Create a Local Electricity Community

# Create a Local Electricity Community in Val-de-Travers (NE)

The LEC potential for Val-de-Travers in numbers: index, eligible addresses, mobilisable solar surplus. Check your address in 30 seconds and join a Local Electricity Community with Groupe E SA.

Canton **NE** · DSO **Groupe E SA** · FSO no. 6512

LEC index

100/ 100

High potential

Eligible addresses

3 098

connection points inside a viable LEC

Viable LECs

81+ 5

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

Solar surplus

10 274MWh/an

production mobilisable inside LECs

**Excellent LEC potential in Val-de-Travers.** 3 098 addresses are eligible for a viable Local Electricity Community, spread across 81 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.

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

## What is a LEC in Val-de-Travers?

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 Groupe E SA's standard tariff.

## Is my address in Val-de-Travers eligible?

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

You enter your address in Val-de-Travers, check eligibility and sign the representation mandate online. WattMatch handles the steps with Groupe E 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.

## Your distribution system operator's tariffs

Electricity in Val-de-Travers is distributed by Groupe E. The consumer, producer and LEC tariffs for that network are published on its own page.

[See Groupe E tariffs →](https://wattmatch.ch/en/pricing/groupe-e)

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