Create a Local Electricity Community

# Create a Local Electricity Community in Biel/Bienne (BE)

The LEC potential for Biel/Bienne in numbers: index, eligible addresses, mobilisable solar surplus. Check your address in 30 seconds and join a Local Electricity Community with Energie Service Biel/Bienne (ESB).

Canton **BE** · DSO **Energie Service Biel/Bienne (ESB)** · FSO no. 371

LEC index

0/ 100

No viable LEC yet

Eligible addresses

0

connection points inside a viable LEC

Viable LECs

0+ 0

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

Solar surplus

0MWh/an

production mobilisable inside LECs

**Biel/Bienne has been analysed by WattMatch**, but no viable Local Electricity Community has been identified to date: the municipality still lacks enough photovoltaic generation to meet the legal viability threshold (at least 5% of subscribed power, art. 14 EnV). New solar producers can shift that number.

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

## What is a LEC in Biel/Bienne?

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 Service Biel/Bienne (ESB)'s standard tariff.

## Is my address in Biel/Bienne eligible?

Eligibility requires at least 5% of photovoltaic capacity in your perimeter (art. 14 EnV). Not every address in Biel/Bienne 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 Biel/Bienne

You enter your address in Biel/Bienne, check eligibility and sign the representation mandate online. WattMatch handles the steps with Energie Service Biel/Bienne (ESB), 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.

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