Energie Transitie - #02 - Klimaatakkoord - Natuurlijk Gas - Cijfers en planning

1. TAX SHIFT: increasing the tax on gas and lowering the tax on electricity will make insulation and sustainable heating more appealing. The shift will be structured in such a way that it eases the tax burden on households;

2. Insulation or heat pumps should lead to greater savings on energy bills, allowing a greater return on these investments. We can realise this by lowering taxes on the utilities we want to make greater use of, i.e. electricity, and increasing taxes on the ones we want to use less, i.e. natural gas.

3. A first step will be possible in 2020 by increasing the price of natural gas by 5.5 ct/m 3 and lowering that of electricity by 2.7 ct/kWh.

4. Calculations show that adding 20 ct/m 3 for natural gas and taking off 7.34 ct/kWh for electricity makes insulation and sustainable heating options much more appealing. If this shift is combined with an increase in energy tax relief of 81 euros, a neutral to positive effect on purchasing power is achieved for all income groups.

1. NEW HOUSING WITHOUT NATURAL GAS: parties are working towards achieving 75% of total new housing without natural gas in the period from 1 July 2018 to the end of 2021;

2. STARTER MOTOR: by 2021, corporations aim to have transformed 102,500 existing houses to not use natural gas anymore.

1. We are on the brink of a major renovation. The transformation of our 7 million houses and 1 million buildings, most of which are not very well insulated and almost all of which are heated with natural gas, into well-insulated houses and buildings that we heat with sustainable energy and in which we consume clean electricity or even generate it ourselves.

2. We want to be able to stop natural gas extraction in Groningen as soon as possible.

1. For many districts, the natural gas network will remain in place until after 2030.

2. Insulating and burning less gas with a hybrid boiler will then be a sensible temporary solution. However, the technical condition of the houses is not the only factor; the wishes of the residents and challenges in the district other than energy supply are just as important for the results.

1. The legal obligation to connect newly built houses and utility buildings (<40 m 3 /h)) to the natural gas network will be scrapped on 1 July 2018. However, many plans are already in development.

2. The parties have therefore agreed to ensure that the projects in development will also be delivered without natural gas as much as possible.

3. The agreements will apply from 1 July 2018 and will run until the end of 2021.

4. The parties are working towards achieving 75 percent of total new housing without natural gas in the period from 1 July 2018 to the end of 2021.