Fixed minimum prices for solar in Switzerland under threat in EU deal
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Fixed minimum prices for solar in Switzerland under threat in EU deal
An electricity agreement with the European Union would mean the abolition of minimum tariffs for many photovoltaic installations in Switzerland. This is according to a letter from the Federal Office of Energy to a parliamentarian, which Keystone-SDA news agency has obtained.
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Le Matin Dimanche and the Sonntagzeitung newspapers, which published the information, state that the abolition of the provision guaranteeing a minimum tariff would affect homeowners who feed electricity into the grid from their solar installations. This would correspond to around 250,000 homeowners, or almost 95% of all installations in the country.
According to the European Union (EU), these fixed minimum prices constitute a distortion of the market. Last year, as part of the revision of the Electricity Act, the Swiss electorate accepted this legal guarantee by almost 69%.
Translated from German by DeepL/jdp
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