Originally expected at the end of March, the sending of energy checks should only start several weeks later. The average amount of the energy check is 149 euros.
To get your energy check, you will have to wait a little longer. While nearly 6 million French people were to start receiving it from the end of March, the sending of this aid was postponed.
From Capital, the Minister for Energy Transition announced that the first energy checks could be issued a few weeks later due to an exceptional workload. Faced with the proliferation of aid put in place in recent months by the government (fuel check, wood check, exceptional energy check, etc.), the Services and Payment Agency, responsible for distributing these checks, is therefore forced to postpone the shipment. It will probably be necessary to wait until May to be able to claim it, even if the precise dates of shipment will be communicated later.
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149 euros on average in 2022
As a reminder, the amount of the energy check varies from 48,277 euros. This aid uses the reference tax income (RFR) weighted by the number of people in the household in consumption units (CU) to determine the beneficiaries. In 2022, for example, to receive the energy check, the reference tax income for a single person had to be 10,800 euros to qualify for the energy check. Since 2021, residents of nursing homes can also benefit from the energy check. In 2022, nearly 5.8million households were eligible by ordinary energy check, for an average amount of around 149 euros.
Energy check: the 2023 scale
Reference tax income | RFR between 5600 and 6999 euros | RFR between 6700 and 7700 euros | RFR between 7700 and 10800 euros | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 unit of consumption | 194 euros | 146 euros | 98 euros | 48 euros |
| From 1 to 2 CUs | 240 euros | 176 euros | 113 euros | 63euros |
| 2 CUs and more | 277 euros | 202 euros | 126 euros | 76 euros |
Valid for 1 year, it can be used to pay for various energy expenses (electricity, natural gas, heat, liquefied petroleum gas, heating oil, wood, biomass, or other fuels intended for heating or hot water production) related to to housing.
Energy check: hurry up, this aid of 150 euros will no longer be valid after March 31