According to Werner Luginbühl, Switzerland is doing too little to prevent electricity bottlenecks. The expansion of domestic production is slowed down by enormously complicated approval procedures.
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In winter, electricity shortages could threaten in just a few years.
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The specter of a long blackout has haunted politics and the public for years. The alarm calls from regulators and electricity suppliers went unheard for a long time. That changed at the latest when the negotiations on the framework agreement were broken off. Switzerland is now on the sidelines in the European electricity market and can no longer rely on imports from abroad in winter. If there is a chain of unfortunate circumstances – for example if two nuclear power plants fail at the same time for a longer period of time in winter – there could be a threat of a power shortage as early as 2025.
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