Regulated gas and electricity prices soar by 15% from 1 January, the rebate on fuel is eliminated… Your energy costs are likely to soar at the start of 2023. But there are aids for limit the increase in your bills. Here’s how to claim them.
1-The exceptional energy check
Bad news for the household budget. Regulated gas prices increase by 15% on average in January and electricity prices by 15% in February. In this context, the government has deployed an exceptional energy check distributed since December to 12 million households. This help minimum of 100 euros for a couple of two children with 3000euros of net income, for example, is distributed without any formalities being carried out. Valid for one year, it can even reach 200 eurosfor example, for a single mother earning the minimum wage and having two dependent children.
This week, the departments of Loir-et-Cher, Corsica (2nd shipment), Guadeloupe, Guyana, La Runion, Paris, Essonne, Hauts-de-Seine, Val-d’Oise , Calvados, Eure, Manche, Orne and Seine-Maritime are affected by shipments.
| Region | Department (listed in chronological order of dispatch) | Week in which energy checks are sent (usual reception between 2 and 4 days after the checks have been sent) |
|---|---|---|
| Hauts-de-France | 02-Aisne | Week 50: from December 12 to 16 |
| 59 – North | ||
| 60-Oise | ||
| 62 – Pas-de-Calais | ||
| 80 Sum | ||
| Great East | 08 – Ardennes | |
| 55 – Meuse | ||
| Loire Valley Center | 28 Eure-et-Loir | |
| Auvergne Rhne Alps | 38 Israel | |
| DOM | 971-Overseas Guadeloupe (1st shipment)* | |
| 973-Overseas Guyana (1st shipment)* | ||
| 974-Overseas Runion (1st shipment)* | ||
| 972 – Overseas – Martinique (1st shipment)* | ||
| CORSICA | 20-Corsica (1st shipment)* | |
| New Aquitaine | 33 – Gironde (1st and 2ndme mail)* | Week 51: December 19 to 23, 2022 |
| 79 Two Svres (1er mail) | ||
| Great East | 10 – Dawn | |
| 51- Marne | ||
| 52 High Marne | ||
| 54 – Meurthe-et-Moselle | ||
| 57 – Moselle | ||
| 68 Upper Rhine | ||
| 88 Vosges | ||
| Auvergne Rhne Alps | 01-Ain | |
| 74 Haute-Savoie | ||
| Burgundy Franche-Comt | 21- Cte-d’Or | |
| 25 Doubs | ||
| 39 Jura | ||
| 58 Nivre | ||
| 70 – Upper Sane | ||
| 71 – Sane-et-Loire | ||
| 89 | ||
| 90 – Territory of Belfort | ||
| 21 – Cte-d’Or | ||
| CORSICA | 20 Corsica (2me mail) | |
| DOM | 971 – Overseas – Guadeloupe (2nd shipment)* | |
| 974 – Overseas – Runion (2nd shipment)* | ||
| 972 – Overseas – Martinique (2nd shipment)* | ||
| Auvergne Rhne Alps | 03 – Combine | Week 52: December 26 to 30, 2022 |
| 07 – Ardche | ||
| 15-Cantal | ||
| 26 – Drme | ||
| 42 – Loire | ||
| 43 Upper Loire | ||
| 63 Puy-de-Dme | ||
| 69 – Rhone | ||
| 73 – Savoy | ||
| Ile-de-France | 77 Seine et Marne | |
| 78-Yvelines | ||
| 93 Seine Saint Denis | ||
| 94 Val de Marne | ||
| New Aquitaine | 79 Deux-Svres (2me mail)* | |
| Loire Valley Center | 41 Loir et Cher | Week 1: January 2-6, 2023 |
| CORSICA | 20 Corsica (2me mail) | |
| DOM | 970 Guadeloupe | |
| 971 Overseas Guadeloupe (3me mail)* | ||
| 973 Overseas Guyana (2me mail)* | ||
| 974 Overseas Runion (3me mail)* | ||
| 977 Reunion | ||
| 978 – Reunion | ||
| Ile-de-France | 75-Paris | |
| 91-Essonne | ||
