Grid tariffs increased
The grid tariffs increased in 2025. There are two reasons for this:
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Following a ruling by the Trade and Industry Appeals Tribunal (CBb), the ACM set higher network tariffs for 2025. The CBb concluded that tariffs for the electricity grid and gas network had been set too low. As a result, the 2025 tariffs include both a higher rate for that year and a retroactive adjustment for 2022, 2023, and 2024.
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The tariffs also reflect an average of 3.6% price increase, as determined by the ACM based on figures published by Statistics Netherlands (CBS).
Households paid 11% more for the combined electricity and gas bill in 2025 than in 2024. This is approximately €6 per month (including VAT). In agreement with ACM, we found that the grid tariffs will increase by an average of 2.8% in 2026. This is approximately €2 per month (including VAT).
For business customers, the average increase in grid management tariffs in 2025 ranged from 15.2% to 17.7% for electricity and from 13.2% to 15.5% for gas. The exact increase depended on the customer’s connection capacity and consumption level. In 2026, the periodic network costs for electricity for business customers will decrease by an average of 1.1%. For gas, network costs will increase by an average of 8.6%.
A tariff model based on actual demand
At present, the tariffs customers pay are only marginally, or not at all, linked to their actual use of the grid. Together with other network operators, the ACM, the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, and market parties, we are working on new tariff models based on actual demand for transmission capacity. These models are intended to encourage more efficient use of the grid, improve cost allocation, and help limit future tariff increases.
The ACM is also working with grid operators and other stakeholders to develop a tariff structure for customers who feed large volumes of electricity into the grid, such as power plants, wind farms, and solar parks. Currently, these customers do not pay for feeding electricity into the grid; only customers who draw electricity from the grid contribute to infrastructure costs. The ACM and the sector are therefore aiming for a fairer distribution of costs among all users of the electricity grid.