The research shows that tenants of a home with solar panels experience a financial disadvantage due to the abolition of the netting scheme. Tenants pay their landlord fixed monthly service charges for the use of solar panels, while the benefits of their own generation decrease. The research is based on averages, but the effects may vary per household. Additionally, the research did not take into account that tenants will still benefit from the netting scheme until 2027.

It becomes more advantageous to use as much self-generated electricity directly as possible. This way, tenants need to take less electricity from the grid or feed it back, which helps to mitigate the adverse financial effect. For example, by running the washing machine or dishwasher during the day, more self-generated energy is used by the tenant, relieving the power grid. The government will work with the rental sector to explore how tenants with solar panels can be better informed about increasing their own consumption.

The government monitors what the abolition of the netting scheme means in practice. Within three years of the entry into force of the Law on the Termination of the Netting Scheme, the government will report on this. In the second half of 2025, VRO will investigate the consequences for tenants of homes with many solar panels that are very well insulated. For these homes, the tenant pays an energy performance fee (EPV) to the landlord. The minister is examining whether the amount of the EPV is still reasonable.