The Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE) is the competence centre for issues relating to energy supply and energy use for Switzerland.  The SFOE 1) creates the prerequisites for a sufficient, crisis-proof, broad-based, economic and sustainable energy supply; 2) ensures the maintenance of high safety standards in the production, transport and utilisation of energy; 3) creates the necessary conditions for efficient electricity and gas markets and an adapted infrastructure; 4) actively promotes efficient energy use, an increase in the share of renewable energy and a reduction in CO2 emissions; 5) promotes and coordinates national energy research and supports the development of new markets for sustainable energy use and supply.