Market participants
To guide the energy transition, Partners in Energy has been facilitating the energy market since 2019. Partners in Energy optimises the processes between all market players and the regional grid operators.
Services for better collaboration
To guide the energy transition, Partners in Energy has been facilitating the energy market since 2019. Partners in Energy optimises processes among all market participants and regional grid operators. The Dutch energy sector has various market roles, including grid operators, suppliers, metering operators, balancing responsible parties and Congestion Service Providers. In total, more than 300 market participants fulfil one or more of these roles.
Through Partners in Energy, the joint regional grid operators develop services to improve collaboration across the sector. In this way, we help drive the energy transition and market facilitation forward.
Becoming a new market participant
Are you not yet a market participant, but would like to become one? You can register free of charge. Once registered, you will have access to our services and relevant data. Register here.
The Energiedatawijzer by Het Normo explains the steps you need to take for each market role and the requirements that apply to you, such as licences, accreditations and other conditions.
Why use Partners in Energy?
Access to a huge network in the energy sector
Through Partners in Energy, you have quick and easy contact with grid operators and market participants via messages and chat.
Knowledge platform for the exchange of ideas
Keep up to date with current developments in the sector and contribute by sharing your own ideas through the ideas forum.
Improvement of market participants' services
Based on continuous development, we improve our services, enabling market players to provide better services to their customers.
Our services include
- Access to a message box with which service teams can communicate with each other efficiently and securely to resolve customer questions for which other market participants and energy data are required.
- Access to information about all market participants and an overview of their contact persons.
- Management of your own registered information (corporate information and contact persons).
- Information about congestion management, grid loss and hydrogen.
- Facilitation of mutual knowledge exchange.
New Energy Act
The Energy Act introduces several new forms of the supplier role. Initially, these are the following forms, which will be active as of January 1, 2026:
- Renewable Energy Community (EGC)
- Peer-to-Peer Trader (P2P)
- Injection Aggregator (IAC)
- Active Customer (ACP)
These new forms are subject to the same requirements as a regular supplier as we know it today. This means that parties wishing to fulfill one or more of these new forms must meet the following requirements:
- Permit and registration with the ACM (unless the options and conditions for permit-free supply in accordance with the Energy Act are used)
- IT qualification at TenneT for the supply of electricity for large connections
- Registration including chosen form(s) and IT qualification at EDSN
- IT qualification and registration with GTS for gas supply (if applicable)
If existing regular suppliers offer services using these new forms, this must also be registered in the Market Parties Register (MPR) of EDSN, via the Partners in Energy platform. It is important to have this registration in order so that, where relevant, this information can be provided to the regulator or national grid operator during the implementation of the Security of Supply and Residual Distribution processes.
As an existing supplier, you can change this registration yourself on the ‘Change or end registration’ page.
Want to use the platform?
Do you also want to contribute to the acceleration of the energy transition and good cooperation in the sector? Then request an account from your organization's administrator. Don't know who that is? Leave your details via the form. We'll help you out.