How do I enter a feed-in tariff?

• What types of tariffs (Import Electricity) can PVsell understand?
• How do I enter the Standing charges?

In PVsell you can enter the amount of feed-in tariff earned by solar exports. You can specify this information in the 'Export Electricity' section on the 'Bill' page (in your Project's 'Bill' tab or in the Library of Bills).

• How do I use the library of bills?

The first step is to select the Feed-in Tariff type: whether this value will be constant, escalating, specified annually, or TOU.

1. Constant

1.1. Click 'Constant' to select the constant type of feed-in tariff

1.2. Enter the 'Utility additional value for export'

If the customer's retailer offers some feed-in tariff for solar enter it in this field. Enter this value in $/kWh (excl. GST).

Dollars not cents. E.g., for 6 cents per kWh enter '0.06'.

2. Escalating

2.1. Click 'Escalating' to select the escalating type of feed-in tariff

2.2. Enter the 'Export Addition Escalating' value

Enter the start feed-in tariff value in the 'Export Addition Esc' field. This value will escalate each year in line with the electricity price increase rate for your project.

Enter this value in $/kWh (excl. GST) and remember to enter dollars not cents (for 6 cents enter '0.06').

• How do I specify electricity price rises (and what electricity price rises do you recommend)?

3. Specified Annually

3.1. Click 'Specified Annually' to select the type of feed-in tariff that will be specified annually

3.2. Enter the Price value per Feed-in Tariff for each year in the associated box

4. TOU

4.1. Click 'TOU' to select the 'Time of Use' type of feed-in tariff

The Victorian TOU times and mandatory minimum values are pre-loaded for you

4.2. Specify the TOU timing

Specify the Time of Use (TOU) timing using one of the following options:

Option 1 – Click 'Set Peak/Off-Peak times' to manually specify the Feed-in tariff TOU timing

Option 2 – Click 'Load TOU' to load the times in from your library of TOU times (the faster option)

Learn more about these options:

• TOU timing: How can I adjust the Peak/Shoulder/Off-peak times?

4.3. Enter the Feed-in Tariff value for Peak times

4.4. Enter the Feed-in Tariff value for Shoulder times

4.5. Enter the Feed-in Tariff value for Off-peak times

Go on entering your project information in PVsell:

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