Launch offer
Consumers: CHF 20 free credit
Producers: +1 ct/kWh bonus 6 months
First 500 sign-ups
Find your
energy match.
- Tenant or owner
- With or without panels
- Without switching supplier
- No building work
Paying less for greener electricity: since 2026, the solar surplus from a roof in the neighbourhood can supply the households around it instead of flowing back to the grid. And whoever generates sells better.
How much would a LEC give you?
The Local Electricity Community (LEC) model.
A LEC brings together the roofs that generate electricity and the homes that consume it, within the same neighbourhood. You don't need panels of your own to take part, or to switch supplier: we set the community up and we run it.
Create your profile
Are you a producer or a consumer? Describe your energy situation in just two minutes.
We find your matches
Our algorithm finds the best exchange partners (producers and consumers) in your neighbourhood.
We set up and run your LEC
From the legal side to the technical, it is all ours to handle. We stay independent of your current distributor.
Save together
Consume and produce your electricity together. Track your savings in real time.
First 500 sign-ups
Electricity that flows between neighbours.
A LEC is a short circuit for electricity. The roof that produces feeds the house next door directly, and the whole neighbourhood benefits. Six concrete benefits.
Energy independence
Less exposed to grid price hikes and foreign suppliers.
100% green energy
Traceable green energy, from the panel to the meter.
Local consumption
Solar produced right in your neighbourhood.
Maximised self-consumption
Your roof's surplus feeds your neighbours in the neighbourhood rather than going back to the grid at the buyback rate.
Better solar yield
A panel that serves its street earns more than one that resells to the grid.
A lighter bill
Thanks to the 20-40% discount on grid usage, producers and consumers both win.
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Frequently asked questions
A Local Electricity Community (LEC) is a group of energy producers and consumers within a defined geographic perimeter who share the renewable electricity produced locally.
Neither. You join a LEC through the connection point: it is the meter that qualifies, not the deed. In a rental the electricity is usually billed in your name, and the saving is then yours and not your landlord's. Most LEC members have no panels of their own: they buy the electricity from those who do.
Creating your profile and matchmaking are free. WattMatch takes a transparent commission on the energy exchanged within the LEC.
No, never. This isn't a marketing promise, it's arithmetic: your LEC price is your DSO's price minus a discount, so at worst the same, never higher. The 20 to 40% network rebate required by law comes on top, and your current supply contract doesn't change. WattMatch only wins when you win: our commission is capped at 2 ct/kWh and taken from the community's margin, never added to your bill.
Because Distribution Network Operators (DSOs), responsible for operating, maintaining and modernising the local electricity grid that carries power to consumers, have been legally required, since 2026, to grant LEC members a discount of 20 to 40%.
Yes, and far more often than people imagine. Production peaks at midday and in summer, exactly when local demand is at its lowest, and the forecast regularly errs in the right direction. Since this electricity can't be stored, it has to be consumed the moment it is produced, otherwise it flows back to the grid at a low feed-in tariff, sometimes nil. The 20 to 40% network rebate exists precisely for that: to make it worth a neighbour's while to consume it at that exact moment.
No. You stay with your current distributor. The LEC works alongside your existing contract.
No. The connection already exists: a LEC runs over your DSO's public grid, with no new cable and no changes to the meters in place. What is new is joining forces and measuring the exchanges every quarter hour via the smart meter. You can in fact join a LEC now and install panels later: the two are independent.
Yes. LECs have been governed by Swiss legislation (the Federal Electricity Supply Act) since January 2026. WattMatch ensures full legal compliance.
Yes, in both set-ups. If each flat has its own metering point, each owner joins in their own name and the solar installation gets one or more production metering points of its own. If the building is already a self-consumption grouping (ZEV), it has a single metering point and joins the LEC as one entity. In a condominium, the step to anticipate isn't the connection but the owners' general meeting decision: the roof is a common part.
Just update your consumption address in your account. If no LEC covers your new address, it's only a matter of time before you can enjoy these savings again.
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ElA 2026 compliance
We handle everything.
Running a LEC requires rigorous administration: billing, meter readings. WattMatch automates the entire administrative process to guarantee your full compliance with the Federal Electricity Supply Act (ElA).