The ERE annual calendar: registering, checking, selling and paying out

There is no fixed, statutory date on which your ERE payment lands - that’s something you agree with your provider. What is fixed is the order: registering, checking, selling and paying out. For the 2026 charging year, the first full year under the ERE system, the first payout at several providers only arrives during the course of 2027. This article walks through the annual calendar step by step and shows which parts are set by law and which vary by provider.

The four steps at a glance

Every ERE payment goes through the same four phases, whichever provider you choose. The pace at which that happens, however, differs sharply between providers and between years.

1. Registering

Private individuals cannot register with the NEa themselves and always go through a registered service provider - an ERE provider. When you sign up, you link your charge point and your grid connection to the provider, who can then read out your charging sessions. Registration is possible year-round in principle; the earlier you start, the more of the current charging year counts.

2. Checking

The provider collects your charging sessions in kWh from your MID meter and checks them against the conditions: an integrated meter, verifiable data and ownership of the connection. At most providers this check continues until after the calendar year has ended, simply because the full charging year is only complete at that point.

3. Selling

Only after checking does the provider file the EREs with the NEa and sell them on the market to parties with a statutory reduction obligation, such as fuel suppliers. The moment of sale varies sharply by provider: some sell quarterly, others bundle a whole charging year and only sell once that year has closed.

4. Paying out

After the sale, the provider withholds the agreed commission and transfers the rest to you. This is the step most questions are about - and also the step that differs most between providers.

Statutory dates versus your provider’s dates

Part of the annual calendar is set by law; the rest is a commercial arrangement between you and your provider.

Set by law are, among other things, 1 January 2026, the date on which ERE replaced the earlier HBE system, and 1 January 2027, when constructions with a MID meter outside the charge point stop counting. The system behind the Energy for Transport Regulation, under which fuel suppliers must meet their reduction obligation per calendar year, is likewise set by law. An exact, statutory payout date owed to you as a private individual, by contrast, is set out nowhere.

Commercial, and therefore variable by provider, are the payout frequency (quarterly, annual or only after sale), the precise moment within that rhythm, and any reserves or later top-up payments. These are set out in your provider’s terms, not in the law.

Payout rhythm by provider: a few examples

To make the difference concrete, here are a few examples from public provider terms, checked in early September 2026. This is not a complete overview; always check the current terms of the provider you’re considering.

Provider	Rhythm	Example from the terms
Laadbeloning	Annual	Typically at the end of Q1 of the following calendar year
Stekker, Joulo, Voltico, Laadpremie	Quarterly	Paid out every quarter
Vattenfall	Annual	Around June of the following year
Laadnet	Quarterly from 2027	2026 proceeds are sold and paid out in Q1 2027, quarterly thereafter
0-CO2	Annual	Payment by 1 May 2027 at the latest for the 2026 charging year
Zeres	After sale	Within 30 days of acceptance, verification, sale and receipt of proceeds
GridCredits	Quarterly	The first payment can take 4 to 6 months

Why the first payout often only lands in 2027

2026 is the first full charging year under the ERE system. Providers that pay annually can, by definition, only do so once the calendar year has closed - which is why Laadbeloning cites “the end of Q1” of the following year, Vattenfall “around June”, and 0-CO2 1 May 2027 at the latest. Laadnet, too, which moves to a quarterly rhythm from 2027, only sells and pays out the 2026 proceeds in the first quarter of 2027.

Even providers with a quarterly rhythm couldn’t pay out immediately after the first quarter of 2026, simply because the system had to get up and running on 1 January 2026 and the first charging sessions still needed checking and selling. This is a feature of a new system in its first year; it’s no guarantee that later charging years will keep the same pace.

Can you speed up the payout?

A few practical points that affect the speed:

• Choose deliberately on payout rhythm. If you’d rather receive a smaller amount more often than one larger amount once a year, compare providers with a quarterly rhythm.
• Supply your data on time and in full. Incomplete or late data can delay the checking phase.
• Watch the contract term. A contract typically runs per calendar year, and switching is usually only possible at the start of a new calendar year, so the wrong choice quickly costs you twelve months.
• Compare before you commit. Our comparison shows the payout frequency per provider side by side, so you’re not caught out afterwards.

In short

• The order is always: register, check, sell, pay out.
• Only a limited part - such as the dates 1 January 2026 and 1 January 2027 - is set by law; the payout moment itself is a commercial arrangement with your provider.
• For the 2026 charging year, the first payouts at several providers only land during the course of 2027.
• The amounts and moments in this article are examples from public terms at the time of checking, not a guarantee for your situation or future years.