As of 1 July 2026, Slovenian electricity consumers have a new right: the right to energy sharing. This is the option to cover part of consumption with energy bought directly from renewable energy producers at a price users set by themselves, regardless of which supplier they’re with.
Because this is a technically and administratively demanding process (coordinating with producers, tracking 15-minute intervals, billing, and so on) in practice, it can be handled on their behalf by a sharing organizer such as SunContract. The company has operated in the energy market for over 8 years and has recently developed its energy-sharing marketplace.
The Basics of Electricity Sharing for Consumers
Users decide for the price at which they’re willing to buy shared electricity. Since they can only choose a price equal to or lower than the one they already pay, they can never pay more than they do now, they can only save.
No change of supplier and no extra bureaucracy. Electricity sharing doesn’t interfere with the existing relationship with an energy supplier; only the portion of the energy price for the electricity they take from sharing changes. Network charges, excise duties, and other levies remain unchanged.
Users don’t need their own solar power plant or any other device to take part in sharing. It’s enough to be a consumer who wants to cover part of their consumption cheaper.
The SunContract Sharing Marketplace is Simple
Registration and use of the platform are free. Submitting an offer takes just a few minutes: users add a metering point, set their desired price and period (up to 12 months in advance), and the algorithm takes care of everything else, finding suitable producers and determining the optimal shares.
On the platform, users can track how much of their consumption is already covered by sharing, at what price, and what the estimated savings are, even before the arrangement is confirmed.
If they have several metering points (for example, a home and a holiday house, or several business locations), they can manage sharing separately for each of them.
Who Benefits Most from Energy Sharing
The difference between consumers isn’t only about the amount of energy used, because effective sharing depends on when they consume electricity.
Because most producers in the sharing scheme generate electricity from solar power plants, it is produced mainly during the day. As consumers, users can only take as much energy from sharing as the producers actually generate within the same 15-minute interval, so the energy cannot be stored up for the evening or night.
This means the biggest gains go to consumers who use most of their electricity during the day. These include manufacturing companies, workshops, hotels, offices, or shops, as well as households where someone is home during the day or where appliances are running then (e.g. a heat pump, an EV charger, or household appliances).
The Energy Sharing Marketplace Ensures the Best Match
Those who consume electricity mostly in the evening or at night (most households) benefit less. In such cases, a large portion of the daytime production goes unused, while the remaining consumption continues to be billed at the existing supplier’s price list.
That’s why energy sharing is an especially attractive opportunity for smaller businesses and activities with daytime operating schedules, but also for households that can shift at least part of their consumption (laundry, drying, vehicle charging, water heating) to daytime hours.
It’s worth giving energy sharing a try because it’s a risk-free service available through the SunContract marketplace. Consumers can only gain.