What the Swiss rule enables (so we aim at the right use-cases)

Swiss Legal Framework for Hyper-Local Energy Sharing

1. RCP (Regroupement pour la Consommation Propre) – Self-Consumption Cluster

• History: Enabled by the 2018 amendment to the Swiss Energy Act, allowing collective self-consumption within a single building or site.
• How it works: Multiple electricity consumers (e.g., tenants in a building) form an RCP. The building’s owner or condominium entity (PPE) acts as the supplier, handling metering and billing internally. Residents consume solar-generated power directly, bypassing standard utility tariffs. The distribution supplier operator (DSO) steps in only for backup supply or surplus feed-in.
• Conditions: The PV system must account for at least 10 % of the building’s nominal power demand, and participants must consent (e.g., tenants or co-owners)

2. vRCP – Virtual Self-Consumption Cluster

• History: Extended starting 1 January 2025, allowing clusters across multiple neighboring buildings by leveraging the low-voltage grid.
• How it works: Instead of a single meter, the DSO aggregates consumption across participating buildings via a virtual meter, enabling shared billing and energy sharing across sites. Operational rules mirror the traditional RCP model

3. CEL / VCEL – Communauté Énergétique Locale (Local Energy Community)

• History: Embedded in the modernised Swiss Energy and Electricity Supply laws effective from 2025, promoting broader, grid-based community energy models.
• How it works: CELs allow energy trading among consumers and producers across multiple grid connection points—potentially spanning medium-voltage distribution infrastructure—but limited to municipal scales. Inside a CEL, participants set internal trading rules and tariffs. DSOs still apply grid usage fees, but these may be reduced by up to 60 %
• Conditions: Generation capacity must be at least 20 % of total community demand, and geographically tight (within a municipality, on the same grid level, and reasonably close participants)

This is how we build the business

Phase 0 – Prep (Sep–Dec 2025)

• Pilots under vRCP in 2–3 DSOs to prove metering, allocation, billing, and UX; pre-sign upgrade agreements to flip pilots to CEL/VCEL on 1 Jan 2026.
• Finalize technical integrations with first DSOs (meter data exchange, tariff publication, invoice formats).
• Productize contract templates (CEL/VCEL participation agreements, allocation keys, data consent, consumer information duties).