Which energy contract do you choose for 2027?

Short answer: on 1 January 2027 net metering ends. A fixed contract locks the supply price for its term, a variable one can change, and a dynamic one follows the hour or the quarter-hour. Your ERE payment does not follow that contract, except where a supplier ties its own deal to it.

What changes on 1 January 2027?

The Act of 18 December 2024 (Staatsblad 2025, 17) ends net metering on 1 January 2027. Through 2026 you offset exported electricity against the electricity you take, including energy tax and VAT. After that, these rules apply:

• Feed-in payment. A reasonable amount per exported kWh. Until 1 January 2030, at least 50% of the supply price you agreed, which the ACM reads as the price without energy tax and VAT.
• Feed-in costs. Only for customers who export, and only for handling that electricity. They come off the payment, so the net can sit below the minimum.
• Not negative. On a small connection the payment itself, averaged over a month, may not be negative.
• One case without a fee. A combined supply and feed-in contract from before 29 January 2025, changed unilaterally because of this Act: cancelling for that reason has no termination fee.

A fixed price does not postpone the Act. Whether feed-in costs run to the end of the term is in the contract. Amounts: feed-in costs 2027 by supplier and home battery. Power you use yourself saves the full kWh price. A battery against smart charging: that article.

How do fixed, variable and dynamic differ?

On 27 September 2026, of 71 household brands, 32 publish a fixed contract, 34 a variable one and 59 a dynamic one. The counts overlap. For 10, 8 and 4 brands the type is missing from the page.

	Fixed	Variable	Dynamic
Price per kWh	Locked for the term in the contract	The supplier can change the rate	Follows the exchange, by the hour or quarter-hour, plus the supplier’s markup
Termination fee if you leave early	Only if the ACM’s three conditions are met	No	No
Notice period	One month at most	One month at most	One month at most

Of those 59, 17 publish a markup, €0.010 to €0.06251 per kWh, median €0.020 (6 do not state VAT). Eighteen publish a monthly charge, €4.83 to €8.57, median €7.37 (12 do not state VAT). Market price, energy tax and grid charges are the same everywhere. The list is on dynamic energy contract. The EV cost scan prices home charging from October 2025 to September 2026 at €0.2585 per kWh (day average) and €0.1859 (four cheapest hours), with tax, VAT and that median markup, without the standing charge or grid costs.

What differs by situation?

Situation	What the contract form does	What changes on 1 January 2027
No solar panels	Fixed locks the kWh price, variable can change, dynamic follows the hour or quarter-hour.	Net metering does not touch your bill. Home charging on a dynamic contract does: €0.1859 against €0.2585 per kWh over the period above.
Solar panels	Until 2030 the bare supply price is the base for the minimum: half of it, without energy tax and VAT.	Export earns a payment minus feed-in costs. kWh you use yourself save the full price.
Panels and an electric car	Charging while the panels produce raises the share you use yourself.	Your ERE amount per kWh charged does not change because of that.
Electric car, smart charging	The four cheapest hours exist only with a dynamic hourly price.	Whether the supplier steers the car itself is listed per brand on energy suppliers.
Home battery	The battery moves use between hours, and between using power yourself and exporting it.	The 2027 amounts are on home battery. A payback period is not calculated here.

When do you switch, and what does cancelling cost?

The notice period is in your contract, one month at most, and starts the day after you cancel. That covers every contract type, including an open-ended one (ACM ConsuWijzer, page read on 13 October 2026).

You pay a termination fee only if you have a fixed term, it is still running, and both are in the contract. There is no fee on a variable or dynamic tariff, after the term ends, if the supplier ends the contract (except sometimes for late payment), if the fee is billed only after the final bill, or if the contract does not explain the sum.

The sum is remaining consumption times the gap between your rate and a new contract at the same supplier for the time left. If energy has become more expensive, the fee is zero. The calculation stays valid for 2 months. Your new supplier arranges the switch. The fee is on the final bill, within 6 weeks, and the cooling-off period can still cancel the switch. The basis is the 2023 policy rule.

ConsuWijzer’s example is not a current market price. A one-year contract starts on 1 July 2025 at €0.45 per kWh and €0.90 per m³. You cancel on 25 March 2026, with 800 kWh and 500 m³ still to go. The reference price is €0.25 per kWh and €0.60 per m³. Electricity is then €160 and gas is €150.

With solar panels you still pay that fee if you leave a fixed contract early. The supplier uses your standard annual consumption and your generation. A cash welcome premium may be reclaimed within 6 months, never more than the premium. After 6 months, no. A non-cash gift stays with you. The Act’s exception, a pre-29 January 2025 contract changed unilaterally because of the Act, comes before this fee. Ask for the expected fee before you sign.

Does your ERE payment depend on your energy contract?

No, unless a supplier ties the payout to its own contract. The NEa books home charging from the meter in the charge point. Each kWh charged earns 0.33269 ERE in 2026. On 18 October 2026 the ERE price is €0.460, gross €0.153 per kWh. The median of published commissions is 20%. The explanation is in what the ERE payment for home charging is.

Six brands have an open ERE deal (checked 27 September 2026). The ERE-deal filter on energy suppliers shows them. Alphabetical:

Supplier	Condition	What its own page says
Blue Current Energy	No energy contract is mentioned.	Once a year, after the NEa allocates the EREs. First payout expected in the first quarter of 2027. MID meter on the charge point.
Frank Energie	A suitable charge point with a MID meter, via Joulo.	Since 16 September 2026. Signing up before 25 February 2027 can include sessions from 1 January 2026. Joulo states at most 10% while you are a Frank customer. That percentage is not on Frank’s page (ERE comparison, 7 October 2026).
Hegg Energy	No energy contract is mentioned.	Via Plugchoice, as part of Hegg Slim Laden, switched on in the app. A MID meter is required. Costs are not on the page.
Tibber	10% instead of 20% while you have a Tibber contract.	Only a charge point with a built-in MID meter. Joulo pays quarterly.
Vattenfall	A Vattenfall electricity contract, an Autel MaxiCharger and a Vattenfall charging subscription.	25% withheld, minimum €0.05 per kWh in 2026, paid yearly. The page does not say whether FlexPrijs counts.
Zonneplan	Only with Zonneplan Energie.	A MID meter is required. Charge 1 and 2 are not eligible. Credited on the energy bill.

Essent is a waitlist, only for its own charge points, and an Essent energy contract is not required. Eneco eMobility is a pre-registration for its own charge point. eneco.nl shows no ERE offer. Both sit outside the filter. Independent providers book the same kWh without an energy contract: supplier or independent provider.