Create a Local Electricity Community

# Create a Local Electricity Community in Oeschenbach (BE)

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

Canton **BE** · DSO **BKW Energie AG** · FSO no. 335

LEC index

100/ 100

High potential

Eligible addresses

172

connection points inside a viable LEC

Viable LECs

5+ 1

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

Solar surplus

280MWh/an

production mobilisable inside LECs

**Excellent LEC potential in Oeschenbach.** 172 addresses are eligible for a viable Local Electricity Community, spread across 5 LECs at the 40% grid rebate. The bulk of the municipality can join a LEC today, what's left is to populate them with consumers and producers.

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

## What is a LEC in Oeschenbach?

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 BKW Energie AG's standard tariff.

## Is my address in Oeschenbach eligible?

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

You enter your address in Oeschenbach, check eligibility and sign the representation mandate online. WattMatch handles the steps with BKW Energie AG, 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 Oeschenbach is distributed by BKW. The consumer, producer and LEC tariffs for that network are published on its own page.

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

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