Energie Belp AG

What Energie Belp AG does

Energie Belp AG is a Swiss municipal multi-utility founded in 1912, headquartered at Rubigenstrasse 12 in Belp, Canton of Bern, and wholly owned by the Municipality of Belp. Operating under a Leistungsauftrag (performance mandate) from the municipality, the company supplies electricity, drinking water from its own sources, district heating, and communication services (cable TV and Quickline internet/telephone) to households, commercial and industrial businesses, and public infrastructure within the municipalities of Belp and Toffen. The company employs over 40 people, having expanded from roughly 12 employees at the time of the current Managing Director's start.

The company's core technology is built around owned physical infrastructure rather than software platforms. District heating is delivered through two networks — Nahwärme Dorf, operational since 2001 via an underground wood chip heating plant using local forest fuel, and Nahwärme Steinbach, extended in May 2024 with industrial waste heat recovery from alupak AG's packaging production, achieving approximately 230 tonnes of annual CO2 reduction. Electricity distribution is being modernized via a smart meter rollout using OMNIPOWER E570 devices, and customer-facing digital services were added in December 2024 with the launch of the Kundenportal for 24/7 self-service consumption and invoice management. Additional offerings include PV feed-in and Hausstrom self-consumption products, E-Mobility services, origin certificates for renewable electricity, and ancillary services such as small-device testing and grounding replacement.

Energie Belp's business model is a regulated utility subscription model. Revenue is generated through recurring tariffs set annually for basic supply electricity, water, and district heating, plus usage-based PV feed-in compensation tied to the BFE quarterly reference market price. Residential and commercial customers form a long-tail base with no disclosed customer concentration, and revenue is diversified across four service lines. Distribution is direct via the owned grid networks, a physical customer service center at headquarters, and the digital Kundenportal. The company underwent organizational restructuring in April 2023 into Infrastructure and Sales divisions, completed a waste heat sustainability project in 2024, transitioned leadership to Remond Krebs in March 2025, and refreshed its board in June 2025 with infrastructure and ICT expertise.

Name

Energie Belp AG

Legal name

Energie Belp AG

Website

https://energie-belp.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

1912

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Energie Belp AG is a Swiss municipal multi-utility founded in 1912, owned by the Municipality of Belp, supplying electricity, water, district heating, and communication services to households and businesses in Belp and Toffen under a municipal mandate.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Belp

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Electricity Supply: Supply of electrical energy to residential, commercial, and industrial customers in Belp and Toffen under municipal mandate. Revenue from electricity tariffs including energy, network usage, and statutory charges.
2. Water Supply: Water supply from own sources meeting food legislation requirements for drinking and service water.
3. District Heating: Sale of heating and hot water through the Nahwärme network in Belp village center and Steinbach area, using wood chips and waste heat recovery.
4. Communication Services: TV and radio via cable connection plus Quickline products (internet, telephone) through partnership with Quickline.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Energie Belp AG is a municipal multi-utility that supplies electricity, drinking water from own sources, district heating via two wood-chip based networks (Nahwärme Dorf since 2001 and Nahwärme Steinbach), and cable-based communication services (TV and Quickline internet/telephone) to the municipalities of Belp and Toffen under a service mandate from the Gemeinde Belp. The portfolio is complemented by PV feed-in compensation, e-mobility, guarantees of origin, and ancillary services such as small-device testing and grounding replacement.

Product overview

Energie Belp AG is a regional multi-utility company providing electricity, water, heating, and communication services to the municipality of Belp and surrounding areas. The company operates under a service mandate from the municipality and offers a portfolio of core products: Elektrizität (electricity supply and distribution with associated services including e-mobility and PV solar products), Wasser (drinking water from proprietary sources), Wärme/Nahwärme (district heating via two networks: Nahwärme Dorf and Nahwärme Steinbach), and Kommunikation (cable TV and Quickline internet/telephone services). These core offerings are supported by a Kundenportal (self-service customer portal), Herkunftsnachweise (guarantees of origin for renewable electricity), and various Dienstleistungen (testing and installation services). The product architecture is organized as a unified regional utility with multiple service lines rather than a platform-plus-modules structure.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Elektrizität (Electricity Supply) Electricity supply and distribution services provided under a service mandate from the municipality of Belp, ensuring comprehensive supply of electrical energy at high quality levels to residential, commercial, and industrial customers in Belp and Toffen. Also includes street lighting maintenance for public facilities per municipal agreement.
• Wasser (Water Supply) Drinking and service water supplied from the company's own sources, delivering water that continuously meets the requirements of food legislation. Serves the residential population as well as commercial, industrial, and service businesses in Belp and Toffen.
• Nahwärme Dorf (District Heating - Village) District heating service supplying heating and domestic hot water to the Belp village center through an underground wood-chip heating distribution network, using local forest wood chips as fuel.
• Nahwärme Steinbach (District Heating - Steinbach) District heating service in the Steinbach area of Belp, supplying heating and hot water through a network expanded with sustainable waste heat recovery from alupak AG's packaging production process.
• Kommunikation (Communication Services) Cable TV and Quickline communication products including radio and television programs via cable-TV connection plus internet and telephone services, provided through the local cable network in Belp and Toffen in partnership with Quickline.
• PV-Strom (Solar Photovoltaic Electricity) Photovoltaic electricity products including grid feed-in tariffs for PV system owners and PV electricity supply products, with compensation tied to the Swiss Federal Office of Energy (BFE) quarterly reference market price.
• Dienstleistungen (Services) Ancillary technical services including small device testing (Kleingeräteprüfung) and grounding replacement (Erdungsersatz) for residential and commercial customers.

