Electricity Supply Act (Switzerland)
| Basic data | |
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| Title: | Federal Act on Power Supply |
| Short title: | Electricity Supply Act |
| Abbreviation: | Electricity Supply Act |
| Type: | Federal law |
| Scope: | Switzerland |
| Legal matter: | Administrative law |
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Systematic legal collection (SR) : |
734.7 |
| Original version from: | March 23, 2007 |
| Entry into force on: | January 1, 2008 (with exceptions) |
| Please note the note on the applicable legal version. | |
The Federal Act on Power Supply ( Stromversorgungsgesetz , StromVG , SR 734.7 for short) is a Swiss federal law regulating the electricity market . It does not apply to traction power networks .
Regulations
Network access
The Electricity Supply Act obliges electricity network operators to grant third parties non-discriminatory network access . In the first phase, this entitlement to network access only applies to commercial end consumers with an annual electricity consumption of at least 100 MWh per point of consumption. The extension of network access to all electricity end consumers is planned five years after the law has come into force, whereby this extension is subject to an optional referendum . A corresponding bill is in consultation as of February 2019 .
The network usage fee may not exceed the operating and capital costs of a secure, high-performance and efficient network, including an appropriate operating profit, as well as the fees and services to the community.
primary care
The distribution network operators are obliged to take the necessary measures in order to be able to supply end consumers without network access and end users who do not have network access in their network area at any time at reasonable tariffs.
From the point in time at which all end consumers have access to the network, this obligation only applies to consumers who have an annual electricity consumption of less than 100 MWh per place of consumption and who do not use the network (so-called optional model of secure basic supply).
National network company
A national grid company is provided for operating the transmission grids (extra-high voltage grids) and must be the owner of the grids concerned. The grid company must be controlled directly or indirectly by the cantons and communes . Ownership of the transmission networks must have been transferred to the network company no later than five years after the Electricity Supply Act came into force.
With the creation of the network operator company Swissgrid , the electricity companies took steps towards becoming the required national network company before the Electricity Supply Act came into force. Swissgrid has been the owner of the transmission grids since January 1, 2013.
regulatory authority
To monitor the law was as a regulator , the Electricity Commission created. In particular, it decides on disputes regarding network access and monitors network usage charges and electricity tariffs.
Come into effect
The Electricity Supply Act came into force on January 1, 2008. The provisions for the creation of the Electricity Commission came into force on July 15, 2007. The provisions on network access in the first phase came into force at the beginning of 2009.
Revision
After electricity price increases caused a sensation, the Federal Council decided in November 2009 to revise the Electricity Supply Act. The aim is to bring the revision into force at the beginning of 2015.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Message from the Federal Council on the amendment of the Electricity Act and the Electricity Supply Act of December 3, 2004, BBl , 2005 p. 1642 f.
- ↑ DETEC: Opening up the electricity market. In: uvek.admin.ch . Retrieved February 17, 2019 .
