The energy price remains the same overall or falls slightly in Primeo Energie's supply areas. Following the electricity market peaks in 2022, the energy market has now calmed down, but procurement prices are still higher than before the energy crisis. Like many other companies, Primeo Energie 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 continue to have an impact on electricity prices in 2025, albeit to a much lesser extent than in previous years. The reduction in coverage differences from previous years reduces the effect of falling energy costs. While many other energy suppliers had to significantly increase their energy tariffs once again last year, Primeo Energie has already been able to reduce the energy portion of the electricity price or keep it the same by taking measures to reduce costs. This is one of the reasons why the percentage change for the 2025 tariffs is lower than that of other suppliers. 

Coverage differences arise when a grid operator's income from electricity tariffs does not exactly match the costs incurred. As it takes almost two years from the tariff communication to the actual results, the income can be higher or lower than the costs. If the revenue is lower, this is referred to as a shortfall and the grid operator can later charge the customer for these costs. In the opposite case, this is referred to as over-recovery and the grid operator must pay the difference back to the customers.

Coverage differences are usually reduced within three years by including them in the electricity tariff. They have a correspondingly increasing or decreasing effect on electricity prices. Coverage differences are incurred for grid utilisation and energy. During the energy crisis, unexpectedly high negative coverage differences were incurred, which still have the effect of increasing electricity tariffs.

In 2022, the federal government created the «winter reserve» (hydropower reserve, reserve power plants, emergency power groups) to ensure the supply of electricity in the winter of 2022/2023. The costs for these emergency measures will be included in the grid usage tariff in the electricity price for the first time in 2024 and will therefore also contribute to the increase in the electricity price.The levy for the electricity reserve to finance the provision of the hydropower reserve and the availability of reserve power plants amounts to 0.23 cents/kWh for the year 2025 (excluding VAT).

No. The increase in electricity prices varies from supplier to supplier. In the energy segment, the differences depend largely on whether the majority of electricity is sourced from in-house production or procured on the market. Four out of five energy suppliers stated that the majority of their electricity is procured on the market. This also includes Primeo Energie. Accordingly, customers have benefited from the very low procurement prices in recent years. Energy supply companies with a high level of in-house production have to raise their prices only slightly or not at all. In the past, however, they have generally already had a higher price level due to their higher production costs than the market. The grid utilisation part depends heavily on the investments in grid expansion and conversion that the respective energy supplier has planned. 

The regulated electricity and grid tariffs are monitored by the Electricity Commission (ElCom) and it is clearly regulated what may and may not be included as costs. Accordingly, the costs for sponsorship and advertising are not charged to the grid, but to the Elektra Birseck cooperative, and therefore have no influence on the final prices (electricity bills) for customers with a basic supply. We carry out advertising and sponsorship in particular for those business areas and products and services that are on the market and are therefore exposed to competition. This concerns the areas of heat, energy, e-mobility, etc., and not the tied grid customers. As a local company, we are continuously committed to the common good and recognise our social responsibility. Every year, the Assembly of Delegates of the EBM cooperative approves a six-figure sum from Primeo Energie's profits, which we use to support many charitable institutions as well as sporting, cultural and social organisations. You can find more information here.

We recommend that private households use energybox.ch to determine their energy-saving potential and to get valuable information. An energy consultancy can help with more complex issues.

You can see your current electricity consumption on your electricity meter (Wirkenergie vorwärts) and, if you have a SmartMeter, you can find the monthly values in the Primeo Energie customer portal my.primeo-energie.ch. If you do not yet have a login, please select the ‘Register’ tab at the top and fill in the fields accordingly.

The account invoice is adjusted on the occasion of the annual periodic invoice. For this purpose, the current consumption, the future price and the corresponding accounts are calculated.

As a result of the vote on the ‘Federal decree on the additional financing of the AHV through an increase in VAT’ on 25 September 2022, VAT was increased to 8.1 percent as of 1 January 2024.

The withdrawals are distributed pro rata over the years. If you do not wish this, please inform us of your meter readings at the end of each year.