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    Essent

    Energy supplier

    ACM license: active · 2004DynamicSmart chargingHome batteryhouseholdsbusinesses

    Essent supplies under the ACM license of Essent Retail Energie B.V. (since 2004). Contracts: fixed, variable, dynamic. There is a waitlist for its own ERE service.

    Compare all suppliers Website Essent

    Checked on September 27, 2026

    6.5

    EV-score

    Good · 6.5/10

    Fit for home charging, 10 public checks

    • Charging (35%)10.0
    • Costs (30%)0.0
    • Certainty (25%)10.0
    • ERE (10%)5.0
    How this score is made

    ACM license

    ACM license
    Active
    License holder
    Essent Retail Energie B.V.
    Granted on
    June 11, 2004

    ACM register checked on October 19, 2026. View the register

    In short

    Supplies
    households, businesses
    Taking new customers
    Yes
    Contracts
    fixed, variable, dynamic

    Good to know: Fixed, variable (5 working days' notice) and dynamic; business offer too.

    Electricity label 2025

    Essent Retail mix

    Sources in the 2025 electricity label of Essent
    SourceShare
    Wind, Netherlands23.2%
    Solar, Netherlands16.6%
    Wind, abroad60.2%
    Renewable
    100%
    Dutch guarantees of origin
    39.8%
    CO2
    0 g/kWh
    Radioactive waste
    0 µg/kWh

    Whole company: 88% renewable

    Where the label states grams per kWh or grams per MWh, that figure is converted exactly to micrograms per kWh (1 gram = 1,000,000 micrograms, 1 gram per MWh = 1,000 micrograms per kWh).

    Essent Retail mix applies to all households, sole traders and small businesses. The non-renewable electricity in the Essent NV mix is for some customers of Powerhouse BV.

    Stroometiket 2025, Essent · Checked October 13, 2026 · All electricity labels

    Dynamic contract

    Fixed fee per month
    Not public
    Markup per kWh
    Not public
    Price per
    hour
    Supplier cost per year
    Not public

    Essent does not state the fixed supply costs, purchase fee or selling fee on its public pages; they are in the supply contract and personal offer. Essent may change the purchase and selling fees monthly and the fixed supply costs quarterly. The billed hourly price is the average of the four quarter-hour prices.

    Indefinite term; 5 working days' notice.

    * 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.

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    For EV drivers

    ERE deal: Waitlist. Own ERE service in preparation: waitlist only for now. Only for Essent charge points (MID meter as standard); an Essent energy contract is not required. Essent works with a partner not yet named, plans to book all of 2026 retroactively and mentions costs for booking and trading. View this ERE offer

    Smart charging: Free Smart Charging in the Essent app: with a dynamic contract the car charges automatically in low-price hours. Works via the car; listed brands: Alfa Romeo, Audi, BMW, BYD, Citroën, Cupra, Dacia, DS, Fiat, Hyundai, Jaguar, Kia, Land Rover, Lexus, Mazda, Mercedes, MINI, Nissan, Opel, Peugeot, Polestar, Porsche, Renault, SEAT, Škoda, Tesla, Toyota, Volkswagen, Volvo and XPENG.

    Home battery: Slim Sturen: Essent automatically steers a Solax or Enphase home battery for grid balancing; in 2026 a fixed fee of €25 to €120 per month depending on capacity and power. Battery from €5,869 including installation and VAT.

    Feed-in: No feed-in costs; export is paid at the hourly rate at that moment. If you export more than you use over a year, a selling fee applies to the surplus. From 1 January 2027 you receive the market price (without VAT) and pay a selling fee per exported kWh.

    Sources

    Checked on September 27, 2026

    Price history

    What changed at Essent

    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
    Yes
    unchanged
    ERE offer
    Waitlist
    unchanged
    ACM license
    Active
    unchanged
    EV score
    6.5/10
    unchanged
    Renewable share (electricity label)
    100%
    unchanged
    Dutch guarantees of origin (electricity label)
    39.8%
    unchanged
    CO2 (grams per kWh, electricity label)
    0
    unchanged
    Radioactive waste (micrograms per kWh)
    0
    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

    EV-score

    EV score 6.5: 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

    10.0/10 · weight 35%
    • Dynamic contractYes: 11 / 1
    • Smart charging in the appYes: 1 · coming soon: 0.51 / 1
    • Home-battery steeringYes: 11 / 1

    Costs

    0.0/10 · weight 30%
    • Fixed fee publicWith VAT stated: 1 · without: 0.50 / 1
    • Markup per kWh publicWith VAT stated: 1 · without: 0.50 / 1
    • Supplier cost per yearCheapest third: 1 · middle third: 0.50 / 1

    Certainty

    10.0/10 · weight 25%
    • ACM license activeYes: 11 / 1
    • Years licensed5+ years: 1 · 2+ years: 0.51 / 1
    • Taking new customersYes: 1 · unknown: 0.51 / 1

    ERE

    5.0/10 · weight 10%
    • Own ERE dealOpen: 1 · waitlist or pre-registration: 0.50.5 / 1
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