Create a Local Electricity Community

# Create a Local Electricity Community in Monthey (VS)

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

Canton **VS** · DSO **Monthey Energies SA** · FSO no. 6153

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

**Monthey 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.

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

## What is a LEC in Monthey?

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 Monthey Energies SA's standard tariff.

## Is my address in Monthey eligible?

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

You enter your address in Monthey, check eligibility and sign the representation mandate online. WattMatch handles the steps with Monthey Energies SA, 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 Monthey](https://wattmatch.ch/en/join) [Join a LEC](https://wattmatch.ch/en/#signup)