Delta Energie will charge feed-in costs to solar panel owners

Delta Energie will charge feed-in costs to customers with solar panels. A fixed amount is charged for a return of at least 100 kWh of electricity on an annual basis. The energy supplier reduces the regular electricity price by four euro cents.

The feed-in costs are determined in advance and Delta Energie uses a scale system for this. The first 100kWh, or scale 1, costs nothing extra. For a return of 100 to 200 kWh on an annual basis, which is scale 2, a customer pays 11.60 euros including VAT. Delta emphasizes that the costs in question are completely separate from the netting arrangement and any net feed-in fees.

The new arrangement takes effect for new customers from the time of writing. For existing customers with a fixed price contract, nothing will change during the contract period. Customers with a variable energy contract are eligible for feed-in costs from July 1. According to the energy supplier, these additional costs should not be passed on to customers without solar panels.

The company writes: “Because of the netting arrangement, you get a high price for a large part of the electricity that you supply back. We have to sell the same electricity on the electricity market at often low prices. The difference is a cost item for us.” This has to do with an imbalance in the energy market; When solar panel owners supply energy back, there is often a surplus of power. When customers purchase more electricity, for example in winter, demand is higher and therefore also the price of energy.

Delta is not the first energy supplier to introduce this measure. Several energy suppliers, including Eneco, Vattenfall and Budget Energie, now charge feed-in costs to solar panel owners. Vattenfall only does this from 500kWh. Eneco charges a price per kWh.