3037Calder Park, Delahey, Hillside, Sydenham, Taylors Hill
- 3038Keilor Downs, Keilor Lodge, Taylors Lakes, Watergardens
- 3039Moonee Ponds
- 3040Aberfeldie, Essendon, Essendon West
- 3041Cross Keys, Essendon Fields, Essendon North, Strathmore, Strathmore Heights
- 3042Keilor Park, Niddrie, Niddrie North
- 3043Gladstone Park, Gowanbrae, Tullamarine
- 3044Pascoe Vale, Pascoe Vale South
- 3046Glenroy, Hadfield, Oak Park
- 3047Broadmeadows, Dallas, Jacana
- 3048Coolaroo, Meadow Heights
- 3049Attwood, Westmeadows
- 3051Hotham Hill, North Melbourne
- 3052Parkville
- 3053Carlton, Carlton South
- 3054Carlton North, Princes Hill
- 3055Brunswick South, Brunswick West, Moonee Vale, Moreland West
- 3056Brunswick, Brunswick Lower, Brunswick North
- 3057Brunswick East, Sumner
- 3058Batman, Coburg, Coburg North, Merlynston, Moreland
- 3059Greenvale
- 3060Fawkner
- 3061Campbellfield
- 3062Somerton
- 3063Oaklands Junction, Yuroke
- 3064Craigieburn, Donnybrook, Kalkallo, Mickleham, Roxburgh Park
- 3065Fitzroy
- 3066Collingwood, Collingwood North
- 3067Abbotsford
- 3068Clifton Hill, Fitzroy North
- 3070Northcote, Northcote South
- 3071Thornbury
- 3072Gilberton, Northland Centre, Preston, Preston Lower, Preston South, Preston West, Regent West
- 3073Keon Park, Reservoir
- 3074Thomastown
- 3075Lalor
- 3076Epping
- 3078Alphington, Fairfield
- 3079Ivanhoe, Ivanhoe East, Ivanhoe North
- 3081Bellfield, Heidelberg Heights, Heidelberg Rgh, Heidelberg West
- 3082Mill Park
- 3083Bundoora, Kingsbury
- 3084Banyule, Eaglemont, Heidelberg, Rosanna, Viewbank
- 3085Macleod, Macleod West, Yallambie
- 3087Watsonia, Watsonia North
- 3088Briar Hill, Greensborough, Saint Helena, St Helena
- 3089Diamond Creek
- 3090Plenty
- 3091Yarrambat
- 3093Lower Plenty
- 3094Montmorency
- 3095Eltham, Eltham North, Research
- 3096Wattle Glen
- 3097Bend Of Islands, Kangaroo Ground, Watsons Creek
- 3099Arthurs Creek, Cottles Bridge, Hurstbridge, Nutfield, Strathewen
Postcodes 3100 to 3207
- 3101Cotham, Kew
- 3102Kew East
- 3103Balwyn, Balwyn East, Deepdene, Stradbroke Park
- 3104Balwyn North, Greythorn
- 3105Bulleen
- 3106Templestowe
- 3107Templestowe Lower
- 3108Doncaster
- 3109Doncaster East, Doncaster Heights
- 3111Donvale
- 3113North Warrandyte, Warrandyte
- 3114Park Orchards
- 3115Wonga Park
- 3116Chirnside Park
- 3121Burnley, Burnley North, Cremorne, Richmond, Richmond East, Richmond North, Richmond South
- 3122Auburn South, Glenferrie South, Hawthorn, Hawthorn North, Hawthorn West
- 3123Auburn, Hawthorn East
- 3124Camberwell, Camberwell North, Camberwell South, Camberwell West, Hartwell, Middle Camberwell
- 3125Bennettswood, Burwood, Surrey Hills South
- 3126Camberwell East, Canterbury
- 3127Mont Albert, Surrey Hills, Surrey Hills North
- 3128Box Hill, Box Hill Central, Box Hill South, Houston, Wattle Park
- 3129Box Hill North, Kerrimuir, Mont Albert North
- 3130Blackburn, Blackburn North, Blackburn South, Laburnum
- 3131Forest Hill, Nunawading
- 3132Mitcham, Mitcham North, Rangeview
- 3133Vermont, Vermont South
- 3134Heathwood, Ringwood, Ringwood North, Warrandyte South, Warranwood
- 3135Bedford Road, Heathmont, Ringwood East
- 3136Croydon, Croydon Hills, Croydon North, Croydon South
- 3137Kilsyth, Kilsyth South
- 3138Mooroolbark
- 3139Beenak, Don Valley, Hoddles Creek, Launching Place, Seville, Seville East, Wandin East, Wandin North, Woori Yallock, Yellingbo
- 3140Lilydale
- 3141South Yarra
- 3142Hawksburn, Toorak
- 3143Armadale, Armadale North
- 3144Kooyong, Malvern, Malvern North
