Published on 30 May 2025

Principles of energy policy

There are currently many changes occuring with regards to Switzerland's energy supply. In order to deal with the challenges facing the country now and going forward, we need to create conditions that allow us to, increase domestic electricity production rapidly. electrify/decarbonise energy supply to a large extent and continuously improve the efficient use of energy. Changes on the energy markets also have a strong impact on any progress made in Switzerland. These are the result of economic, political and technololgical developments both in Switzerland and abroad.

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