The restructuring of the Netherlands power supply has resulted in break up into a production and a distribution sector. There has also been an amendment of the term "east saving" on which the distributor's back supply compensation is based: three tariffs are now announced, with confusing effect. This paper gives a new proposal for the compensation, based on the actual nett cost saving. This provides 8.4 cent/kWh compensation in the daylight hours in the months November to February, and 4.2 cent/kWh in the daylight hours of the remaining months. (R.H.)