Moving house, renting or a second home: what happens to your ERE registration?

Short answer: your ERE registration is tied to the connection and the charge point at one address, not to you as a person. When you move house, you close out the registration at the old address and effectively start again at the new one. If you rent, or have a second home, the same conditions apply as for an owner-occupied home - ownership of the connection, an integrated MID meter and verifiable charging data - but with a few practical points to watch. The checklist below works through what to do, address by address.

Why your registration is tied to the address

The three conditions that apply to private individuals - an integrated MID-certified meter inside the charge point, ownership of the connection at the address, and verifiable charging data - are all location-specific. The meter physically sits inside the charge point mounted at that one address. The connection is a contract tied to that address. And the charging data your provider verifies is the session history recorded through that specific meter. When you move, you leave all three behind at once, which is why the registration doesn’t automatically move with you.

Checklist: moving house with an active ERE registration

Step	Action	Why it matters
1. Before the move date	Export your charging sessions (kWh, dates) via your provider’s app or portal	This is your last verifiable data export at the old address; once you’re no longer the account holder, you can’t retrieve it
2. Before the move date	Notify your provider in writing of the move date and new address	Providers generally work with calendar-year contracts and need to know when the registration at the old address ends
3. On the move date	Arrange who becomes the new connection holder at the old address	Once you’re no longer the owner or contract holder of that connection, your eligibility there ends
4. At the new address	Redo the charger check	The charge point at the new address must qualify on its own merits; a previous charge point being eligible says nothing about this one
5. At the new address	Start a new registration, possibly with a different provider	You can only be registered with one provider at a time; check the notice period with your old provider before switching

Keep the exports from step 1 even after the move. If a dispute arises about the last recorded volume at the old address, that’s your own evidence alongside whatever the provider has on file.

Renting: who “owns” the connection?

“Ownership of the connection” in practice refers to whoever holds the energy contract at that address, not who owns the building. Tenants who hold their own energy contract are generally the connection holder in that sense, and so can qualify, provided the other conditions are also met. Landlords who don’t hold an energy contract at that address generally wouldn’t qualify there themselves.

What isn’t publicly spelled out: who’s entitled to register the charge point when the landlord installed it but the tenant holds the energy contract. Check your tenancy agreement for any clauses about the charge point, and put in writing who receives the ERE payment before signing up with a provider. This isn’t legal advice on tenancy law; if in doubt, check your tenancy agreement or consult an adviser. If a tenant moves out, the checklist above effectively repeats for the new tenant at that address - their situation is assessed afresh, independent of what the previous tenant had arranged.

A second home: does that count too?

For a second home in the Netherlands, the same conditions generally apply as for your main address: its own connection, its own integrated MID meter in the charge point there, and verifiable data from that specific location. If the second home is outside the Netherlands, it’s unlikely to qualify - the scheme assumes a Dutch location.

Whether one person can register at two Dutch addresses at the same time - for example with two different providers - isn’t explicitly spelled out for private individuals in the sources we’ve checked. Conditions are generally assessed per connection, which suggests it’s possible in principle, but confirm this before starting two sign-ups. Ask your provider explicitly whether they support multiple registrations per person and how that’s administered.

Switching provider mid-move

A contract typically runs per calendar year and you can only be registered with one provider at a time. If you move partway through the year, the registration at the old address generally continues to the end of the current contract, while you start a separate, new sign-up at the new address - possibly with a different provider. Check with your old provider how they handle a mid-year move and what notice period applies: this differs by provider and isn’t always clearly stated on their website.

Practical tips, summarised

• Export your charging data before you hand over the keys.
• Notify your provider in writing, and in good time.
• Redo the charger check for every new address, even if a previous address already qualified.
• Renters: agree in advance who receives the ERE payment if the landlord installed the charge point.
• Second home: confirm with the provider whether multiple registrations per person are supported.
• When in doubt, go by your provider’s written confirmation rather than assumptions - the final assessment of your situation is made by the provider, not by this checklist.