Kas saan ma energiakulud oma külalistele edasi arvutada?

Most cases it is permitted

Yes, a holiday home, B&B, apartment or similar short-term accommodation landlord may in most cases charge guests for the electricity they consume. According to the Consumer & Market Authority (ACM), it is permitted to supply energy to users without being officially an energy supplier yourself, as long as it concerns small-scale supply to people staying on your territory or in your building — think for example of a holiday village, vacation home or a single charging point. ACM focuses primarily on the position of the end user: they must know what they consume and what they pay for, and must not end up in a situation where they have no overview of the price or quantity.

In the case of long-term residential rental, the situation is slightly different: specific rules apply to service charges, including gas, water and electricity costs, and these rules are assessed by the Rent Commission (Huurcommissie). This regulation is written for the conventional rental market — a tenant with an indefinite or long-term lease — not specifically for short-term rental, which this platform focuses on. For a guest spending a couple of nights in a holiday home, this framework therefore does not automatically apply, but it still gives an idea of how the rental sector approaches the pass-through of utilities: transparently, based on actual consumption and not as hidden profit.

Rationale: ACM and Rent Commission as frameworks

This interpretation is based on information from the Consumer & Market Authority about energy and supply-through, which describes options for parties that supply energy without being suppliers themselves, and information from the Rent Commission about service charges and utilities, which shows how this topic is valued on the conventional rental market. To form an opinion on a specific situation, this article refers to the complete texts of both institutions.