Case study
Romande Energie transforms energy & imbalance cost savings into consumer value
Romande Energie worked with Beebop to analyse the full BTM and FTM value stack of residential PV curtailment and PV-battery optimization, defining how distributed energy assets can reduce imbalance costs and enable innovative new customer product design.
Romande Energie explores the value of residential PV curtailment and PV-battery optimization as a tool to reduce energy and imbalance costs, and deliver end-user savings. By analysing the full value stack — behind-the-meter (BTM) and front-of-the-meter (FTM) — the goal is to understand how distributed energy assets can support both power system stability and customer benefit.
Why action was needed
Rapid growth in distributed assets: With the rise in residential electrification and decentralised systems, Romande Energie faces increased complexity in load forecasting and system balancing.
Regulatory shifts & tariff innovation: Emerging regulatory frameworks enabled dynamic feed-in and grid tariffs, but their real impact on system value and customer incentives remained unclear.
Market volatility & imbalance costs: The surge in solar and wind generation introduces greater variability, leading to rising imbalance costs and the need for proactive flexibility strategies.
Solution by Beebop – Flexmap: Defining the total value stack & enabling customer product design
Beebop looked at the full optimisation stack: co-optimisation between different behind-the-meter objectives in synergy with upstream front-of-the-meter value streams. Based on this information, the potential flexibility and its cost were calculated. Beebop provided a shadow trading functionality to avoid the need for integration with Romande Energie's trading operations or IT.
Precision value mapping: Precise calculation of the value of flexibility for each monetisation opportunity in front of and behind the meter.
Foundation for scalable business models: A solid basis to build a sustainable business case for further decisions on customer product design.
Data-driven product innovation: A clear calculation of the imbalance costs that can be saved by leveraging PV curtailment.
What comes next
Based on the results provided by Beebop, Romande Energie is launching several initiatives to build the technical integration of distributed devices while shaping new and innovative customer offerings. The aim is to launch a product in 2026 and scale it across the customer base to match changing regulation and significantly reduce imbalance costs.
tESTIMONIAL
We see the increase in distributed electrification not as a challenge but as an opportunity. To build new customer offerings, it was crucial to define the available value to be distributed. Beebop did a great work by jointly identifying the potential value of flexibility optimization both behind and in front of the meter, under different regulatory regimes at Romande Energie.
Vincent Rittener
Romande Energie
The Client
Romande Energie
Romande Energie is one of the largest Swiss energy suppliers. The company supplies energy, including from renewable sources, distributes energy and offers B2B and B2C consumer solutions around distributed energy resources. With the increase in electrification, the leverage of flexibility plays an increasingly important role.
15%
Potential cost savings on imbalance costs
2
Product and technical initiatives launched
100%
Clarity on the available value of flexibility along the monetisation stack
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