Netting scheme for solar panels ends per 2027

What changes?

Do you have solar panels for your business and do you sell electricity back to the grid? The netting scheme (salderingsregeling) ends on 1 January 2027.

As a small-volume user, you are now allowed to offset the electricity you feed back into the grid with the electricity you use each year. This is called netting (salderen in Dutch). Do you feed back more electricity than you use? Your energy supplier pays you a compensation for the difference. Once the netting scheme ends, you can no longer offset electricity in this way.

The current netting scheme will be replaced with a new arrangement. You will receive a reasonable compensation from your energy supplier for the solar energy you feed back to the grid.

With this measure, the government aims to stimulate users to use as much as possible of the solar energy they have generated themselves. This will reduce the stress on the electricity grid.

For whom?

• SMEs with an electricity connection of 3x80 amperes at most (small-volume users) and solar panels
• solar panels installation companies
• solar panels manufacturers
• energy suppliers

When?

The change in law is expected to enter into effect on 1 January 2027.

Please note: The effective date of this measure is not yet final. Entry into force is subject to its passing through the Lower and Upper Houses (Tweede en Eerste Kamer) of parliament. After publication in the Staatsblad or Staatscourant (Government Gazette, in Dutch) the law can take effect.

Do you think government rules are unclear?

Do the rules create unnecessary administrative burdens? Or do you know how the rules could make doing business easier? You can report this (anonymously) to the Regulatory Reporting Centre (Meldpunt regelgeving).