What changes
According to ACM ConsuWijzer (the Dutch consumer authority):
- Your supplier stops netting your consumption against your feed-in.
- You pay energy tax and VAT on all electricity you take from the grid. Electricity you generate and use yourself is not taxed.
- For electricity you feed back you get a reasonable compensation. Until 1 January 2030 that is at least 50% of the price you pay for electricity excluding energy tax and VAT.
- Feed-in costs ("terugleverkosten") remain and can sometimes be higher than the compensation.
What this means in practice
Self-consumption becomes worth more: a kWh you use yourself saves the full price including tax, while a kWh you feed back earns less. A home battery, shifting usage to the daytime or an electric car can change that balance; see our battery calculator (Dutch) and home charging costs (Dutch).
Choosing a contract now
The statutory scheme ends on 1 January 2027 whatever your contract says; your supplier cannot delay it. Check your contract terms and what your supplier already states about feed-in costs and compensation for 2027. Our comparison tool has a "2027 · after net metering" view that uses the tariffs of today with the feed-in costs and compensation suppliers state for 2027. Contracts without 2027 data are not shown there.
Full Dutch version: einde salderen 2027. Tariff overview per supplier: feed-in costs explained (Dutch).