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Dutch gov't will only allow European company to operate DigiD platform
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Re: Dutch gov't will only allow European company to operate DigiD platform
#112Earlier quoted context omitted.
Expat/kennismigrant here - it's same "ends up late and over budget" for literally every country (and private businesses). What Dutch government/politicians seems to be "ahead" compared to other countries - is combination of narrow or short sightedness and (over)correction trough rules, laws and regulations. Like giving subsidies and tax breaks for electrical cars, rooftop solar panels and mandating household switch f…
> ignoring industry professionals for decades saying the distribution network won't scale. Who says that? The British National Grid says the opposite. Or is it specifically the Dutch network that would not handle the changing requirements? If so what makes it special?
The Dutch electric grid is owned and operated by a few companies that are heavily regulated by the ACM (Authority for Consumer and Markets). Those companies have been wanting to invest in upgrading the grid for many years, but the ACM refused them permission as they considered it unnecessary investments that would drive up the costs for consumers.
Now we’re fucked because the government has been stimulating electric cars, heat pumps, etc. to meet climate goals, which increases the load on the electric grid which is now unable to keep up with demand. Something everyone saw coming except for the ACM.
Re: Dutch gov't will only allow European company to operate DigiD platform
#113Finally. But now they want NL Wallet to use Google and Apple accounts for login, so this is happening again.
There is hope: Thank you for raising this issue. We are aware that our current implementation does not yet work on GrapheneOS. This is a temporary situation we plan to resolve before this app goes public. https://github.com/MinBZK/nl-wallet/issues/34#issuecomment-4... Until then, I'd recommend every Dutch person (or probably every EU person, since this could also influence other wallets) to upvote/heart the initial r…
BTW, Gina Plat of the OSPO of tbe MinBZK was made aware of this and replied.
Re: Dutch gov't will only allow European company to operate DigiD platform
#114Earlier quoted context omitted.
> ignoring industry professionals for decades saying the distribution network won't scale. Who says that? The British National Grid says the opposite. Or is it specifically the Dutch network that would not handle the changing requirements? If so what makes it special?
The Dutch electric grid is owned and operated by a few companies that are heavily regulated by the ACM (Authority for Consumer and Markets). Those companies have been wanting to invest in upgrading the grid for many years, but the ACM refused them permission as they considered it unnecessary investments that would drive up the costs for consumers. Now we’re fucked because the government has been stimulating electric…
Are your heat pumps replacing gas? Because if not then replacing resistive heating with a heat pump results in less load on the grid not more. My heat pump outputs 7 kW for an input of less than 3 kW.