Essent, Energiedirect and Vandebron energy tariff cuts for new customers, Digi Mart USA News (Netherlands): Energy suppliers continue to lower tariffs for new customers in the Netherlands. Last week eight energy suppliers already reduced their rates after the gas price on the exchange fell sharply, and this week the trend has continued.
Essent and Energiedirect reduced their tariffs on Monday, and Vandebron followed early Tuesday morning. For a normal consumption level, the publisher says the reductions amount to about € 8 per month.
All three suppliers belong to the same parent company.
The publisher lists eight contracts from the three suppliers that have become cheaper, based on tariffs alone. The comparison uses tariffs for new customers including taxes, at 2,300 kWh of electricity and 900 m³ of gas, without welcome discounts, as of November 10, 2026.
The publisher attributes the lower tariffs to a drop in the European gas price on the exchange. A cubic meter of gas cost € 1.02 excluding taxes on October 30, the highest level in nearly four years.
It is now nearly 20 cents per cubic meter less.
Discounts at Essent and Energiedirect have also partly improved. On the one-year contract, the discount at Essent and Energiedirect rises by € 40, which the publisher says brings the total annual saving to € 132 when combined with the € 92 in lower tariffs.
On three-year contracts the picture is mixed: Essent keeps its discount, while Energiedirect reduces its discount to € 450. Vandebron keeps its discounts unchanged.
The lower tariffs apply only to customers who sign a new contract now. Existing customers of the three suppliers will see no change in their bills, and the same applies to variable contracts, where customers keep their current tariff.
The publisher advises customers whose contracts expire in the coming months to compare their supplier’s renewal offer with these prices, since existing customers usually do not receive a welcome discount, which may be worth more than the reduction announced today.
The publisher also lists the three most affordable fixed and variable contracts at the time, calculated with 2,300 kWh of electricity and 900 m³ of gas, including fixed costs, grid operator costs and welcome discounts. Full details are available on the publisher’s comparison site.
