From demo to live

Going live on the Dutch energy market

Energie Software ships ready to run. The platform connects to the real Dutch energy grid once your organisation holds the required regulatory registrations. This page explains what those are and how long they take.

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The path to market entry

Two sequential steps — both handled by your organisation in parallel with platform onboarding.

Step 1 ~16–20 weeks

ACM market licence

The Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) grants the licences that allow a company to supply energy or operate as a metering party. This is the prerequisite for EDSN registration.

Submit written plan to ACM
Preliminary meeting in The Hague
Formal application via Cryptshare
Decision within 8 weeks

Electricity: €1,199 Gas: €1,199

Step 2 ~4–6 months

EDSN network registration

EDSN (Energie Data Services Nederland) manages the central data exchange for the Dutch energy market. Registration requires connecting your systems, passing a formal qualification test, and receiving your market role.

Register via Partners in Energie
Technical connection established (3 weeks)
Qualification test in EDSN test environment
Market role activated (10 working days)

eHerkenning level 3 required

Total estimated timeline: 9–12 months from first ACM contact to live market entry

Energie Software's built-in simulation environment supports full customer demos, internal testing, and staff training during the entire registration period.

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Step 1 in detail

ACM market licence

The ACM licence establishes your company as an authorised energy market participant. Without it, EDSN will not assign a market role. The process starts with a written plan and a preliminary meeting — there is no commitment required at that stage.

Most new suppliers apply for both electricity and gas licences simultaneously. The €1,199 fee applies per licence and per energy carrier.

As of 1 January 2026, suppliers must offer all three contract types: fixed-term, variable, and dynamic. Energie Software supports all three out of the box.

Documents required for formal application

AO/IC framework

Administrative organisation & internal controls — completed by you, verified by an independent accountant
VOG + Bibob questionnaire

Certificate of Conduct for legal entities and integrity screening
Contract examples (all three types)

Fixed-term, variable, and dynamic contracts — Energie Software generates these
KVK extract + financial position

Chamber of Commerce extract (max. 2 weeks old) and balance sheet / financing plan
Complaints board registration

Proof of registration with an independent complaints board (e.g. De Geschillencommissie)

All applications submitted via Cryptshare to acm-post@acm.nl. All correspondence is in Dutch.

Step 2 in detail

EDSN registration — 5 steps

Register via Partners in Energie

Submit the registration form at partnersinenergie.nl. Requires eHerkenning level 3. A preliminary registration is possible before a market role is formally assigned.

Technical connection established

EDSN connects your system to their central systems within three weeks. You receive login credentials for the test environment.

Qualification in test environment

Formally demonstrate that your system correctly exchanges data with EDSN. Energie Software's simulation environment prepares you for this qualification.

Complete registration with market role

Once your marktroltoekenning (market role assignment) is received from ACM, complete the EDSN registration. Requires eHerkenning level 3.

Live on the market

After qualification and role assignment, EDSN registers you in the central systems and notifies grid operators. You can start operating after 10 working days.

Prerequisites to arrange first

eHerkenning level 3 (eH3)
PKIoverheid server certificate (via KPN)
Internal functioneel beheerder appointed
ACM market role assignment (marktroltoekenning)
Familiarity with MFFBAS market agreements

What Energie Software provides during registration

While you complete ACM and EDSN onboarding, the platform is fully operational.

Full simulation environment

EDSN messages are simulated out of the box. Staff can train, customer onboarding flows work end-to-end, and demos run without any live grid connection.

EDSN-ready message formats

All switch requests, meetcode notifications, and market messages are generated in the correct EDSN format. Passing the EDSN qualification test requires no custom integration work.

One config change to go live

When EDSN credentials arrive, switching from simulation to live takes a single environment variable change. No code changes, no migration.

Ready to start the process?

We can walk you through the ACM application, help you prepare the technical prerequisites for EDSN, and keep the platform running for demos while you complete registration.