ewz.solarsplit 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.
Electricity is billed according to consumption and fairly between consumers.
- Only properties in the area covered by ewz are eligible for participation.
- After you have contacted your contact person at ewz, we define the price for your solar power together.
- After signing the contract, your property will be prepared for ewz.solarsplit. One-off set-up costs are incurred.
- The tenants receive their electricity bill from us, as before. Along with their individual electricity product, the bill will now include solar power as well.
- Your tenants can decide for themselves whether they want to take part in ewz.solarsplit.
- After the introduction of ewz.solarsplit, we will inform and assist your participants until all questions have been answered.
- As the installation owner you get a quarterly credit from us for the solar power you’ve sold to tenants, and for the electricity you’ve fed back into the system. We pay your additional income minus the CHF 0.04/kWh service fee directly to you.
ewz.solarsplit is for properties within the ewz supply area. If your property is outside the ewz supply area, you can benefit from a ZEV. You can find more information on self-consumption associations here.
The ewz.solarsplit billing service requires the energy consumption of tenants or apartment owners supplied with solar power to be measured with smart meters. Smart meters require a connection to the telecommunications network. The distribution network operator is responsible for equipping the consumption points with smart meters and connecting them to the telecommunications network. It selects the telecommunications connection based on technical and economic criteria.
In the past, ewz has required the connection of smart meters to the FTTH network for billing services in its contracts. This contractual clause led to misunderstandings among customers. Customers assumed that ewz would only allow a FTTH connection for the ewz.solarsplit service. This is incorrect and the contracts have since been adjusted. As a provider of services in the market, ewz cannot stipulate the telecommunications connection of smart meters. This is the sole responsibility of the distribution network operators; in the case of the distribution network in the city of Zurich, the Grids division of ewz.
As an electricity provider, we have many years of experience in implementing and operating solutions that ensure an efficient power supply. With innovative services such as the billing solution ewz.solarsplit, we promote optimised electricity consumption and thus a sustainable use of electricity as a resource. We have already successfully implemented over 300 self-consumption communities with over 14,000 metering points. You will also benefit from our expertise if you, as a property owner with your own solar panels, want to sell your electricity to the residents of your property with as little effort as possible.
