The Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE) is the country's competence centre for issues relating to energy supply and energy use at the Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (DETEC).
The SFOE:
- Creates the prerequisites for a sufficient, crisis-proof, broad-based, economic and sustainable energy supply.
- Ensures the maintenance of high safety standards in the production, transport and utilisation of energy.
- Creates the necessary conditions for efficient electricity and gas markets and an adapted infrastructure.
- Actively promotes efficient energy use, an increase in the share of renewable energy and a reduction in CO2 emissions.
- Promotes and coordinates national energy research and supports the development of new markets for sustainable energy use and supply.
As of 1 January 2026, the SFOE had 343 employees.
In 2026, the SFOE has a global budget of aroundCHF 105 million and is planning transfer and investment expendituretotalling around CHF 580 million. Receipts ofCHF 85 million are planned. The SFOE also administers thegrid surcharge fund with a volume of around CHF 1,3 billionand the winter reserve totalling CHF 214 million.
