NEa, REV and registration service provider: who does what?

Four parties play a role as soon as you charge at home and want an ERE payment for it: the NEa, the REV, a registration service provider (inboekdienstverlener) and you yourself as the charge point holder. Who does what, where does each role’s remit end, and why is a mention not a quality mark? This article sets the roles out side by side.

The Netherlands Emissions Authority (NEa): regulator, not a service provider

The NEa is the government regulator that runs the ERE system and the Register Energie voor Vervoer. It oversees the correctness of registrations and, if something is wrong, can make corrections going back up to five years. In practice, enforcement focuses mainly on the registration service provider, not the individual private customer - as a charge point holder you aren’t a direct account holder anyway. Two things the NEa explicitly does not do: it doesn’t set the ERE price (that forms through supply and demand between providers and fuel suppliers), and it doesn’t approve or accredit registration service providers. We return to that last point later in this article.

The Register Energie voor Vervoer (REV): the administration

The REV is the online system in which businesses, and - via a registration service provider - private individuals too, have deliveries of electricity to transport registered. Account holders are typically businesses with a fuel transition obligation, registerers (inboekers) and transferors (overboekers) - parties that trade EREs among themselves. Direct access to the REV is reserved for businesses. Article 9(6) of the Regeling energie vervoer, in force from 20 June 2026 and read on 15 October 2026, sets the minimum yearly electricity to book at 2 million kWh, unless paragraph 7 applies or the company already has an account with a booking facility for a renewable energy type other than electricity. Paragraph 7 sets the number of mandates required for a registration provider at a minimum of 200. The wetten.nl text prints “inboekdienstverlenerbedraagt” without a space. The page Inboeken elektriciteit names the same thresholds: independent suppliers with a KvK registration and at least 2 million kWh a year, and registration providers with a KvK registration and at least 2 million kWh a year on behalf of all mandators, or at least 200 mandates. Account holders who also book energy carriers other than electricity have no threshold on that page, and can book for their own company and wholly owned subsidiaries. Anyone who does not meet that, including virtually all private individuals, registers through a registration provider. If a booker later misses the threshold, the account is blocked after the year close.

The booking dates are under until when charging sessions of a year still count. The electricity page and the REV FAQ name 1 March and 1 April. The step-by-step plan of 1 June 2026 names, for 2026, 26 February and verification before 1 May. Those two timelines had not been reconciled on 15 October 2026. 26 February is the date from the step-by-step plan.

The registration service provider: your link to the NEa

A registration service provider is a commercial company that collects, verifies and files charging data with the REV on behalf of customers - private individuals and businesses that don’t meet the threshold. In exchange, the provider receives EREs, which it then sells, usually to fuel suppliers with a reduction obligation. A share of those proceeds, after commission, flows back to you as the customer. To register as a provider, its own requirements apply: registration with the KvK, a minimum volume of 2 million kWh a year or at least 200 customer authorisations, a written mandate per customer, adequate metering infrastructure, and an annual independent verification by an external auditor. The provider itself is responsible for the correctness of the registration - not the NEa, and in practice not you as an individual customer either.

You as the charge point holder: what stays your responsibility?

As a private individual you aren’t a party to the NEa or the REV yourself; you don’t communicate directly with the regulator. What does stay your responsibility: making sure your charge point has an integrated MID-certified meter (with limited exceptions for allocation points created by the grid operator), demonstrating you own the grid connection, signing up with one registration service provider of your choice, and issuing a written mandate. Keeping your own record of your charging sessions isn’t a legal requirement, but it is a handy check and back-up if questions ever arise about missing kWh - especially since the provider, not you, is responsible for the final registration.

