Lower house wants public charging tariffs

The Lower House wants current charge card tariffs to become digitally publicly available. This should ensure the for more price transparency for electric drivers.

The House recently unanimously approved a motion by Hester Veldman (VVD) and Mpanzu Bamenga (D66) asking the government to work towards the requested transparency. In the motion, the pair note that in the current circumstances, “it is almost impossible as an electric driver to have visibility of the actual and cheapest tariffs and passes at each public charging station.” And that while, according to them, understanding the price is only logical and necessary to make price-conscious choices.

Obligation missing

So that has to change, Veldman and Bamenga think, and with them the entire Lower House. Charging station operators will be obliged to make the tariffs at each charging station publicly available via a National Access Point, but this obligation does not exist for charging cards. Therefore, the motion urges the government to “ensure that current charge card tariffs also become digitally publicly available, just like the tariffs of charge post operators, to improve price transparency for electric drivers.”