Editing Net metering (section)

=== Australia ===
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In some Australian states, the "feed-in tariff" is actually net metering, except that it pays monthly for net generation at a higher rate than retail, with Environment Victoria Campaigns Director Mark Wakeham calling it a "fake feed-in tariff."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metering.com/node/12433 |title=Solar feed-in tariff meets with mixed reviews |publisher=Metering.com |access-date=2013-12-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528194314/http://www.metering.com/node/12433 |archive-date=2013-05-28 }}</ref> A feed-in tariff requires a separate meter, and pays for all local generation at a preferential rate, while net metering requires only one meter. The financial differences are very substantial.

In Victoria, from 2009, householders were paid 60 cents for every excess kilowatt hour of energy fed back into the state electricity grid. This was around three times the retail price for electricity at that time. However, subsequent state governments reduced the feed-in in several updates, until in 2016 the feed-in is as low as 5 cents per kilowatt hour.

In Queensland starting in 2008, the Solar Bonus Scheme pays 44 cents for every excess kilowatt hour of energy fed back into the state electricity grid. This is around three times the current retail price for electricity. However, from 2012, the Queensland feed in tariff has been reduced to 6-10 cents per kilowatt hour depending on which electricity retailer the customer has signed up with.

Australian smart grid technologist, Steve Hoy, originated the opposing concept of "True Zero", as opposed to "Net Zero", to express the emerging capability to trace electricity through net metering. The meter allows consumers to trace their electricity to the source, making clean energy more accessible to everyone.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Net zero no more: We are entering the era of honest electricity|url=https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy/net-zero-no-more-we-are-about-to-enter-the-era-of-honest-electricity|access-date=2021-10-18|website=Canary Media|date=26 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref>