Swiss electricity · Myth vs. Fact
5 things people believe
about their electricity bill.
How many are actually true?
Answer all five below — then scroll down for the facts that really matter about the energy transition.
Question 1 of 5
Your electricity provider buys solar energy from producers for roughly the same price they charge you.
Think about where the money actually goes.
🚫 Myth
They buy it for 6 Rp. They charge you 28 Rp.
Your utility pays solar producers around 6–8 Rp./kWh under the feed-in tariff (KEV). They then sell that same kilowatt-hour to you for 27–32 Rp./kWh. The ~22 Rp. gap — on every single kWh — is their margin. Every year. On every unit.
22 Rp.
Average gap per kWh between what utilities pay producers and what they charge consumers in 2026
Question 2 of 5
You need to own solar panels to benefit from solar energy in Switzerland.
Think about who actually pays electricity bills in apartment buildings.
🚫 Myth
No panels. No installation. Not even close.
Since January 2026, Swiss law allows renters and apartment owners to join a Local Electricity Community (LEG) and receive solar energy from a nearby producer — without installing anything, cancelling their provider, or modifying their home. You just register.
70%
Of Swiss households are renters — the exact audience LEG 2026 was designed for
Question 3 of 5
Swiss electricity prices fell in 2025 and 2026, so the energy cost problem is basically solved.
Compare today’s price to 2010, not just to last year’s peak.
🚫 Myth
Prices ‘fell’ to a level still 73% above 2010.
Yes, prices dropped from 32.1 Rp./kWh in 2024 to 27.7 Rp./kWh in 2026 as crisis-era contracts expired. But in 2010 the median was 16.0 Rp./kWh. You’re paying nearly twice what you paid 16 years ago — for the same electricity.
+73%
Swiss household electricity price increase from 2010 to 2026 — despite the recent falls
Question 4 of 5
Your landlord can legally block you from joining an energy community.
Swiss tenancy law vs. energy law — which one applies here?
🚫 Myth
Your landlord controls the provider. Not your rights.
Under the revised StromVG, joining a Local Electricity Community as a consumer is your individual right as a tenant. No landlord approval needed. No changes to your rental contract. No building modifications required.
0
Changes required to your tenancy, building, or existing provider to join an Upgrid community
Question 5 of 5
Austria has more energy communities per capita than any other country in Europe.
Austria passed their energy sharing law in 2021 — 5 years before Switzerland.
✅ Fact
6,000+ communities in 4 years. Austria is the blueprint.
Austria’s EAG, enacted in 2021, was the first full energy community law in Europe. By mid-2025, over 6,000 operational energy communities existed. Their renewable electricity share hit 95% in 2024. Switzerland starts in January 2026 — with the playbook already written.
6,000+
Energy communities active in Austria by mid-2025 — four years after their law passed