- 3145Caulfield East, Central Park, Darling, Darling South, Malvern East
- 3146Glen Iris, Tooronga
- 3147Ashburton, Ashwood
- 3148Chadstone, Chadstone Centre, Holmesglen, Jordanville
- 3149Mount Waverley, Pinewood, Syndal
- 3150Brandon Park, Glen Waverley, Wheelers Hill
- 3151Burwood East, Burwood Heights
- 3152Knox City Centre, Studfield, Wantirna, Wantirna South
- 3153Bayswater, Bayswater North
- 3154The Basin
- 3155Boronia
- 3156Ferntree Gully, Lysterfield, Lysterfield South, Mountain Gate, Upper Ferntree Gully
- 3158Upwey
- 3159Menzies Creek, Selby
- 3160Belgrave, Belgrave Heights, Belgrave South, Tecoma
- 3161Caulfield Junction, Caulfield North
- 3162Caulfield, Caulfield South, Hopetoun Gardens
- 3163Carnegie, Glen Huntly, Murrumbeena
- 3164Dandenong South
- 3165Bentleigh East, Coatesville
- 3166Hughesdale, Huntingdale, Oakleigh, Oakleigh East
- 3167Oakleigh South
- 3168Clayton, Notting Hill
- 3169Clarinda, Clayton South
- 3170Mulgrave, Waverley Gardens
- 3171Sandown Village, Springvale
- 3172Dingley Village, Springvale South
- 3173Keysborough
- 3174Noble Park, Noble Park North
- 3175Bangholme, Dandenong, Dandenong East, Dandenong North, Dandenong South, Dunearn
- 3177Doveton, Eumemmerring
- 3178Rowville
- 3179Scoresby
- 3180Knoxfield
- 3181Prahran, Prahran East, Windsor
- 3182St Kilda, St Kilda South, St Kilda West
- 3183Balaclava, St Kilda East
- 3184Brighton Road, Elwood
- 3185Elsternwick, Gardenvale, Ripponlea
- 3186Brighton, Brighton North, Dendy
- 3187Brighton East, North Road
- 3188Hampton, Hampton East, Hampton North
- 3189Moorabbin, Moorabbin East, Wishart
- 3190Highett
- 3191Sandringham
- 3192Cheltenham, Cheltenham East, Southland Centre
- 3193Beaumaris, Black Rock, Black Rock North, Cromer
- 3194Mentone, Mentone East
- 3195Aspendale, Aspendale Gardens, Braeside, Mordialloc, Parkdale, Waterways
- 3196Bonbeach, Chelsea, Chelsea Heights, Edithvale
- 3197Carrum, Patterson Lakes
- 3198Belvedere Park, Seaford
- 3199Frankston, Frankston East, Frankston Heights, Frankston South, Karingal, Karingal Centre
- 3200Frankston North, Pines Forest
- 3201Carrum Downs
- 3202Heatherton
- 3204Bentleigh, McKinnon, Ormond, Patterson
- 3205South Melbourne
- 3206Albert Park, Middle Park
- 3207Garden City, Port Melbourne
Melton, Sunbury and the outer north: postcodes 3335 to 3810
- 3335Plumpton, Rockbank
- 3337Kurunjang, Melton, Melton West, Toolern Vale
- 3338Brookfield, Exford, Eynesbury, Melton South
- 3427Diggers Rest
- 3428Bulla
- 3429Sunbury, Wildwood
- 3750Wollert
- 3751Woodstock
- 3752South Morang
- 3753Beveridge
- 3754Doreen, Mernda
- 3755Yan Yean
- 3757Eden Park, Humevale, Kinglake Central, Kinglake West, Pheasant Creek, Whittlesea
- 3759Panton Hill
- 3760Smiths Gully
- 3761St Andrews
- 3765Montrose
- 3766Kalorama
- 3767Mount Dandenong
- 3770Coldstream, Gruyere, Yering
- 3775Christmas Hills, Dixons Creek, Steels Creek, Tarrawarra, Yarra Glen
- 3777Badger Creek, Castella, Chum Creek, Healesville, Mount Toolebewong, Toolangi
- 3778Fernshaw, Narbethong
- 3779Cambarville, Marysville
- 3781Cockatoo, Mount Burnett, Nangana
- 3782Avonsleigh, Clematis, Emerald, Macclesfield
- 3783Gembrook
- 3785Tremont
- 3786Ferny Creek
- 3787Sassafras, Sassafras Gully
- 3788Olinda
- 3789Sherbrooke
- 3791Kallista
- 3792The Patch
- 3793Monbulk
- 3795Silvan
- 3796Mount Evelyn
- 3797Gilderoy, Gladysdale, Powelltown, Three Bridges, Yarra Junction
- 3799Big Pats Creek, East Warburton, McMahons Creek, Millgrove, Reefton, Warburton, Wesburn
- 3802Endeavour Hills
- 3803Hallam
