DutchLease • receive ERE revenue or wait?
DutchLease says it almost literally: even if your employer fully reimburses the electricity, the ERE revenue still belongs to you as the EAN owner.
In short
The EAN leads
If you are the EAN owner, the ERE revenue belongs to you.
Employer reimbursement sits next to it
The practical discussion afterwards is about the size of the home-charging reimbursement.
News article
Geld verdienen met uw laadpaal? Alles over ERE-certificaten
"Even if you drive a company lease car and your employer fully reimburses the electricity, you may claim the ERE revenue as the resident."
DutchLease • ERE article, April 2026
// The neutral view
What applies to every lease driver
Core rule for this page
The owner of the EAN receives the ERE revenue. That is the legal starting point across all lease pages. The rest is about registration, reimbursement and agreements.
For home charging, ERE legally follows the owner of the electricity connection (the EAN). That owner is entitled to the ERE revenue. In many lease situations that is simply the driver or household at the home address.
That is the part to be crystal clear about: the right to the revenue sits with the EAN owner. The practical discussion starts afterwards, once an employer fully reimburses home charging and wants to revisit that reimbursement.
Legal starting point
The right follows the owner of the connection (the EAN). That EAN owner is entitled to the revenue, not automatically the employer or leasing company.
Practical reality
Whoever fully reimburses home charging may argue that ERE revenue affects the reimbursement per kWh. That is why alignment with the employer is sensible.
Contract check
Check whether your lease or employment policy already says anything about ERE or emission reduction units. If it says nothing, that does not change the legal starting point that the EAN owner receives the revenue.
// Employer reimbursement
Three scenarios that make the difference
Variable electricity price reimbursed
If your employer only reimburses a limited or variable electricity tariff, ERE is often extra revenue on top of that reimbursement.
Full kWh price reimbursed
If your employer pays the full home-charging cost, that reimbursement is more likely to be revisited once ERE starts paying out.
Private lease
With private lease the situation is the simplest. You are the EAN owner yourself and there is no employer trying to redesign the reimbursement.
// DutchLease's public stance
What DutchLease says publicly
DutchLease is the most explicitly pro-driver source in this batch. The article explicitly says that even with a company lease car the revenue belongs to the EAN owner.
DutchLease ties the ERE right to the owner of the electricity connection and therefore the EAN.
For home charging, DutchLease explicitly says the EAN owner receives the revenue even with a company lease car and full employer reimbursement.
DutchLease does not clearly warn that the employer reimbursement may be lowered because of it. That makes the source more optimistic than most others.
// Joulo's stance
Joulo's stance
For Joulo, DutchLease is the clearest confirmation that lease driving and private receipt of the revenue can work together well. If you are the owner of the EAN, the ERE revenue belongs to you. So register, and in parallel make sure the implications for home-charging reimbursement are properly aligned with your employer.
Right to the revenue
If you are the owner of the EAN, the ERE revenue belongs to you. DutchLease leaves little public doubt about that.
Employer reimbursement
Still check how your employer handles home-charging reimbursement. DutchLease is less explicit on that part.
Execution
Use DutchLease's pro-driver line as support in the conversation with your employer, not as a reason to skip that conversation.
// More lease pages
Compare other leasing companies
Athlon
Athlon does not yet have a dedicated public ERE landing page, but it does clearly position home charging as the logical and often cheaper route within lease policy.
View pageAlphabet
Alphabet is notably clear: the EAN owner receives the ERE revenue and Alphabet cannot block that claim.
View pageMultilease
Multilease recognises that the EAN owner receives the revenue, but also stresses that employer reimbursement should stay aligned with total charging cost.
View pageMKB Lease
MKB Lease is the most direct source on the employer nuance. The page says the revenue is yours, but also warns that your employer may want to lower the reimbursement.
View pageLease Result
Lease Result mostly looks through the employer and fleet-policy lens. That means less focus on your individual right to the revenue and more focus on organisational policy choices.
View page// FAQ
Frequently asked questions about DutchLease and ERE
// Source and disclaimer
This page is an editorial analysis of public information from the named leasing company, supplemented with Joulo's practical interpretation. It is not legal or tax advice.
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