Consolidation for own consumption - RCP and virtual RCP

Are you generating electricity with a photovoltaic system? Share and valorize your energy by creating your Regroupement pour la consommation propre, and let your building users and neighbors benefit from it.

What is a self-consumption group (SCG) or virtual SCG?

An RCP, also known as a solar group, allows a group of consumers to come together around a photovoltaic installation. In other words, you can sell the solar energy produced on your roof to users in your building by bringing all consumers together in a group called an RCP. To form an RCP, all consumers must be located behind the same connection point to the DSO network .

Virtual power pools (VPPs) enable multiple consumers located at the same site or spread across multiple sites to share the electricity generated by a photovoltaic installation virtually. The energy is distributed among the members according to defined rules, without the need for a direct physical connection between them. This model optimizes collective self-consumption and improves the profitability of existing or new solar installations.

These solutions, which are both green and cost-effective, are aimed at both individuals and professionals.

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Benefits at a glance

For homeowners

Accelerate the return on your photovoltaic system
Add lasting value to your property
Boost the appeal of your rental properties
Promote green, sustainable energy consumption

For members

Reduce your electricity bill thanks to lower solar power prices
Benefit from lower running costs
Use locally-sourced renewable energy

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SEIC's experience at your service

Setting up and managing a solar group involves financial, legal and organizational issues. SEIC puts its experience to work for you, to help you get the most out of your project. With more than a hundred RCPs throughout French-speaking Switzerland, including two major eco-neighborhoods in the Lausanne and Fribourg regions, our experts can offer you effective, proven solutions tailored to your situation. As a specialist in electricity distribution in French-speaking Switzerland and a recognized expert in solar clustering, SEIC is with you every step of the way.

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Create your RCP in three easy steps

1. Choose photovoltaics

Today, more and more homeowners and developers are opting for photovoltaics. It's an ecological, economical and sustainable choice, offering greater energy independence and increasing the share of renewable energy in our overall consumption. Since 2018, they have also had the opportunity to resell the solar energy produced on their roofs to their tenants or co-owners.
2. Create a consumer community

How can you promote your production to users in your building or neighboring buildings? It couldn't be simpler: just bring all consumers (individuals and/or businesses) together in a self-consumption group (SCG) or a virtual SCG.
3. Bring in a specialist

RCP has many advantages, but requires the support of a specialized partner to ensure optimal distribution and invoicing services, in compliance with current legislation. Take advantage of SEIC's turnkey RCP solution.

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Delegate your CPR and save time

Whether you're an owner, property manager, developer or energy service provider, save time and simplify your life by entrusting the creation and management of your RCP to our SEIC specialists, whatever your supply zone, anywhere in French-speaking Switzerland.

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How is billing managed?

for the representative

Every two months, SEIC sends an invoice to the RCP representative. The invoice is divided into three parts: "Electricity" for the remuneration of members' consumption and self-consumption, "Grid energy rebilling" for the invoicing of the DSO, and "Miscellaneous" for administration costs .

Overview of a "representative" invoice

To illustrate and better understand the three chapters of the invoice, we've included an example below.

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for members

Every two months, SEIC sends an invoice to RCP members. This is divided into two sections: the first covers electricity, including grid consumption and self-consumption. The tariffs are those chosen by the representative. The second part covers subscription charges.

Overview of a "member" invoice

To help you better understand the two sections of an invoice sent to a member, we've provided an example below.

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Discover another solution: the self-consumption community

Unlike the Regroupements pour la consommation propre, a self-consumption community brings together a group of people and/or professionals around the production of a single building.

Two concepts linked to photovoltaic energy production, but different in their approach.

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