Homeowners with solar panels can supply their excess electricity back to the grid at market rates for a longer period of time. The cabinet does not want to cut back the so-called netting arrangement until 2025, whereas this would have been the case from 2023.
According to the Home Owners Association, the scheme works well and also enables these homeowners to make their home more sustainable and reduce energy bills, the association said on Monday in a response to an earlier letter to parliament.
It was previously known that the intended date for the austerity of January 1, 2023 would not be met. Minister of Climate and Energy Rob Jetten wrote in a letter to the House of Representatives that the scheme will be introduced two years later. Due to this postponement, network operators, energy suppliers, regulators and homeowners will have more time to prepare for the intended phasing out plan for the netting scheme.
Netting is the settlement of electricity that is returned to the grid, for the same price as for which the electricity is purchased. The cabinet wants to have completely phased out this scheme by 2031. From 2025, only a part of the power that is supplied back may be deducted from the amount of power that has been consumed. Due to the shorter payback period for solar panels, the previous cabinet decided to phase out this scheme. That should also boost the home battery market.
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