Electricity · Switzerland
What electricity costs where you live
The official tariff of every Swiss grid operator, as reported to ElCom, the Federal Electricity Commission. Households using less than 100 MWh a year cannot choose their supplier, so this shows what yours charges, how it compares, and how it changes next year.
- 26 cantons
- Official ElCom tariffs 000
- Last checked 000
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H4: 5-room flat with electric cooker and tumble dryer, no electric water heater, 4’500 kWh a year (ElCom's household profile, its reference household).
Source: ElCom, the Swiss Federal Electricity Commission. Every grid operator reports its tariffs to ElCom, which publishes them at the end of August for the following year. Prices in Rp./kWh excluding VAT: grid use, energy, local fees and levies, the federal grid surcharge and metering. Yearly amounts are the price times the household's consumption.
Where a municipality has more than one operator, each is shown. ElCom's “cheapest product” is shown when the operator offers one below its standard product.