SEIC tariffs to be lowered by 2025
The electricity bill for an annual consumption of 2,500 kilowatt-hours (kWh) - corresponding to a 4-room apartment - will fall from CHF 821.09 in Gland in 2024 to CHF 771.04 in 2025, representing a reduction of CHF 4.17 per month (excluding VAT). With transmission costs remaining relatively stable, the adjustment is due to a fall in energy costs, as well as a reduction in the "electricity reserve", a federal tax that finances security of supply in winter.
Easing energy prices
After the price spikes of 2022 and 2023 caused by the war in Ukraine and the energy crisis in Europe, electricity markets have regained a certain equilibrium. Excessive demand, supply interruptions and speculation had pushed prices up, but as the geopolitical situation stabilized and production capacity improved, prices gradually fell. SEIC customers will therefore pay an average of 1.03 cts less per kilowatt-hour than in 2024.
Delivery charges
Transmission costs, also known as the "stamp", remain at the same level as in 2024. This is because regional grids require major investment to reinforce them in order to meet the strong growth in demand for electricity, and to integrate ever greater levels of decentralized photovoltaic production. It should be noted that Swissgrid is lowering the tariff for system services (the energy used to balance the grid) from 0.75 ct per kWh to 0.55 ct per kWh in 2025.
Taxes and fees
On January1, 2024, the Swiss Confederation introduced a new "electricity reserve" tax to finance all measures taken to guarantee security of supply. These include hydropower reserves, reserve power plants and emergency generators. This tax, which was 1.2 cts per kWh in 2024, will fall by 0.97 ct to 0.23 ct per kWh in 2025.
In general
By 2025, the total annual electricity bill for a household living in a 4-room apartment consuming 2,500 kWh per year will rise :
- in Gland: from CHF 821.09 in 2024 to CHF 771.04, a reduction of around 6.1%
- in Prangins: from CHF 781.09 in 2024 to CHF 731.04, a reduction of around 6.4%.
See detailed 2025 rates:
Individuals (consumers of less than 50,000 kWh/year)
Businesses (consumers of more than 50,000 kWh/year)