The Flemish regulator grants 10s nv its electricity and gas licenses

The Vlaamse Nutsregulator, the Flemish energy network regulator, has granted 10s nv an electricity supply license and a gas supply license via the distribution network to customers served in the Flemish Region. Both decisions appear in the Belgian Official Gazette (Belgisch Staatsblad) of November 12, 2026, under references C − 2026/008162 (electricity, p. 60066) and C − 2026/008164 (gas, p. 60067), in the “Omgeving” (Environment) section of the Vlaamse Overheid.

Two authorizations without time limit

The two decrees are drafted in parallel terms and produce the same effects for each of the two energy vectors:

• Beneficiary: 10s nv, registered office Rue de Charleroi 26, 1400 Nivelles;
• Company number: 1039.298.778;
• Object: supply of electricity, on the one hand, and supply of gas, on the other, via the distribution network to customers in the Flemish Region;
• Duration: indefinite in both cases;
• Signature: Pieterjan Renier, Director General, for the Vlaamse Nutsregulator, in Sint-Joost-ten-Node, on October 29, 2026.

A file submitted in spring and completed in August

The procedure was conducted on the basis of Article 4.3.1 of the decree of May 8, 2009, containing general provisions relating to energy policy (Energiedecreet), Article 12, § 2, 5° of the decree of April 19, 2024, on the operationalization of a Flemish network regulator, and Title III, Chapter II, of the Flemish Government decree of November 19, 2010 (Energiebesluit).

10s nv submitted its two applications on June 25, 2026. The file was declared complete on August 12, 2026, after the applicant supplemented it, at the regulator’s request, with missing data. In the completed file, the company demonstrates that it satisfies the conditions set out in Articles 3.2.1 to 3.2.7 of the Energiebesluit:

• financial capacity;
• technical capacity;
• professional reliability;
• ability to meet customer needs;
• managerial and legal independence from network operators.

The regulator specifies, however, that the examination of financial capacity constitutes neither approval nor ratification of the content of the business plan and financial plan submitted by the applicant.

An annual report starting from 2027

The decisions attach a recurring information obligation to the license and recall public service duties:

• annual submission to the Vlaamse Nutsregulator of a report on compliance with the conditions of the Energiebesluit, based on Article 3.2.16;
• deadline set for May 31 of each calendar year, for the first time on May 31, 2027, and upon each subsequent request from the regulator;
• commitment to respect the public service obligations imposed by Article 4.3.2 of the Energiedecreet.

Publication in the Belgian Official Gazette is accompanied by a publication in the regulator’s own channels; the decision enters into force on the day of its publication on the Vlaamse Nutsregulator website.

A new player in the Flemish supply landscape

With these two licenses, 10s nv joins the list of suppliers authorized to contract with final customers connected to the distribution network in the Flemish Region, for both electricity and gas, without limitation of duration and without any portfolio limitation announced in the published decisions. For Flemish households and businesses, the arrival of an additional operator holding both vectors expands the combined supply offer; for the market, it adds a player whose address is established in Wallonia but whose authorization to operate is strictly limited to the Flemish territory, under the continuous supervision of the regional regulator, which retains an annual right to information and will be able to monitor the financial and technical soundness of the supplier through its reports.

Source: Belgian Official Gazette of November 12, 2026, decisions of the Vlaamse Nutsregulator of October 29, 2026, C − 2026/008162 and C − 2026/008164, pp. 60066-60067.