Who pays for the charging electricity
Reimbursing electricity by a MID meter at the price on the bill, with no markup, is not selling electricity and needs no licence.
Translated from Serbian. Where the exact wording matters, the Serbian original applies.

- Electricity is paid for by whoever charges: exactly as much as they use, at the price on the actual bill, with no markup
- Only a separate MID-certified meter on the charger's circuit gives fair and verifiable metering
- A night-time kilowatt-hour at home in the blue zone, with fees and VAT: roughly 4–7 RSD; at public fast chargers 43–79 RSD
- For 240 kWh a month: 1.000–1.700 RSD at home, 10.300–19.000 RSD at public fast chargers
Three ways to pay
- Shared electricity “by guesswork”. The socket is on the shared meter, so the bill goes up for everyone. The neighbours notice within two months, and the next meeting ends with a ban.
- A flat fee, for example 2.000 dinars a month. It is not based on any figure: you charge more in winter and less in summer, so one side always overpays.
- A meter. A separate MID-certified meter is read once a month. The consumption is multiplied by the kilowatt-hour price from the meter owner's actual bill and reimbursed with a statement.
The cleanest option, if feasible, is for the circuit to run from your flat's meter. Then there is nothing to reimburse: you pay your own bill to EPS, and the MID-certified meter shows how much the car uses.
Details: when the circuit can run from your meter
It depends on:
- the length of the cable from your distribution board to the space;
- the connection's power, typically 5,75 kW single-phase or 11–17 kW three-phase;
- whether the cable can be routed neatly through the common areas, which requires a decision of the residents' assembly.
All of this becomes clear at the assessment.
MID-certified meter
MID is the European Measuring Instruments Directive (2014/32/EU). A meter with the MID marking is factory-verified for billing, so its readings are a valid basis for invoicing. A cheap meter bought online, a “power meter” in the charger's app or a CT sensor for load management only show an approximate value.
Details: what a MID-certified meter looks like
- A small module on a DIN rail in the distribution board, with a display and remote reading (Modbus / OCPP). Some chargers have it built into the device.
- The meter must bear the MID marking and an accuracy class (B or 1).
What electricity costs at home
EPS prices for households from 1 October 2025, excluding fees, excise duty and VAT:
| Zone (monthly) | High tariff (day) | Low tariff (night) |
|---|---|---|
| Green, up to 350 kWh | 9,6136 RSD/kWh | 2,4034 RSD/kWh |
| Blue, 351–1.200 kWh | 14,4203 RSD/kWh | 3,6051 RSD/kWh |
| Red, over 1.200 kWh | 28,8407 RSD/kWh | 7,2102 RSD/kWh |
Fees, excise duty of 7,5 % and VAT of 20 % are added to the bill. Charge at night and take the zone into account: 240 kWh of charging a month pushes most households from the green into the blue zone. Prices with all taxes and charges: household electricity prices.
Details: low tariff, zones and the maths
- The low tariff usually applies from 23 to 7 h in Vojvodina, from 24 to 8 h in Belgrade and from 22 to 6 h in central Serbia. The exact hours are on your bill. A smart charger or an ordinary time switch does this automatically.
- The blue zone applies up to 1.200 kWh a month, under an amendment to the methodology that applies until the end of 2026.
- A car with long daily routes can even push consumption into the red zone. That is why the reimbursement is calculated at the price on the actual bill, not at the “cheapest tariff”, and never as a flat fee.
- The maths: 1.500 km a month at 16 kWh/100 km is about 240 kWh. Work out your own amount in the cost calculator.
Reimbursement, not a sale of electricity
Selling electricity is a licensed supply activity. When you charge in a garage, the electricity still runs through the existing meter. You reimburse the meter's owner for the actual cost, based on the measured consumption and the price on their bill, with nothing added. This is cost re-invoicing (prefakturisanje).
Not allowed: a markup on the kilowatt-hour, a flat-rate “sale” of electricity without a meter, and billing at a tariff that is not from the actual bill. If the owner wants more money for the space, that goes into the rent, not into the price of electricity.
The kilowatt-hour price for the reimbursement is the total amount of the bill divided by the total consumption on it, including all fees and VAT.
Details: the law, the building and the garage owner
- The same logic applies when a tenant pays for electricity in rented business premises, or when residents share the costs of common-area consumption.
- For a building, it is a cost allocation by decision of the residents' assembly. For a garage owner, it is an item in the lease agreement.
- Article 210v of the Energy Law regulates the charging service in public places. Your garage is not a public place.
- An example of a markup: “you'll pay me 15 dinars per kWh”, while the bill says 6.
Example: monthly statement for October 2026
The figures are illustrative.
Monthly charger consumption statement — October 2026 (example)
User: [name], parking space no. 14 · Meter: MID, serial no. [___], class B
Meter reading on 01.10.2026: 1.234,5 kWh · Reading on 31.10.2026: 1.474,5 kWh · Consumption: 240,0 kWh (of which low tariff 231 kWh, high tariff 9 kWh)
Supplier's bill for the building's meter, October 2026: total 8.640 RSD for 1.410 kWh → average price 6,13 RSD/kWh (including all fees and VAT)
Reimbursement amount: 240,0 kWh × 6,13 RSD/kWh = 1.471 RSD
Payment: homeowners' association account [___], payment reference [___], due within 15 days. Attachment: photo of the meter display on the day of reading.
You send the statement to the garage owner by email, and you pay the amount with the rent or as a separate payment. The building manager books the payment as a reimbursement of costs, not as sales revenue.
FAQ
Should I get a dual-tariff meter?
It almost always pays off. Replacing the meter costs in the order of 1.000–2.000 RSD, and the difference between the day and night price is threefold. On a single-tariff meter, even night-time charging is billed at the full price.
Will charging push me into the red zone?
It depends on the household's consumption. An average flat with 300–400 kWh plus 240 kWh of charging stays in the blue zone. Households that heat with electricity or drive a lot reach the red zone, above 1.200 kWh. Even then, the night tariff is several times cheaper than a public charger.
Does EPS have to approve anything?
No. There is no new connection and no new meter; the existing one is used. A separate EPS meter for the garage would be a new connection: expensive (in the order of 100.000 RSD or more) and unnecessary for a single charger. The MID sub-meter is yours and sits behind the EPS meter.
Evolako installs chargers in buildings and garages with a MID-certified meter, plus monthly electricity billing at the price on the EPS bill and templates for the residents' assembly. evolako.rs
Sources (6)
- EPS household price list from 1.10.2025 by zone and tariff (danas.rs)
- EPS household price list from 1.10.2025 (ceneizakon.rs)
- Amendment to the methodology: blue zone up to 1.200 kWh, applicable until the end of 2026 (paragraf.rs)
- Energy Law, Article 210v
- Directive 2014/32/EU on measuring instruments (MID)
- A professional building manager's guide to chargers in garages: separate metering as a condition (aleksic.xyz)
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