From 1 August 2026, consumption points with a bidirectional meter are billed on net metering. Here is what it means, in plain terms, and how much you can save.
On 1 August 2026 an amendment to the Electricity Market Act took effect: consumption points with a bidirectional meter are now billed on net metering data. Import and export are offset within each 15-minute period separately and then summed.
Periods totaling 24 kWh consumption and 21 kWh production yield 9 kWh net consumption and 6 kWh net feed-in — not 3 kWh. The difference is because offsetting is done within each period, not on monthly totals.
Across a portfolio of dozens of metering points and solar arrays, this 15-minute overlap arises differently at each point and can’t be worked out by hand. Gridea shows the net-metering effect per metering point.
See your actual numberPreviously you paid the network fee on every kilowatt-hour taken from the grid, even while your solar plant was feeding in at the same time. Net metering offsets the energy fed in and taken out in 15-minute steps — you pay the network fee only on your actual net consumption.
Consumption points with a bidirectional meter — typically those with a solar plant or a battery. Nothing changes for a one-way meter.
It depends on how well your production and consumption overlap in time. The more you produce and consume in the same 15-minute window, the bigger the saving. Gridea calculates the exact figure per metering point from your actual history.
Net metering means that at a consumption point with a bidirectional meter, the energy fed into and taken from the grid is offset in 15-minute steps. You pay the network fee only on your actual net consumption.
From 1 August 2026, consumption points with a bidirectional meter are billed on net metering in Estonia.
The saving depends on how well your solar production and consumption overlap in time. Gridea uses your actual 15-minute history to calculate how much net metering cuts the network fee at your metering point.
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