Energy policy
News: 31.01.2013 09:30
Alpiq acknowledges the fact that Switzerland’s energy system needs to be comprehensively transformed until 2050, and assumes that the Swiss people will be allowed to vote on this transformation at a given point in time. Alpiq further assumes that the political considerations are predicated on the electricity industry’s legal service provision ...
News: 25.05.2011 17:30
Alpiq takes note of the Federal Council's decision. Coupled with the parliamentary motions submitted and the people's initiatives which have been announced, this decision will usher in a political process, lasting many years, to change the constitution and/or existing legislation. During this time a large number of issues regarding ways of ...
News: 15.12.2010 15:00
Today Alpiq submitted an appeal against the decree by the Federal Electricity Commission (ElCom) from 11 November 2010. It is directed against the charges made to holders of long term energy procurement and supply contracts (LTC) as well as the charging of system service costs (SDL) to the balance groups of the nuclear power plants Gösgen and ...
News: 23.04.2010 07:00
On 22 April 2010, Alpiq lodged an appeal against the ruling issued by the Federal Electricity Commission (ElCom) on 4 March 2010. Alpiq is convinced that there is no legal basis for the additional charges imposed by ElCom in connection with ancillary services. It is now up to the Federal Administrative Court to decide.
News: 06.10.2009 18:30
Upon the invitation of the Commission for the Environment, Town and Country Planning and Energy (UREK) of the Council of States, on 5 October 2009 Alpiq Holding Ltd. participated in the hearing on the changing of the CO2 laws and on the next steps in respect of large power stations. The CEO Giovanni Leonardi represented Alpiq and the Cantonal ...
News: 10.08.2009 13:30
The "Perspectives" opinion survey, commissioned by Alpiq and carried out across the country for the first time in 2009, sheds light on the behaviour, concerns and expectations of Swiss electricity consumers. The respondents spontaneously quote shortage of energy as the main risk for the future. In terms of solutions, they greatly overestimate the ...
News: 23.04.2009 16:00
Alpiq Group production companies today lodged appeals with the Federal Administrative Court against the ruling issued by the Federal Electricity Commission (ElCom) on 6 March 2009. The Federal Administrative Court must now examine individual aspects of the ElCom ruling, and in particular the question of whether the costs for services that support ...
