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 isn’t a listing on the NEa list 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 registered with the Chamber of Commerce (KvK) that supply at least 2 million kWh a year. Anyone below that threshold - virtually all private individuals - may not register directly and must go through a registration service provider. Bookings for a calendar year can generally be submitted or amended up to the last working day before 1 March of the following year, after which the period is closed.

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

Why a listing on the NEa list isn’t approval

The NEa publishes a list of registration service providers, but that list is largely based on self-supplied information. Being on this list doesn’t mean a provider actually holds an open account in the REV, doesn’t mean a substantive quality assessment has taken place, and certainly doesn’t mean the NEa approves or accredits the provider. Treat this list as a point of contact, not a quality mark. 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 changes from October 2026?

The current, largely self-reported list of registration service providers is expected to get its last update in September 2026. From October 2026 this list is discontinued and replaced by an overview of parties that actually hold an open account in the REV - verified account holders rather than self-submitted names. That’s a useful step for anyone comparing providers, since it separates “has signed up” from “actually has access to the register”. It doesn’t, however, change the basic principle: a listing, then as now, remains a factual data point about a REV account, not a substantive judgement on commission, service or terms. Keep comparing the providers themselves, side by side, based on their actual terms.