Eneco will charge 11.5 cents per kWh for feeding in with solar panels

The Dutch branch of Eneco has announced its feed-in tariffs for solar panel owners. The energy supplier will charge PV owners 11.5 cents for every kWh they supply back. This could reduce the energy price for energy from the grid by 6 cents.

Eneco will apply the fixed feed-in costs of 11.5 cents per kWh from June to customers with a variable contract, the energy supplier wrote on Monday. According to Eneco, this means that the costs of supplying energy are decoupled from the energy price. Feed-in costs are currently included in the energy price for all households, but this will soon no longer be the case. Under the new system, customers without solar panels will pay less because the electricity rate can be reduced, reports Eneco. The energy supplier reports that customers who supply more electricity than they use on an annual basis will still receive a compensation of 14. Get 5 cents per kWh. The net compensation is 3 cents per kWh, given the feed-in costs of 11.5 cents. Solar power that customers use immediately after generation is not subject to costs.

Eneco announced in March that it will pass on feed-in costs to customers with solar panels. At the time, this only affected customers who took out a new permanent contract. They then paid an increased fixed charge of 6 euros extra per month. From June, new regular customers will pay the kWh rate. Customers with a variable contract will be confronted with the new feed-in tariffs in phases. This happens from June and up to and including August. Customers will be informed about this at least 30 days in advance.

The Dutch Consumer and Markets Authority is currently investigating feed-in levies. More and more energy suppliers are doing this, according to their own statements because of the high costs this entails and the netting scheme. The market regulator is investigating whether these are not too high. The ACM concluded in its first exploration that a customer with solar panels costs energy suppliers on average 'hundreds of euros per year'. It is now conducting a follow-up investigation at Budget Energie, Eneco, Engie and Vattenfall.