Quantifiable outcome

• CO2 reduction of approximately 230 tonnes annually from waste heat recovery partnership with alupak AG
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• alupak AGcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 November 2023Strategic waste heat recovery partnership where alupak AG's production process heat is integrated into Energie Belp's Steinbach district heating network. The project, operational since May 2024, achieves approximately 230 tonnes CO2 reduction annually and enables oil-free heating for the Steinbach area. This represents a flagship sustainability project combining industrial waste heat with district heating infrastructure.
• QuicklinecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartnership to offer Quickline products including TV, internet, and telephone via the cable TV network in Belp and Toffen. Energie Belp serves as the local distribution partner while Quickline provides the product platform and content.
• Kraftwerke Oberhasli AGcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner29 Bernese energy utilities, including Energie Belp AG, jointly advocated for participation rights in Kraftwerke Oberhasli AG following the cantonal parliament's clear direction on strengthening regional utilities in the hydropower concession strategy.
• 29 Berner EnergieversorgungsunternehmencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition of Bernese energy utilities united to advocate for their interests in the cantonal hydropower concession strategy, demonstrating collective action for regional energy security.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• IBAarau AG: Aargau-based municipal utility serving Aarau with electricity, water, heating, and telecom services. Comparable in Swiss municipal mandate model, integrated multi-service offering, and mid-tier regional scale.
• IWB Industrielle Werke Basel: Basel municipal multi-utility offering electricity, district heating, natural gas, water, and telecom services. Comparable in operating a district heating network alongside electricity and water, and in being a publicly owned Swiss multi-utility.
• EWL (Energie Wasser Luzern): Lucerne-based municipal multi-utility providing electricity, water, heating, and telecom across central Switzerland. Comparable in diversified multi-utility product portfolio, municipal ownership structure, and Swiss-German-speaking market context.
• Energie Thun AG: Municipal multi-utility in the Bern region of Switzerland supplying electricity, gas, water, heating, and telecom services to Thun and surrounding municipalities. Comparable to Energie Belp AG in mandate-based regulated utility operations, service mix, and Swiss mid-size scale.
• ewb (Energie Wasser Bern): Bern municipal multi-utility serving the city of Bern with electricity, water, heating, and telecom. Comparable to Energie Belp AG in geography (Canton of Bern), municipal mandate structure, and integrated multi-utility business model.

Broad incumbents

• BKW Energie AG: Large Bernese energy group covering generation, transmission, distribution, and energy services across Switzerland. Comparable as a broader Swiss utility incumbent with overlapping electricity distribution and energy services, though substantially larger and more diversified than Energie Belp AG.
• Axpo Holding AG: Switzerland's largest producer of renewable electricity and a major grid and energy services operator. Comparable as a major Swiss energy infrastructure player with overlapping grid, hydro, and energy services activities; relevant because Energie Belp's new board member René Oester is CEO of Axpo Systems AG.
• Romande Energie: Major Swiss electricity distributor and energy services provider headquartered in Vaud. Comparable as a broader Swiss utility with regulated distribution, multi-service offerings, and renewable energy investments overlapping Energie Belp AG's profile.

Regional players

• AEK Energie AG: Regional energy utility in the Solothurn area supplying electricity, heating, and related services. Comparable in being a smaller Swiss regional utility with multi-service offerings and grid-operation focus, though not in the same Canton of Bern geography.
• SAK St. Gallisch-Appenzellische Kraftwerke: Regional utility serving eastern Switzerland (St. Gallen and Appenzell) with electricity, grid services, heating, and telecom. Comparable as a mid-size Swiss multi-utility with similar service breadth, though operating in a different region.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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