Urgent energy contract

When should you submit an urgent energy application?

You’ll need to submit an urgent energy application if you need a new energy contract within a few days. This can happen in the following situations:

• Urgent application when moving: you forgot to sign an energy contract while moving, or your home is being handed over earlier than expected. In this case, you’ve received a letter from your grid operator with a deadline by which you must have an energy contract in place. If you haven’t received this letter yet, you can often sign an energy contract through an energy comparison site.
• Urgent request at the same address: this may apply if your roommate is moving out and the energy contract is in their name. Or if you have overdue payments and your current energy supplier unilaterally terminates the contract because of this. 

Who can you contact for an urgent request?

Do you need to sign a new energy contract right away? Below, you’ll see which energy suppliers offer this option. 

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Or simply enter the date you need a new energy contract using our tool. 

As you can see, how quickly an urgent request can be processed and what constitutes an urgent request varies by energy supplier. 

Urgent energy service request within 24 hours

With many energy suppliers, it is even possible to have energy supplied within 24 hours. This is available from:

• Eneco
• Energiedirect
• Essent
• Engie
• Greenchoice
• Just Energy
• Innova
• NextEnergy
• Vandebron
• Vattenfall

Please note: NextEnergy offers only dynamic energy contracts.

Urgent energy service request without a deposit

With most energy suppliers, the urgent application itself is completely free. However, many suppliers may ask for a security deposit in certain cases (but they are not required to do so).

Suppliers do this because they often don’t have time to check your payment history with an urgent application, even though they want to be sure you can pay your energy bills. 

The following energy suppliers never require a deposit for urgent applications: 

• Tibber
• Zonneplan

Note: they only offer dynamic energy contracts (which are not recommended for everyone). You can also only submit an urgent application with them if you are moving. 

When might a deposit be required?

Energy suppliers always perform a credit check when you apply for an urgent energy contract. Based on this, they may request a deposit in the following cases:

• You have overdue payments or debts
• You have previously had your service disconnected by an energy supplier
• You are moving to a neighborhood where many people do not pay their bills, or the previous residents at your address had difficulty paying
• You’re signing a contract at your current address on an urgent basis

The amount of the security deposit you’d have to pay varies significantly by energy supplier. The security deposit amounts for each energy supplier in 2025 are as follows:

Starting in 2026, the deposit may not exceed one-third of the estimated annual bill.

Once you’ve paid the security deposit, your urgent application will be processed and your energy contract will begin. 

Of course, you’ll get your deposit back once you’ve paid your monthly installments on time. The refund is usually applied to your annual bill or at the end of your contract.