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ACM to assess whether suppliers comply with additional requirements and if they are well prepared for the upcoming winter period
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) will conduct an additional assessment to see whether energy suppliers have sufficiently hedged their energy for fulfilling their current contracts with consumers. ACM will also check whether … -
ACM gives green light to pilot project involving distribution of hydrogen to homes
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has given the green light to a pilot project involving distribution system operator (DSO) Liander in the Berkeloord district of the eastern Dutch town of Lochem. In this pilot project, part of the … -
Method for calculating the outcome of ACM
For more than 10 years ACM has assessed each year what its work delivers for consumers and customers: the outcome. The ACM outcome is defined as “the in a simple manner calculated expected effects of ACM's actions on consumer welfare in the short term”. … -
ACM: number of households with variable-rate energy contracts keeps on growing
Over the past six months, the percentage of households with variable-rate contracts for electricity and/or natural gas has risen from 50% to 56%. This is one of the conclusions of an analysis carried out by the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and … -
ACM fines Budget Thuis for misleading telemarketing calls involving energy contracts
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has imposed a fine of 1.8 million euros on Budget Thuis B.V. for misleading telemarketing practices involving energy contracts. Budget Thuis previously operated under the name NutsServices, and … -
For the advances connected to grid losses, ACM also takes into account the expected high energy prices in 2023
In July 2022, the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) announced that, in 2023, it will give distribution system operators (DSOs) an advance for the high costs connected to grid losses in 2022. Since the DSOs expect to incur high costs … -
ACM: tariff regulation cannot impede the growth of green natural gas
According to the Dutch Climate Agreement, two billion cubic meters of green natural gas must be produced in 2030 in the Netherlands as a sustainable alternative to natural gas. To help meet this goal, the Dutch cabinet will impose a blending requirement … -
Monitor on the consumer energy market: more and more rates are below the price cap
Rates in new contracts for natural gas and/or electricity continued to go down last month. As a result, the variable supply tariff in 35 percent of the contracts offered to new customers dropped below the price cap (in early March, this percentage was 16 … -
ACM’s priorities in its oversight of wholesale markets: monitoring the TTF and the publication of inside information
In 2023, the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) will, in its oversight of the wholesale market for energy, primarily focus on the trade on the Dutch trading platform for natural gas (TTF gas). The volume of natural gas that is traded on … -
Indicators of ACM’s regulatory activities under REMIT
ACM presents several indicators in order to offer more insight into its regulatory activities regarding the promotion of transparency and integrity in energy trading, also known as REMIT. This has revealed, for example, that, in 2022, more than half of …