Title: Is CNS reliable? ACM license, contracts and ERE deal
Canonical: https://erevergelijken.eu/en/energy-suppliers/cns/
Language: en
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# CNS

Energy supplier

CNS supplies under the ACM license of ConceptsnSolutions B.V. (since 2018). Contracts: fixed, variable.

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Checked on September 27, 2026

Short answer

As of September 27, 2026, the EV score of CNS is 2.5/10 and the ACM license is active (ConceptsnSolutions B.V.). Contracts: fixed, variable. ERE deal: no, smart charging: no.

## ACM license

ACM license

Active

License holder

ConceptsnSolutions B.V.

Granted on

August 13, 2018

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

businesses, households

Taking new customers

Yes

Contracts

fixed, variable

Good to know: Focused on large business customers and producers (EPEX spot price plus a fixed fee, PPAs, guarantees of origin). Households can only take a model contract (fixed 12 months or variable), by phone. Model contract fixed supply costs €217.80 per product per year (incl. VAT).

## Electricity label 2025

Company mix

-   Wind
-   Solar
-   Biomass

Sources in the 2025 electricity label of CNS
| Source | Share |
| --- | --- |
| Wind | 81.44% |
| Solar | 18.03% |
| Biomass | 0.53% |

Renewable

100%

Dutch guarantees of origin

not stated

CO2

not stated

Radioactive waste

not stated

The chart states wind, solar and biomass. A country of origin, CO2 or radioactive waste is not on the chart.

[Stroometiket 2025, CNS](https://www.cns.energy/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Stroometiket-2025-1.png) · Checked October 13, 2026 · [All electricity labels](https://erevergelijken.eu/en/green-electricity/)

## For EV drivers

ERE deal: No. No ERE offer found on the brand's own pages.

Smart charging: Not found on its own website.

Home battery: Not found on its own website.

Feed-in: Model contract, amounts incl. VAT: fixed (from 1 Sep 2026) feed-in payment €-0.13787 and feed-in costs €0.10565 per kWh; variable (from 1 Oct 2026) feed-in payment €-0.14048 and feed-in costs €0.10681 per kWh. The minus sign is as shown in the table. Feed-in costs apply to all electricity fed in.

## Sources

-   [Website CNS](https://www.cns.energy/?utm_source=erevergelijken&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=vergelijking&utm_content=supplier_website)
-   [Tariffs CNS](https://www.cns.energy/modelcontract/)
-   [CNS, homepage](https://www.cns.energy/)
-   [CNS, klant worden](https://www.cns.energy/klant-worden/)
-   [CNS, over CNS](https://www.cns.energy/over-cns/)
-   [ACM, ConceptsnSolutions mag elektriciteit leveren aan kleinverbruikers](https://www.acm.nl/nl/publicaties/conceptsnsolutions-mag-elektriciteit-leveren-aan-kleinverbruikers)
-   [ACM, register energieleveranciers met een vergunning](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 CNS

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

No

unchanged

Smart charging

No

unchanged

ERE offer

No

unchanged

ACM license

Active

unchanged

EV score

2.5/10

unchanged

Renewable share (electricity label)

100%

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 2.5: 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

0.0/10 · weight 35%

-   Dynamic contract Yes: 1 0 / 1
-   Smart charging in the app Yes: 1 · coming soon: 0.5 0 / 1
-   Home-battery steering Yes: 1 0 / 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

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