Federal Electricity Commission ElCom
- Display name:
- Federal Electricity Commission ElCom
- Title:
- Federal Electricity Commission ElCom
- Slug:
- elcom
- Parent:
- Political level:
- confederation
- URL:
- https://www.elcom.admin.ch/elcom/de/home.html
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ElCom is Switzerland's independent regulatory authority in the electricity sector. It is responsible for monitoring compliance with the Swiss Federal Electricity Act and the Swiss Federal Energy Act, taking all necessary related decisions and pronouncing rulings where required. ElCom monitors electricity prices and rules on disputes relating to Network access. It also monitors electricity supply security and regulates issues relating to international electricity transmission and trading. ElCom is responsible for ruling on disputes concerning feed-in tariffs and between network operators and independent producers.