ERE compliance requirements for charging stations
Sten · Expansion Lead
ERE credits are only issued if your charging data meets strict standards. Learn what compliance requires, why data fails, and how to protect your revenue.
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Compliance determines whether a charging session earns an ERE. If the registration is not sound, no emission reduction unit is created — however good the charging session itself was. The Dutch Emissions Authority (NEa) oversees this through an annual independent verification.
What exactly does verification test?
The test is about traceability: the energy delivered, the source of the electricity and the calculated CO₂ reduction must be consistently recorded. Worth knowing: the verifier does not test session by session or client by client, but at the level of the entire service provider. The materiality threshold is 2% of the total registered CO₂-equivalent chain emission reduction, per type of renewable energy (Energy for Transport Decree, article 23(2)). If a provider exceeds that threshold, it is a problem for the whole client base, not one faulty session.
Why does so much data fail?
Standalone spreadsheets, manual entry and disconnected systems make the CO₂ justification untraceable. Data that looks correct on paper still fails at verification — not because the charging session was wrong, but because the chain behind it does not hold up.
What happens when a registration is rejected?
If the materiality threshold is exceeded, the registrations involved get a rejected status in the register. That is not the same as "all registrations are automatically set to zero": the NEa investigates the consequences case by case. It is a real risk, though — which is why compliance is not a side issue but the core of a working ERE process.
How do you prevent this?
By registering charging data through a closed, automated system rather than manually. A connected chain — from charge point to registration — keeps the CO₂ justification traceable, and that is exactly where most rejections happen. More on metering requirements is in MID meter and charge point; common mistakes are listed in common ERE mistakes. Check whether your charger is MID-certified.
What Voltico does for you here
Voltico registers your charging data through a connected, automated system instead of manual exports, so the CO₂ justification stays traceable all the way to verification. Not sure your setup holds up? Get in touch.
