Many people drive lease cars — and the question is fair: can I get ERE rewards if the car isn’t even mine? The short answer: yes, you can, as long as you charge at home on your own grid connection. The car owner (the lease company) doesn’t need to know anything about it.
What the NEa says
The Dutch Emissions Authority (NEa) bases ERE allocation on who buys the electricity, not who owns the car. If you take and pay for the electricity for charging via your own grid connection, then the ERE is yours — regardless of whether the car belongs to you, your employer, or a lease company.
At sign-up, Stekker only confirms your grid connection (postal code + house number + EAN code), not the car papers.
Employer leasing — watch these points
If your employer already reimburses your charging costs, run through these points before signing up for ERE with Stekker:
- Reimbursement providers (Shell Recharge Hub, Travelcard, MultiTankcard, Athlon Charge, MisterGreen) settle the actual charging costs with your employer via a MID meter in your charger. That’s a separate flow from ERE rewards.
- The ERE reward goes to you, not your employer. The electricity costs go to your employer (because he pays them), the ERE stays with you.
- Potential tax impact: the ERE reward may in some cases be viewed by the Tax Authority as benefit-in-kind. Read more in ERE and tax/VAT.
Charger provided by your employer
If your employer arranged the charger at your home, you can sign up too. It does not matter who owns the charger, or whether you drive the car for business or private use. What counts:
- You are registered as the connection holder of your home connection in the Central Connection Register (CAR), or you sign with the connection holder’s consent.
- The charger has a MID meter.
- The electricity goes through the charger to an electric car.
If the charger is managed by a charge point operator, look up that operator when you sign up. You can search by charger make or by the operator’s name.
Per connection, one party can register the charged electricity with the NEa. If you have already authorised another party for this connection, Stekker cannot register it as well. A switch takes effect on 1 January.
Private leasing
Private leasing is simpler: you pay for the electricity yourself, so the ERE reward is fully yours. No employer in the mix, no complications. Signing up with Stekker works the same as with a purchased car.
What do you need?
For lease cars (both business and private):
- Charger at home with a MID-certified meter: see which chargers have a MID meter
- Grid connection at home: you are registered as the connection holder in the CAR, or you sign with the connection holder’s consent
- EAN code of your connection — on your energy bill
- IBAN where the payout should arrive
What you do NOT need
- No permission from the lease company — they have nothing to do with it
- No proof of car ownership — Stekker registers kWh, not cars
- No change to your lease contract — everything stays the same
What if I return the lease car?
No problem. ERE rewards are linked to your charger, not to a specific car. Switching cars? Or stopping with EV altogether and buying an ICE? Your charging behaviour then changes, and the payout follows automatically.
Want to stop with Stekker entirely? Read how cancelling works.
