Where we install solar: Melbourne and regional Victoria

Where we install in Melbourne

Our workshop is at 8/41 Ricketts Road, Mount Waverley, VIC 3149. From there we install solar and batteries across metropolitan Melbourne: the inner suburbs, the east and south-east, the north and west, and down to the Mornington Peninsula. Before we quote, we come out and look at your roof, your switchboard and where a battery could go, then design a system around the power you use.

Most of Melbourne, Mount Waverley (3149) included, is STC zone 4. A few northern and western suburbs are zone 3, such as Sunbury (3429), so the same system earns more STCs there. Melbourne is also split between five electricity networks, set by where you live (see who your distributor is).

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Regional Victoria towns we cover

Outside Melbourne we install in 11 regional towns, from the west of the state to the north-east and Gippsland (Bairnsdale, Drouin and Warragul). The table gives each town’s postcode and STC zone; a town’s name links to its local page once that page is up.

If you live near one of these towns rather than in it, call us before you book and we’ll tell you whether we can install at your address.

How much solar makes across Victoria

We ran PVGIS, the European Commission’s solar model, for our Mount Waverley office and 15 towns and suburbs we install in, with the inputs our how solar works guide uses. Multiply by your system’s size: a 6.6kW system makes about 9,368 kWh a year in Mount Waverley and 10,793 in Mildura, before any inverter limit.

Output rises toward the north of the state: Mildura makes about 15% more a year than Mount Waverley, and Bendigo, Shepparton, Wangaratta and Wodonga about 5 to 7% more, while Warrnambool, Warragul and Drouin make about 4 to 5% less. Most of that lead comes in winter: an average June day in Mildura makes about 26% more than in Mount Waverley, an average January day only 6% more. The STC zones are drawn by postcode, not by each town’s own sun: Sunbury and Ballarat are zone 3, so they earn about 17% more STCs than Mount Waverley, though PVGIS puts their output at or a little below it.

Estimate output for your roof

Who is your electricity distributor?

Your distributor runs the poles and wires in your area. It is the network that approves a new solar or battery system and sets how much it may export to the grid, so it shapes the design. Victoria has five, each with its own area and rules:

Which inverter size applies depends on whether your home has single or three phase power. For regional Victoria, in the networks’ own words, Powercor covers “western and regional Victoria” and AusNet Services covers “eastern and north-eastern Victoria”, as well as Melbourne’s north and east. Eastern Victoria takes in Gippsland. CitiPower, Powercor and United Energy plan to lower their fixed export limits during 2026–31 and offer flexible exports instead, so a battery that keeps your solar at home is worth weighing up.

Not sure which network you’re on? The government’s distributor finder shows the areas, and we confirm it before we apply for your connection.

Export limits and feed-in tariffs

STC zones in the areas we cover

The federal solar rebate is paid in small-scale technology certificates (STCs). How many your panels earn depends on the system size, the year it goes in and your postcode’s zone. Victoria has two zones, and zone 3 earns about 17% more than zone 4 for the same system: 45 STCs instead of 39 for a 6.6kW system installed in 2026, worth about $230 more. Both numbers fall every 1 January until the scheme ends in 2030: installed in 2027, the same system gets 36 STCs in zone 3 and 31 in zone 4.

Not all of regional Victoria is zone 3: Geelong, Warrnambool, Bairnsdale, Drouin and Warragul are zone 4, the same as most of Melbourne. The battery rebate doesn’t change by zone: it depends only on the battery’s usable capacity and the date it goes in.

Check your postcode’s STCs

Solar in Victoria at a glance: the statewide rules

Wherever you live in Victoria, inner Melbourne or a regional town, the same federal and Victorian rules apply. Each row links the page that explains it in full.

Solar for regional and rural homes

Some rural properties are supplied by a single wire earth return (SWER) line, which can mean a lower export limit: AusNet Services pre-approves up to 10 kW of inverter and 5 kW of export per phase (3.5 kW on SWER lines). A home battery stores the solar you can’t export for the evening, and with a backup circuit it can keep your chosen circuits running when the power goes out. If the house roof is shaded or faces the wrong way, a shed roof or open ground may suit panels better: mention it when you book, and we’ll tell you at the inspection what your site allows. Ground frames and carports earn STCs like a roof, but need their own wind design, and a carport usually a building permit: ground mounts and carports explains what changes.

Home batteries

Book an inspection in your area

Send the form or call 0485 000 015 and tell us your suburb or town. We inspect the roof, the switchboard and where a battery could go, confirm your network and STC zone, then give you a fixed price with every federal rebate your home qualifies for already taken off.

Service areas: your questions