This section contains SFAO audits related to energy and communication issues.
The Swiss Federal Audit Office (SFAO) audited the supervision of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) and Serafe AG by the Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (DETEC), as well as the implementation of four recommendations. SRG SSR is excluded from the SFAO's supervision.
Audit number: 21164
The Federal Postal Services Commission (PostCom) supervises the market for postal services. The Postal Services Act sets out the universal service mandate for postal services (letters, parcels, newspapers and magazines) and for payment services (account opening, deposits and withdrawals, transfers). The universal service is financed by the turnover of Swiss Post (Art. 46 of the Postal Ordinance). The residual monopoly for domestic letters below 50g is an additional element in financing the two universal service mandates. The annual market volume is around CHF 3.4 billion.
Audit number: 20448
Until 2019, there were five nuclear power plants operating in Switzerland. In the same year, Mühleberg became the first of them to cease generation activities for economic reasons. The Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate (ENSI) monitors nuclear power plants in terms of technical aspects, until the plants no longer present a radiation risk. To finance the decommissioning of the power plants and the waste disposal costs, the Confederation set up two independent funds under public law, in 1984 and 2000 respectively. These are run by the decommissioning fund for nuclear facilities and disposal fund for nuclear power plants (STENFO). The funds are financed by, firstly, contributions from the plant operators and, secondly, long-term returns on fund assets. Owing to the decommissioning of Mühleberg and the preparations for the decommissioning of Beznau, STENFO already made initial decommissioning payments to both operators in 2019.
Audit number: 20018
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