“It is a loan, not a subsidy,” it emphasizes after reporting in the Ad. Moreover, the Heat Fund does not say that it does not work with installers.
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There is a lot of interest for home batteries. The rogue providers respond to this. The favorable netting arrangement, with which owners of solar panels can cross their consumption against the total consumption, disappears from 1 January 2027.
Return costs
Then, in the case of increasing return costs that energy suppliers require, it becomes more interesting to purchase a home battery, the providers say.
They often put a brochure on the bus that points to the benefits. But that is highly dependent on the household, energy experts emphasize. According to Knowledge Center Milieu Centraal, it is usually not yet payable at current prices.
Deception
According to the ACM supervisor, the providers also offer home batteries at far too high prices. Consumers are vulnerable in the event of deception because they hand over personal information during the transaction, such as their DigiD data, payslips and mortgage data.
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The warning from the Heat Fund is in line with earlier alarming messages from the Netherlands Authority for Consumers & Markets (ACM). The ACM also recently received many reports from consumers who were put under pressure or signed contracts unintentionally, confirms it on Friday.
‘Loan must be reimbursed’
The Heat Fund emphasizes that a loan, unlike a subsidy, must be fully repaid. Due to the false claims, people run the risk of lending a considerable amount without realizing the financial consequences.
The fund advises consumers to always conduct careful research themselves. The ACM is researching the practices of these sellers.
,, Sellers use all kinds of different company names, often names that are not registered at all at the Chamber of Commerce. Or they say they call on behalf of the energy supplier, “said the ACM.
,, As a result, people often do not know who they are called. During the sales conversation, people are persuaded to put a signature online. For example, they think that they put a signature for making an appointment or a free quote, but later it appears that they have put a signature under the purchase agreement for a home battery. ”
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This is often about amounts of tens of thousands of euros, according to De Waakhond. ,, That sometimes have to be repaid with a loan. If people find out that they have already signed a purchase contract with the signature, it is very difficult to cancel the purchase again. ”
Capital injection of Heat Fund
The National Heat Fund has recently received an additional financing of 750 million euros from the government. This capital injection is intended to be able to meet the growing demand for loans for energy -saving measures.
The fund was founded in 2013 as the National Energy Savings Fund, commissioned by the Central Government. The name changed to National Heat Fund in 2019.