Fuel bonus, energy voucher, wood or fuel oil… There are several forms of aid available this winter to deal with soaring energy prices. MoneyVox helps you see clearly.
Driven by soaring energy prices, inflation should reach 5.2% for the whole of 2022, according to INSEE. In this context, the government has put in place a series of aids to relieve the portfolio of households. Who can benefit from it, from when and for what amount? Here are the details.
Fuel Bonus
- Who? 10million workers
- When? January 16, 2023
- How many? 100 euros
- How? On the website impots.gouv.fr
From January 16, 2023, 10 million workers on the lowest incomes will be able to apply for aid in the amount of 100 euros to reduce their fuel expenses. Indeed, December 31 will mark the end of the rebate on the liter of gasoline granted by the government (and TotalEnergies) since April 2022. According to the government, this new aid represents a discount of around 10 centimes per liter to the pump for someone who travels 12,000 kilometers a year.
To get it you will have to go on the impots.gouv.fr website with their tax number, license plate and sworn statement. You will have to indicate that you need your car to go to work. Then, the check for 100 euros will be paid in one go to the bank account of the people who made the request.
The aid will be paid to households in the first five deciles of income, ie half of French households, according to Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne. To be able to claim this fuel allowance, you must have an income less than or equal to the median standard of living, up to 22,040 euros per year, i.e. 1837 euros net per month.
Each exceptional energy
- Who? 12million households
- When? December 2022
- How many? Between 100 and 200 euros
- How? Directly attributed by taxes
The government has decided to send an exceptional energy check in addition to the traditional energy check. In the end, between now and the end of the year, 12 million households will receive, without any formalities, an exceptional check for a minimum of 100 euros and a maximum of 200 euros.
In detail, the energy check of 200 euros will be intended for the poorest 20% of households, while households in deciles 3 and 4, located between the poorest 20% and the wealthiest 60%, will receive 100 euros.
Each energy
- Who? 6million households
- When? Spring 2023
- How many? Between 48,277 euros
- How? Directly attributed by taxes
The annual energy check, with a maximum value of 277 euros, is sent in the spring to nearly 6 million households. The amount varies according to your reference tax income and the composition of your household, but it is an average of 149 euros.
Sending is automatic according to the information available, but you can test your eligibility on the simulator offered by the official government site. To do this, you will need to enter your tax number on the Eligibility page of the official site of the energy check.
In 2022, only 66.6% of beneficiaries had used their energy voucher. If you are one of those who have not yet spent their energy check, you have until March 31 to do so.
Energy check for social housing tenants
- Who? 75,000 households renting social housing
- When? From December 12
- How many? 600 euros maximum
- How? File submitted to the social landlord
Action Logement offers a maximum aid of 600 euros to tenants of social housing. The organization estimates that this bonus could be granted to 75,000 households out of the 10 million tenants in the HLM sector.
To benefit from it, you must be a tenant, salaried or non-salaried, of social housing, have an increase in charges of more than 100 euros per month or face a regularization of charges of more than 1000 euros over the last 12 months. Finally, the stay alive per person and per day must be less than 15 euros.
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Individuals eligible for assistance can contact their social landlord to compile the file. This service will be operational from 12 December.
Each fuel oil
- Who? 1.4million households
- When? From November 8 to March 31, 2023
- How many? 100,200 euros
- How? On the website chequeenergie.gouv.fr
The government has been paying since November 8 a check of between 100 and 200 euros for households that heat with oil. Subject to income conditions, it is allocated to 1.4 million households without any procedure if you have taken advantage of the 2022 energy check to pay a fuel bill.
If you are not in this scenario, then you will have to check your eligibility on the chequeenergie.gouv.fr website. If you are entitled to it, you will receive the check less than a month after sending a fuel bill.
It should be noted that this fuel oil energy check can be combined not only with the exceptional energy check of 100 to 200 euros, but also with the traditional energy check.
Each wood
- Who? 2.6million households
- When? From December 27 to April 30
- How many? 50, 100 or 200 euros
- How? On the website chequeenergie.gouv.fr
Households that heat with wood will be entitled by the end of the year assistance between 50 and 200 euros. Granted subject to resources, it will be necessary to earn up to 2260 euros for a single person and up to 4750 euros for a couple with two children.
The steps will be taken on the chequeenergie.gouv.fr website and only the teledeclarant number, used to declare your taxes online, will be requested.
No help in the event of a power outage this winter
In the event of load shedding, Enedis, manager of the electricity network, confirms MoneyVox to be legally bound to implement these localized cut-off measures. (…) This falls into the category of exceptional events and does not give rise to compensation.
Only a government decree could set up compensation, even if on a case-by-case basis disputes could give rise to the right to financial compensation.