| 92 Hauts-de-Seine | ||
| 95 Val d’Oise | ||
| Normandy | 14 – Calvados | |
| 27-Eure | ||
| 50 – Channel | ||
| 61 – Orne | ||
| 76 Seine Maritime | ||
| New Aquitaine | 33 Gironde (3me mail)* | |
| Pays de la Loire | 72-Sarthe | |
| Brittany | 22 Ctes-d’Armor | Week 2: January 9-13, 2023 |
| 29 – Finistre | ||
| 35 Ille-et-Vilaine | ||
| Loire Valley Center | 18 – Dear | |
| 36 Indre | ||
| 37 Indre et Loire | ||
| 45-Loiret | ||
| CORSICA | 20-Corsica (4th shipment)* | |
| DOM | 971 Overseas Guadeloupe (4me mail)* | |
| 972 Overseas Martinique (3me mail)* | ||
| 974 Overseas Runion (4me mail)* | ||
| GrandEst | 67 Bas-Rhin (Strasbourg)(1er mail)* | |
| New Aquitaine | 19 – Corrze | |
| 23 – Hollow | ||
| Pays de la Loire | 44 Loire-Atlantique | |
| 49 Maine et Loire | ||
| 53 Mayenne | ||
| 85 – Sell | ||
| Brittany | 56-Morbihan | Week 3: January 16-20, 2023 |
| Great East | 67 Bas Rhin (outside Strasbourg)* | |
| New Aquitaine | 16 – Charente | |
| 17 Charente Maritime | ||
| 24 – Dordogne | ||
| 33 Gironde (4me mail)* | ||
| 40 – Landes | ||
| 47 Lot et Garonne | ||
| 64 Pyrenees-Atlantiques | ||
| 86 – Vienna | ||
| 87 – Haute Vienne | ||
| Occitania | 09 – Arige | |
| 12-Aveyron | ||
| 31- Haute-Garonne | ||
| 32 – Gers | ||
| 46 – Batch | ||
| 65 Hautes-Pyrnes | ||
| 66 Eastern Pyrenees | ||
| 82 Tarn et Garonne | ||
| CORSICA | 20 Corsica (5me mail)* | Week 4: January 23-27 |
| DOM | 973 Overseas Guyana (3me mail) | |
| 971 Overseas Guadeloupe (5me mail) | ||
| 974 Overseas Runion (5me mail) | ||
| 976 Overseas – Mayotte | ||
| 979 Overseas Wallis and Futuna | ||
| Great East | 67 Lower Rhine (Strasbourg) (2me mail)* | |
| Occitania | 11-Aude | |
| 30 – Gard | ||
| 34 – Hrault | ||
| 48 – Lozre | ||
| 81 – Tarn | ||
| PACA | 04 Alpes de Haute Provence | |
| 05 Hautes-Alpes | ||
| 06- Alpes-Maritimes | ||
| 13 Bouches-du-Rhne | ||
| 83 – Var | ||
| 84-Vaucluse |
* shipments are spread over several weeks for the following departments or cities:
| DOM | 974-Overseas Runion | 5 shipments spread over 6 weeks (between December 16, 2022 and January 25, 2023) |
| DOM | 971-Overseas Guadeloupe | 5 shipments spread over 6 weeks (between December 16, 2022 and January 25, 2023) |
| DOM | 972-Overseas Martinique | 3 shipments spread over 4 weeks (between December 16, 2022 and January 11, 2023) |
| DOM | 973-Overseas Guyana | 3 shipments spread over 6 weeks (between December 16, 2022 and January 25, 2023) |
| CORSICA | 20-Corsica | 5 shipments spread over 6 weeks (between December 16, 2022 and January 25, 2023) |
| New Aquitaine | 79 Two Svres | 2 shipments spread over 2 weeks (between December 21 and 30, 2022) |
| New Aquitaine | 33 Gironde (including city of Bordeaux) | 4 shipments spread over 4 weeks (between December 20 and January 18, 2023) |
| Great East | 67 Bas-Rhin: city of Strasbourg | 2 tals sent over 2 weeks (between January 13 and 27, 2023 |
2-The energy check
The exceptional energy check complements the traditional check with a maximum value of 277 euros, sent every year in the spring to nearly 6 million homes. The consumer association CLCV judges the amount of the energy check too low and proposes to triple it in 2023 with a maximum amount of 600 euros!
