An exceptional energy check of between 100 and 200 euros, depending on income, will be available from November 8 for individuals who heat themselves with fuel oil. 1.4million households are concerned.
This is an exceptional new energy check. From Tuesday 8 November, aid of up to 200 euros will be distributed to part of the 3 million of households that heat with oil. Indeed, until now, they had not been able to benefit from the measures put in place by the government to reduce their energy bills, like the tariff shield which blocks the evolution of regulated gas and oil tariffs. electricity for individuals.
In concrete terms, the amount of the fuel oil check will depend on household income and the number of people attached to it. Those are resources 2020 which are taken into account for the calculation of the aid. Thus, a single person with minimum wage without children will be able to receive 100 euros, just like a single woman with 2 children earning around 3,000 euros net per month, according to simulations provided by the Minister of the Economy. A single person with the Smic with at least one child will be able to obtain 200 euros.
A simulator to check your eligibility
There are two scenarios for obtaining the fuel oil energy check. If you are one of the nearly 6 million households who have benefited from the 2022 energy check and you have already used it with a domestic fuel seller, you will automatically receive an exceptional check fuel oil by the end of November.
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If this is not the case, you will have to, from the tuesday november 8go to the site chequeenergie.gouv.fr to check your eligibility and determine the amount of aid by setting up an online simulator. You will then only have to send a fuel bill and you will receive the check the following month. It should be noted that this fuel aid, which can be used until March 2024, can be combined with the exceptional energy check of 100,200 euros planned for the end of the year which will be sent to 12 million households, in order to cope with the 15% increase in gas prices and of electricity planned for the start of 2023. The fuel oil check also supplements the traditional energy check, sent in the spring to around 6 million households, and the amount of which can reach 277 euros.
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