Create a Local Electricity Community

# Create a Local Electricity Community in Bern (BE)

The LEC potential for Bern in numbers: index, eligible addresses, mobilisable solar surplus. Check your address in 30 seconds and join a Local Electricity Community with Energie Wasser Bern.

Canton **BE** · DSO **Energie Wasser Bern** · FSO no. 351

LEC index

77/ 100

Medium potential

Eligible addresses

119

connection points inside a viable LEC

Viable LECs

2+ 2

transformer perimeter (40%) + substation perimeter (20%)

Solar surplus

120MWh/an

production mobilisable inside LECs

**Good LEC potential in Bern.** 119 addresses are eligible for 2 viable LECs at the 40% rebate. A meaningful slice of the municipality is covered; some zones still need extra solar producers to hit the legal viability threshold (art. 14 EnV).

**Bern** is one of the municipalities WattMatch tracks for Local Electricity Community (LEC) eligibility. This page rolls up the numbers specific to Bern, index, eligible addresses, viable LECs, and explains how to join or create a LEC where you live.

## What is a LEC in Bern?

A Local Electricity Community (LEC) groups consumers and photovoltaic producers inside the same perimeter, transformer (≈ 500 m) or substation (≈ 1.5 km), coordinated by a single representative (WattMatch). For members, the LEC opens a grid-usage rebate of up to 40% (art. 19h OApEl) and a local energy rate that beats Energie Wasser Bern's standard tariff.

## Is my address in Bern eligible?

Eligibility requires at least 5% of photovoltaic capacity in your perimeter (art. 14 EnV). Not every address in Bern is automatically eligible: coverage grows as local solar producers register. The WattMatch checker tells you in 30 seconds whether your address sits in a viable LEC and at what rate.

## How to join a LEC in Bern

You enter your address in Bern, check eligibility and sign the representation mandate online. WattMatch handles the steps with Energie Wasser Bern, activation takes 4 to 8 weeks. If no LEC is viable at your address today, you can join the waiting list to be notified as soon as one opens in your area.

## Your distribution system operator's tariffs

Electricity in Bern is distributed by ewb. The consumer, producer and LEC tariffs for that network are published on its own page.

[See ewb tariffs →](https://wattmatch.ch/en/pricing/ewb)

[Check my address in Bern](https://wattmatch.ch/en/join) [Join a LEC](https://wattmatch.ch/en/#signup)