The classic energy check is an aid that varies from 48 euros to 277 euros, depending on your reference tax income and the composition of your household.. Only 66.6% of beneficiaries had used their 2022 check in August. If you are one of those who have not yet spent their energy check, you have until March 31 to do so.
Check energy: the bar
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 | 48euros |
| From 1 to 2 CUs | 240 euros | 176 euros | 113 euros | 63euros |
| 2 CUs and more | 277 euros | 202 euros | 126 euros | 76 euros |
3-An energy check for social housing tenants
Action Logement offers a maximum aid of 600 euros to tenants of social housing in order to help households in financial difficulty caused by the increase in the cost of energy. 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 unsalaried, of social housing, have a 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 rest to live on per person and per day must be less than 15 euros.
Individuals eligible for assistance can contact their social landlord to compile the file. This service has been operational since December 12.
4-One fuel oil
Since November 8, the government has started paying a check of between 100 and 200 euros to households that heat with oil. It is intended, subject to income conditions, for 1.6 million households. No action is required if you have already used the 2022 energy check to pay a fuel bill.
If you are not in this case, you will then have to check your eligibility on the site chequeenergie.gouv.fr. If you are entitled to it, you will receive the check less than a month after sending a fuel bill.
Note that this fuel oil energy check can be combined not only with the exceptional energy check of 100,200 euros scheduled for the end of the year but also with the usual energy check towards each year in the spring.
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5-One each wood
The platform for requesting the wood check went online on 27 December. This aid will concern 70% of households heating mainly with woodthat is 2.6million householdsfor a total budget of 230 million euros, according to Bercy.
You can request the wood check on chequeboisfioul.asp-public.fr. To connect, only your tax number, used to declare your income on the tax website, is required. Households may apply for this aid until April 30, 2023 and checks will be sent from the mid-February 2023.
According to the decree published Friday in Official newspaperthe check will reach the maximum amount of 200 euros for individuals whose reference tax income is less than 14,400 euros and who use wood pellets for heating.
| Check of… | wood pellets | Logs, sticks, plates, etc. |
|---|---|---|
| 200 | If your RFR per consumption unit | |
| 100 | If your RFR per consumption unit | If your RFR per consumption unit |
| 50 | If your RFR per consumption unit |
The reference tax income (RFR) used is weighted by the number of people in the household in consumption units (CU).
1 consumption unit (CU) for the first adult in the household, 0.5 CU for other people aged 14 or over, 0.3 CU for children under 14.
The expiry date of this special wood heating energy check is fixed in the decree at March 31, 2024.
6 – Help with fuel
The discount of 10 centimes offered by the State on a liter of fuel ended on December 31. To compensate, the government is setting up in 2023 a specific aid 100euros for those who don’t haveother choice than to use their vehicle for work. This aid will be paid in one go, for the whole of 2023, directly into the bank account of the people who have made the request.
This fuel allowance represents a discount of around 10 cents per liter at the pump if you do about 12,000 kilometers a year, which is the French average, estimates Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne. This boost will be paid to households located in the first five deciles of incomeor half of French households.
| Household composition | Maximum monthly net salary, per household |
|---|---|
| single person | 1314 |
| Couple with 1 child | 3285 |
| Single woman with 2 children | 3285 |
| Couple with 2 children | 3941 |
| Couple with 3 children | 5255 |
Source: government. Thresholds corresponding to the 5th decile of the year 2021 (reference tax income per unit less than 14,700 euros).
Precision of Matignon: Assuming that the corresponding salary is the only household income. If there are two assets, this is their combined income.
The French concerned will have to go to impots.gouv.frenter their tax number and license plate, then complete a sworn statement indicating that they need their car to go to work, in order to receive these 100 euros in their bank account within 8 days.
The fuel allowance application form will be open from January 16 until February 28, 2023.