In the Netherlands, there is currently a scheme called the 'Netting Scheme', where households with solar panels have the opportunity to offset the electricity supplied back to the grid against the electricity they consume. This means you only pay for the net consumption. However, from 2023, the netting scheme will be phased out and replaced by the 'feed-in subsidy'.

The feed-in subsidy is a new scheme where households receive a payment for the electricity they supply back to the grid. Unlike netting, where you can offset the supplied electricity against your own consumption, with the feed-in subsidy, you receive a financial compensation per kilowatt-hour for the electricity fed back into the grid. This compensation is determined based on the average market price and the average cost price of solar panels.

With the transition to the feed-in subsidy, the compensation for fed-back electricity becomes more market-focused. The aim is to maintain the incentive for solar energy while distributing the costs more fairly between households with and without solar panels.