Roles, tasks and limits at a glance

Party	Main task	Limits of the role
NEa	Oversees the system and the REV; audits and can correct up to five years back	Does not set the ERE price; does not approve or accredit registration service providers
REV	The register in which deliveries are recorded and EREs are created and traded	A system, not a party that itself assesses or advises
Registration service provider	Collects and verifies your charging data, registers it with the REV, sells the EREs and pays you after commission	Itself responsible for the correctness of the registration; must meet its own NEa requirements
You (charge point holder)	Ensures a suitable meter, ownership of the connection and a mandate to a registration service provider	Cannot register directly with the NEa; not a direct account holder in the REV

Can you take part as a private individual if an NEa page says no

The FAQ Kunnen thuisladers ook worden ingeboekt?, read on 15 October 2026, is still online and says: “Nee. De HBE-systematiek is bedoeld voor ondernemingen, niet voor particulieren” (no, the HBE system is meant for companies, not for private individuals). That page carried no notice that day that the answer had been withdrawn. The FAQ also says the connection at home is in the name of a household or a private person, and that only a connection in the booker’s name can be used.

The leaflet Inboeken elektriciteit particulieren of 2 February 2026 says something else. Since 2026, electricity delivered to cars at home can qualify, and you arrange that only through a registration provider. The NEa does not handle questions from private individuals. You sign up with one provider at a time, for at least one full calendar year. The leaflet prints “overstappen tijden het jaar kan niet”. The contract runs through 31 December. The leaflet names a fixed renewable share of 50.5% for 2026, including when you have solar panels. The scheme is not a subsidy, and there is no fixed price per kWh. Only electricity delivered to vehicles can be booked. The provider is responsible for a correct booking and asks you for the data.

The Government of the Netherlands, read on 15 October 2026, writes that since 1 January 2026 you can take part with your own charger and a built-in MID meter, through a registration provider, and that you cannot sell the ERE yourself. 1 ERE equals 1 kilogram of avoided CO₂. The worked example on that page is 3,000 kWh at about €0.10 per kWh, €300 a year, before the provider’s costs. The page says that amount moves. It is their example, not a price of this site. Which EAN belongs on the mandate is in Why you need your EAN code.

What an NEa account costs and who checks the booking

The REV FAQ, read on 15 October 2026, says the NEa charges nothing to open an account. The yearly booking verification by an accredited body does cost money. The FAQ states no amount and no tariff per missing unit. For an estimate it points you to a verifier. The verifiers the FAQ names are Control Union, Normec QS and DEKRA. A verifier reviews the records, checks a sample of bookings and compares metering data and purchase data on a yearly basis.

Opening an account takes at least several weeks, the same FAQ says. A receipt usually follows within five working days. The first checks take about three to four weeks on average. After that it can take up to four more weeks before the account is open, once the extra data are correct and on time. Between 15 December and 1 April no account applications and no applications for a booking facility are processed. The booking dates themselves are in the annual calendar.

The page Inboekdienstverleners, also read on 15 October 2026, still says it is not yet possible to request an account in the REV, and that this is expected from the end of June 2026. That sits next to the news of 17 August 2026 that the renewed register has opened. We do not treat the sentence about the end of June as the current rule.

Amounts that providers themselves publish for an audit are not an NEa tariff. Our page on changes in October 2026 includes, among others, Joulo (business, from 31 October, €48 or €180 per connection per year), Laadnet (€180 verification a year) and Zeres (businesses and HOAs, €150 per connection per year up to 75,000 kWh).

Why a mention is not an approval

The NEa publishes the account-holder overview of 21 October 2026. That overview names the legal entity and the facilities on the account, including the registration-service facility. The lapsed list of registration service providers (7 August 2026) said a mention is not a substantive quality assessment and not an approval or accreditation by the NEa. We read the overview the same way: a facility is a fact about the account, not a quality mark. According to the NEa step-by-step plan, an account can still be opened until 15 December 2026. Assess a provider yourself on things like its written terms, KvK registration, how long it has been active and, of course, its commission and payout frequency. Our own comparison uses exactly these points, with a stated check date per provider.

What does the overview of 21 October 2026 show?

The list of registration service providers has lapsed. The account-holder overview of 21 October 2026 is the replacement: legal entities with a REV account, and the facilities on that account. That separates an old sign-up on the list from an account in the register. A mention remains a fact about that account, not a judgement on commission, service or terms. Keep comparing the providers themselves, side by side, based on their actual terms. Which providers you can sign up with now book through such an account is in Can your ERE provider book?.