Charging rates rise due to elimination of electricity tax credit
Prices at public charging stations will rise by an average of 7 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh) next year. This reports comparison site Laadpastop10. The increase is mainly due to the removal of the tax rebate on electricity, as included in the Tax Plan 2025.
Dutch charge post operators will have to pay an extra 6 cents per kWh tax from January. They pass on the higher tax rate to the end user in many cases, resulting in rising charging prices.
On average, prices increase by 7 cents, although this varies between them. Some charging stations are actually becoming cheaper, as certain price agreements dating from a time when electricity was very expensive expire.
For instance, Maarten Hachmang, founder of Laadpastop10, gives the example of a Rotterdam charging station in the Equans SGZH1 concession, whose tariff increases from 0.31 euros per kWh to 0.39 euros per kWh. At Vattenfall charging posts in The Hague and Vattenfall posts installed this year in Brabant and Limburg, the tariff increases from 0.38 euros per kWh to 0.46 euros per kWh.
The prices of fast chargers rise less sharply because they use more electricity and therefore fall in a different tax rate.
Difference
Earlier, ANWB calculated that EV drivers would pay an average of 75.6 cents per kilometre travelled in 2024, compared to 66.8 cents for petrol drivers. That difference will widen next year as EV drivers have to pay 25 per cent road tax, rising to 100 per cent in 2030. On top of this, charging prices are now increasing, while it was previously announced that the excise duty rebate on petrol and diesel will not be phased out by 2025.
As the cost of electric driving increases, ANWB expects the number of people planning to buy an electric car in the coming years to remain the same as in previous years.
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