Title: Is Budget Thuis reliable? ACM license and ERE deal Canonical: https://erevergelijken.eu/en/energy-suppliers/budget-thuis/ Language: en Last modified: not dated in the sitemap Source: EREVergelijken.eu (the ERE Team), CC BY 4.0 for the data # Budget Thuis (voorheen Budget Energie) Energy supplier Budget Thuis (voorheen Budget Energie) supplies under the ACM license of Budget Thuis B.V. (since 2008). Contracts: fixed, variable, dynamic. [Compare all suppliers](https://erevergelijken.eu/en/energy-suppliers/) [Website Budget Thuis (voorheen Budget Energie) ↗](https://www.budgetthuis.nl/energie?utm_source=erevergelijken&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=vergelijking&utm_content=supplier_hero) Checked on September 27, 2026 Short answer As of September 27, 2026, the EV score of Budget Thuis (voorheen Budget Energie) is 4.8/10 and the ACM license is active (Budget Thuis B.V.). Contracts: fixed, variable, dynamic. ERE deal: no, smart charging: no. ## ACM license ACM license Active License holder Budget Thuis B.V. Granted on October 1, 2008 History in the register - October 1, 2008: Verleend - November 9, 2011: Wijziging tenaamstelling - August 10, 2022: Wijziging tenaamstelling ACM register checked on October 19, 2026. [View the register](https://www.acm.nl/nl/herstructurering-energie/elektriciteit-en-gas/energie-leveren-met-vergunning/energieleveranciers-met-een-vergunning) ## In short Supplies households, businesses Taking new customers Yes Contracts fixed, variable, dynamic Good to know: Fixed contract (1 or 3 years), variable, dynamic and a combination contract (dynamic electricity, gas fixed for 1 year). Business offer via budgetthuis.nl/energie/zakelijk. Budget Thuis has no public tariff page; tariffs follow from the offer after entering postcode and house number. ## Electricity label 2025 Company mix - Wind - Solar - Hydropower Sources in the 2025 electricity label of Budget Thuis (voorheen Budget Energie) | Source | Share | | --- | --- | | Wind | 58% | | Solar | 3% | | Hydropower | 39% | Renewable 100% Dutch guarantees of origin 5% CO2 not stated Radioactive waste not stated The chart on the page shows 58% wind, 39% hydro and 3% solar, and 95% from the EU and 5% from the Netherlands. CO2 and radioactive waste are not on the chart. [Stroometiket 2025, Budget Thuis](https://www.budgetthuis.nl/energie/groene-stroom) · Checked October 13, 2026 · [All electricity labels](https://erevergelijken.eu/en/green-electricity/) ## Dynamic contract Fixed fee per month Not public Markup per kWh Not public Price per hour Supplier cost per year Not public Budget Thuis does not publish the fixed supply costs or the purchase fee for the dynamic contract on its website; they appear in the personal offer and the contract. Per the product terms, Budget Thuis may change the fixed supply costs at most once per 12 months by at most €2.50 per connection, and the purchase fee at most once a month. Indefinite term; can be cancelled at any time free of charge with no notice period. Switching to a fixed contract carries no cancellation fee. \* Amount as the supplier publishes it; the supplier does not say whether it includes VAT. Supplier cost per year: 12 × fixed fee + markup × 5,130 kWh (average household plus 15,000 km of home charging), incl. VAT, excl. energy tax and grid costs. [Compare all dynamic contracts](https://erevergelijken.eu/en/dynamic-energy-contract/) ## For EV drivers ERE deal: No. No ERE offer found on budgetthuis.nl. Smart charging: Not found on its own website. Home battery: Budget Thuis sells a plug-in home battery (1.92 kWh base, expandable to 5.75 kWh) with a price-driven mode: charge when prices are low, discharge when high. Customers with a dynamic contract and solar panels get a €25 yearly battery bonus for 5 years. Feed-in: No feed-in costs. Exported power earns the hourly price at that moment, including energy tax; consumption and export are settled at year end (until 1 January 2027). ## Sources - [Website Budget Thuis (voorheen Budget Energie)](https://www.budgetthuis.nl/energie?utm_source=erevergelijken&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=vergelijking&utm_content=supplier_website) - [Tariffs Budget Thuis (voorheen Budget Energie)](https://www.budgetthuis.nl/energie/stroom-en-gas) - [Budget Thuis: Dynamisch energiecontract](https://www.budgetthuis.nl/energie/dynamisch-energiecontract) - [Budget Thuis: Uitleg kosten dynamisch contract](https://www.budgetthuis.nl/energie/klantenservice/dynamische-tarieven/termijnbedrag) - [Budget Thuis Productvoorwaarden Dynamisch](https://www.budgetthuis.nl/docs/productvoorwaarden_dynamisch_contract.pdf) - [Budget Thuis: Thuisbatterij](https://www.budgetthuis.nl/energie/thuisbatterij) - [Budget Thuis: Zakelijk](https://www.budgetthuis.nl/energie/zakelijk) - [Budget Thuis: Combinatiecontract](https://www.budgetthuis.nl/energie/dynamisch-stroom-en-gas-vast) - [ACM: Energieleveranciers met een vergunning (elektriciteit)](https://www.acm.nl/nl/herstructurering-energie/elektriciteit-en-gas/energie-leveren-met-vergunning/energieleveranciers-met-een-vergunning) Checked on September 27, 2026 Price history ## What changed at Budget Thuis (voorheen Budget Energie) We record every check of our data, since September 27, 2026. Latest check: October 21, 2026. Corrections of our own mistakes do not count as changes. Dynamic contract Yes unchanged Smart charging No unchanged ERE offer No unchanged ACM license Active unchanged EV score 4.8/10 unchanged Renewable share (electricity label) 100% unchanged Dutch guarantees of origin (electricity label) 5% unchanged No changes seen since September 27, 2026. When a price, term or score changes, this shows when, and from what to what. [All trends: electricity price, charging and ERE](https://erevergelijken.eu/en/trends/) EV-score ## EV score 4.8: how it is calculated Ten public checks, the same for every supplier. Anything not public earns 0 points; without an active ACM license the score is 0. ### Charging 6.7/10 · weight 35% - Dynamic contract Yes: 1 1 / 1 - Smart charging in the app Yes: 1 · coming soon: 0.5 0 / 1 - Home-battery steering Yes: 1 1 / 1 ### Costs 0.0/10 · weight 30% - Fixed fee public With VAT stated: 1 · without: 0.5 0 / 1 - Markup per kWh public With VAT stated: 1 · without: 0.5 0 / 1 - Supplier cost per year Cheapest third: 1 · middle third: 0.5 0 / 1 ### Certainty 10.0/10 · weight 25% - ACM license active Yes: 1 1 / 1 - Years licensed 5+ years: 1 · 2+ years: 0.5 1 / 1 - Taking new customers Yes: 1 · unknown: 0.5 1 / 1 ### ERE 0.0/10 · weight 10% - Own ERE deal Open: 1 · waitlist or pre-registration: 0.5 0 / 1 [All energy suppliers](https://erevergelijken.eu/en/energy-suppliers/) ## Your ERE payment is arranged separately Whichever supplier you use: compare ERE providers on net earnings, terms and trust score. [Compare ERE providers](https://erevergelijken.eu/en/compare/)