- 3804Narre Warren East, Narre Warren North
- 3805Fountain Gate, Narre Warren, Narre Warren South
- 3806Berwick, Harkaway
- 3807Beaconsfield, Guys Hill
- 3808Beaconsfield Upper, Dewhurst
- 3809Officer, Officer South
- 3810Pakenham, Pakenham South, Pakenham Upper, Rythdale
Frankston, the Mornington Peninsula and Cranbourne: postcodes 3910 to 3978
- 3910Langwarrin
- 3911Baxter, Langwarrin South
- 3912Pearcedale, Somerville
- 3913Tyabb
- 3915Hastings, Tuerong
- 3916Merricks, Point Leo, Shoreham
- 3918Bittern
- 3919Crib Point
- 3920Hmas Cerberus
- 3921Elizabeth Island, French Island, Tankerton
- 3922Cowes, Silverleaves, Smiths Beach, Summerlands, Sunderland Bay, Sunset Strip, Surf Beach, Ventnor, Wimbledon Heights
- 3923Rhyll
- 3925Cape Woolamai, Churchill Island, Newhaven, San Remo
- 3926Balnarring, Balnarring Beach, Merricks Beach, Merricks North
- 3927Somers
- 3928Main Ridge
- 3929Flinders
- 3930Kunyung, Mount Eliza
- 3931Mornington
- 3933Moorooduc
- 3934Mount Martha
- 3936Arthurs Seat, Dromana, Safety Beach
- 3937Red Hill, Red Hill South
- 3938McCrae
- 3939Boneo, Cape Schanck, Fingal, Rosebud
- 3940Rosebud West
- 3941Rye, St Andrews Beach, Tootgarook
- 3942Blairgowrie
- 3943Sorrento
- 3944Portsea
- 3975Lynbrook, Lyndhurst
- 3976Hampton Park
- 3977Botanic Ridge, Cannons Creek, Cranbourne, Cranbourne East, Cranbourne North, Cranbourne South, Cranbourne West, Devon Meadows, Five Ways, Junction Village, Sandhurst, Skye
- 3978Cardinia, Clyde, Clyde North
Sources
Facts on this page were checked on 20 October 2026. Rules and programs change, so confirm details with your installer.
- Victorian Government — Find your energy distributor
- CitiPower — Rooftop solar
- Powercor — Flexible exports
- Jemena — Victoria emergency backstop mechanism
- Essential Services Commission — Minimum feed-in tariff
- Essential Services Commission — Victorian Default Offer 2026–27 final decision paper
- Victorian Government — Victorian Midday Power Saver
- Solar Victoria — Solar panel rebate
- Solar Victoria — Solar rebates for rental properties
- Solar Victoria — Solar for Apartments
- Solar Victoria — Solar Homes Program
- Clean Energy Regulator — Postcode zone ratings and zones for solar panel systems
- Clean Energy Regulator — Solar batteries and the Cheaper Home Batteries Program
Frequently asked questions
Who approves solar connections in Melbourne?
Your electricity distributor: CitiPower, Jemena, United Energy, AusNet Services or Powercor, depending on where you live. Your installer lodges a pre-approval before installation.
How much solar can I export in Melbourne?
Your distributor sets your export limit at pre-approval, after assessing local capacity. Where the network is full, CitiPower and Powercor offer flexible exports of up to 10 kW most of the time instead of a 0 kW limit.
Is there a solar or battery rebate in Melbourne?
Yes. Solar Victoria's solar panel rebate of up to $1,400 for eligible owner-occupiers, plus the federal certificates for solar and the federal Cheaper Home Batteries Program for batteries.
Which electricity network am I on in Melbourne?
It depends on where you live. CitiPower covers the city and inner suburbs, Jemena the northern and north-western suburbs, United Energy the southern suburbs and the Mornington Peninsula, AusNet Services the outer northern and eastern suburbs, and Powercor the western suburbs. Your distributor's name is on your electricity bill, and the Victorian Government has a distributor map.
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