association
– outside the ewz supply area
In a self-consumption association (ZEV), the parties from one or more buildings organise themselves with the aim of jointly producing and consuming solar power. The participants act together as end consumers vis-à-vis the distribution network operator and have a connection to the distribution grid.
A ZEV is for properties outside the ewz supply area. If your property is located in the ewz supply area, you can benefit from a self-consumption community without having to establish a ZEV. You can find more information on self-consumption without a ZEV here.
ewz.eigenverbrauch optimises the self-consumption rate of your property. This increases the return on your solar panels while reducing the amortisation time.
The residents of your property benefit from lower electricity costs, because locally produced solar power is cheaper than electricity from the public grid.
This private consumption community represents a new business model and additional income for you as the property owner. Instead of feeding solar power into the network, you can sell it to your tenants.
You make an active contribution to environmental protection through the promotion of renewable energy.
We offer you all the hardware you need from a single source. On request we can also look after installation of the electricity meter or provide support to your choice of electrical installation company. Once the installation is complete, we put the ZEV into operation and set up user access in the web portal for you.
Production and consumption data is continuously measured, checked for plausibility and assigned to the corresponding housing units on the basis of consumption. We can also share this data with you for billing with our optional ‘data service’.
With the ‘full service’ option, we also take care of billing and collection, as well as billing of residual electricity supply and grid usage fees. This involves no extra effort on your part, and as the owner you receive an annual credit for the yield.
As the direct point of contact for your tenants, we handle customer service and any questions or concerns they may have about ZEV Switzerland, tenant changes and other matters.
Contact ewz for a personal consultation. We check the technical and economic potential of your property. At the same time, we clarify the interest of your tenants and, if applicable, the neighbouring owners.
We’ll set up your ZEV and install the hardware. We will also set up the billing solution with all user logins to the web portal. After the introduction of the new power purchase model, we will inform and assist all participants until all questions have been answered.
As the system owner you get an annual credit from us for the solar power you’ve sold to tenants, and for the electricity you’ve fed back into the system, minus a service fee.
We support your self-consumption association (ZEV) – from installation of the PV installation to optimising self-consumption of your solar power.
ZEV is particularly attractive for owners with large property portfolios. But condominium owners and housing cooperatives also benefit from the many advantages of ZEV.
With innovative offers, we promote optimised electricity consumption and thus sustainable use of electricity as a resource. As an electricity provider, we also have many years of experience with the formation of consumption associations in accordance with the Electricity Supply Act.
This makes us the ideal partner if you want to share your electricity with your tenants with minimal effort.
Precise billing thanks to smart meters
With ewz.eigenverbrauch, we guarantee precise billing based on individual electricity consumption thanks to smart meter technology. This allows you to optimise your own costs while also enabling other ZEV members to purchase solar power – produced locally on their own roof. This electricity is not only sustainable, but also cheaper than electricity from the public grid.
This guide will help you implement the statutory regulations for self-consumption.
