Gas-free by 2050 — what does that mean for my home?
Dutch homes go off gas before 2050 — planned per neighbourhood via Heat Transition Vision. What you can do now + your rights.
The Climate Agreement requires the Netherlands to be gas-free by 2050. Each municipality has a Heat Transition Vision (TVW) with neighbourhood plan: which area switches when to heat-network, all-electric (heat pump), hydrogen or biogas. Resident rights: (1) input via consultation when neighbourhood execution plan is adopted; (2) right to cost overview (no forced large investment without financing); (3) for heat-network connection: affordability test under Wcw (Collective Heat Supply Act 2025); (4) right to object to neighbourhood plan at court. Existing gas connection remains until determined end date (typically 2030-2050) — nobody is forced off earlier. On mandatory transition: financing arrangement must be offered.