Electricity tariffs 2025: Falling electricity prices for AVAG customers
Münchenstein, 29 August 2024: From 1 January 2025, electricity prices for Aare Versorgungs AG (AVAG) customers in the basic supply will fall by an average of around 1 percent. Following the successful introduction of a variable price model for the feed-in of solar power, the company is extending the offer to include grid usage in order to give its customers the opportunity to further reduce their electricity costs.
The electricity price in the basic supply is made up of three elements: grid utilisation, energy and various levies to the federal government and municipalities. Electricity tariffs are therefore heavily dependent on price developments on the electricity markets and regulatory requirements. In the coming year, grid usage tariffs will fall by an average of 3 per cent, mainly due to the reduction in the levy for the federal electricity reserve. In contrast, the costs for the distribution grid will increase as a result of higher investments in expansion and conversion in connection with the energy transition.
The energy share remains stable. Following the electricity price peaks in 2022, prices on the electricity exchange have fallen, but the price level is still higher than before the start of the energy crisis. Like many other companies, AVAG pursues a long-term procurement strategy and smooths out the price effects for its customers by purchasing tranches over three years. The electricity price peaks in 2022 will therefore still have an impact on electricity prices in 2025, albeit to a much lesser extent than in previous years. In addition, the prices for balancing energy, which is required to stabilise the electricity grid, have increased significantly at Swissgrid.
Based on the points mentioned above, this results in an average reduction in electricity costs of around 1 per cent compared to the previous year. For households in a five-room flat with an annual consumption of 4,500 kilowatt hours (kWh), costs will fall by around CHF 15 or around 1 per cent next year. Commercial enterprises with an annual electricity requirement of 30,000 kWh can expect a reduction of 85 francs (also approx. -1 per cent).
The electricity tariffs in the basic supply follow the provisions of electricity legislation and vary depending on the household and its product and consumption profile. AVAG will inform its customers in writing about the individual adjustments over the next three months with the next invoice run. Detailed information on the electricity prices for 2025 is available at primeo-energie.ch/strompreise.
Optimise electricity consumption and save costs
The company is continuing its efforts to reduce electricity costs with new tariff models. Following the introduction of the optional tariff for the feed-in of electricity from photovoltaic systems in July 2023, the offer will also be extended to the purchase of electricity for grid usage from January 2025. With the new optional tariff ‘Primeo NetzAktiv’, AVAG is offering attractive prices for households[1] that shift their electricity consumption to times when the electricity grid is under less strain. This protects the grid and your wallet in equal measure. Households can save up to 10 per cent of their grid usage costs (primeo-energie.ch/netzaktiv).
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About AVAG
Aare Versorgungs AG (AVAG) is an independent grid operator with its own tariff and price structure. It covers 17 municipalities with around 30,000 customers. AVAG has transferred all services required for the construction, operation and maintenance of the distribution grid to Primeo Energie.
About Primeo Energie
Primeo Energie was founded in 1897 and is headquartered in Münchenstein, Switzerland. The company, which is organised as a cooperative, manages over 220,000 metering points in Switzerland and France and provides a reliable supply of energy to private and business customers. Under the motto ‘We bundle energy’, the infrastructure company focuses on the decarbonisation of the energy supply and offers intelligent solutions in the areas of smart homes, sustainable mobility and energy efficiency. These are aimed at private and business customers, energy supply companies, cities and municipalities. With around 700 employees, Primeo Energie is active along the entire value chain, from production and procurement to trading, storage and sales. The company is also committed to imparting knowledge to children and young people and supports over 300 local projects and charitable events in its grid area every year.
[1] For customers with an annual electricity consumption of up to 50,000 kilowatt hours.